More than 203,000 people are under investigation across Turkey over alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to Justice Ministry data released nearly two years after the July 15, 2016 coup attempt.
The ministry said 203,518 people are currently subject to investigations.
Of those, 5,315 are being held in pretrial detention.
Courts are also trying 83,722 people in ongoing cases, with 16,195 of them jailed pending trial.
In concluded cases, 34,926 people have been convicted on charges of “membership in or leadership of a terrorist organization” or “crimes against the constitutional order.”
Another 13,992 people have been acquitted.
The ministry said 12,617 convicted individuals are currently serving prison sentences.
The figures show the scale of the legal campaign targeting alleged links to the Gülen movement, a transnational civic initiative inspired by Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen.
Ankara designates the movement as a terrorist organization and blames it for Turkey’s July 15, 2016 coup attempt. The movement denies involvement in the coup attempt or any terrorist activity.
The ministry also released figures on cases directly concerning the events of the coup attempt.
There are 288 active coup-attempt trials across Turkey, including 56 in Ankara, 53 in İstanbul and 179 in other provinces.
The data points to a judicial process extending far beyond alleged military participants in the coup attempt, covering investigations, trials and convictions involving tens of thousands of people accused of affiliation with the movement.
Rights advocates and defense lawyers say many cases rely on broad indicators of alleged affiliation rather than individualized evidence of criminal conduct, while Turkish authorities present the proceedings as part of counterterrorism investigations launched after the failed putsch.
