Turkey issues detention warrants for 41 soldiers over failed coup

Turkish authorities on Friday issued detention warrants for at least 41 soldiers over their alleged links to a network blamed for a coup attempt in 2016, Xinhua news agency reported.

The suspects, all on active service at the Istanbul Provincial Gendarmerie Command, include officers, petty officers and master sergeants, according to state-run Anadolu agency.

Those being hunted had "consecutively or intensively communicated with the network over fixed-line and pay telephones," said Anadolu.