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The Qatari police have detained five members of a Turkish family who are linked to the Glen movement while the family was on their way to South Africa, yenihamle.com news website reported on Monday.

The detained individuals are members of the Bayndr family, businessman father Muhammed, mother Fadime and daughters Eslem, Kbra and Feyza.

The members of the Turkish family were detained while they were at a Qatari airport waiting for a connecting flight to South Africa.

This is not the first time a foreign country has detained or deported people over their links to the Glen movement as part of the Turkish governments witch-hunt against movement followers.

In May Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Georgia and Myanmar handed over academics, businessmen and school principals upon the Turkish governments request despite the fact that some of those victims already had refugee status with the UN.

Turkey survived a military coup attempt on July 15 that killed over 240 people and wounded more than a thousand others. After the putsch, the government along with President Recep Tayyip Erdoan accused the Glen movement of masterminding the attempt.

The movement and Fethullah Glen, a US-based Islamic scholar whose views inspired the movement, strongly denies any involvement.

President Erdoan earlier called on foreign governments to punish Glen followers in their own countries.

This article originally appeared in Turkish Minute on June 12.

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