Türkiye orders arrest of 36 in new probe into 2009 Yazıcıoğlu helicopter crash

Ankara prosecutors ordered the arrest of 36 people in an expanded investigation into the 2009 helicopter crash that killed nationalist politician Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu and five others, alleging premeditated murder linked to the Gülenist network (FETÖ). Police searched 45 addresses across 16 provinces in the operation. The crash, in Kahramanmaraş, has been officially investigated for more than 17 years.

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