29 suspended at Turkey’s top broadcasting authority

By Yildiz Aktas

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey’s top broadcasting authority Thursday suspended nearly 29 staffers over last week’s attempted coup that martyred hundreds.

According to a statement issued by the Supreme Council of Radio and Television (RTUK), "29 personnel working in various positions at the Supreme Council were suspended as part of an investigation into the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO)."

At least 246 people, including members of the security forces and civilians, were martyred in Istanbul and Ankara, and over 1,500 others were wounded as they protested the coup.

Turkey's government has said the attempted coup was organized by followers of U.S.-based cleric Fetullah Gulen, who is accused of a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through infiltrating Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary, forming the so-called “parallel state.”