Turkey cops detain more Erdogan foes

Istanbul: Turkish authorities on Monday detained some two dozen police officers in

new nationwide raids over an alleged plot to overthrow the Islamic- rooted govern

ment of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The police conducted early morning

raids in 16 cities across Turkey, including Istanbul as well as the western province

of Izmir, and detained at least 20 police officers, private NTV television reported. Among those arrested is

Yakup Saygili, the former chief of the police anti- fraud unit, it added. It was the fourth such wave of raids since July as the government cracks down on what Erdogan has described as a “parallel state” within the

security forces.