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Istanbul's chief public prosecutor requested the penal court on Friday to issue an arrest warrant for U.S.-based preacher Fethullah Gulen in the "parallel state" probe.
"The suspect Fethullah Gulen, the leader of a criminal organization known as "Hizmet" movement, which was structured unlawfully in the economic and bureaucratic institutions, has not returned to the country since he left in 1998," the request said.
The official request also states that sufficient solid evidence has been discovered, proving Gulen's crimes in accordance with the criminal penal code.
It added that it is impossible to reach Gulen since he lives overseas.
In December 2013, an anti-graft probe targeted a number of high-profile figures, including the sons of three former government ministers and leading Turkish businessmen.
The government has denounced the probe as a "dirty plot" constructed by the "parallel state."
Since then, hundreds of police officers have been detained on charges of eavesdropping on Turkey's top officials, disclosing highly-sensitive information, forming and belonging to an organization to commit crime, violating privacy, illegally seizing personal information and forging official documents.
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