ANKARA, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Turkey issued detention warrants on Wednesday for 34 former staff of state-owned broadcaster TRT, Anadolu Agency reported.
The arrest warrants were issued by the Ankara Public Prosecutor's Office, as part of an investigation into the followers of Fetullah Gulen, a U.S.-based cleric accused by the Turkish government of orchestrating a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
The suspects are believed to have used the ByLock, an encrypted messaging app what the government said was used by Gulenists.
In another operation, Turkish authorities ordered the arrest of 105 people working in information technology, including former staff from Turkey's scientific research council and a telecommunications authority, over their links with the coup attempt last year.
The Turkish government declared a state of emergency and launched a massive crackdown on Gulen's supporters in the aftermath of the coup attempt.
