Turkey issues detention warrants for 68 Bank Asya shareholders in post-coup probe - police


  • World
  • Wednesday, 03 Jan 2018

A Bank Asya logo is seen at a branch in Ankara August 12, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo A

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have issued detention warrants for 68 shareholders of Bank Asya in an operation targeting the network of the cleric accused for orchestrating last year's failed coup attempt, the police said on Wednesday.

The operation, centered in Istanbul and encompassing nine provinces, targeted "class A" shareholders who had voting rights to determine the bank's administrative board, police said.

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