Twenty-seven people were initially detained in an operation on local media figures and police officials
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ISTANBUL
Turkish police on Monday freed one more suspect�from the 27 initially detained�in an operation�on local media figures and police officials in�across the country, officials have said.�
This brings the number of released to four.�Earlier in the day,�Elif Yilmaz, Ebru Senvardar and Naci Celik Berksoy, who worked on a TV series known as "One Turkey" which�broadcasts on Samanyolu TV, were also released.�
Huseyin Gulerce, a former columnist of daily Zaman, which is allegedly linked to U.S.-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, was freed after�three hours of questioning, according to security officials.�
Prosecutor�Hasan Yilmaz continued to take�testimony from�other detainees, including the editor-in-chief of Turkey�s Zaman daily, Ekrem Dumanli;�the chairman of Samanyolu Media Group, Hidayet Karaca, producer Salih Aslan and director Engin Koc of Samanyolu TV,�as well as Makbule Cam Alemdag, a scriptwriter of a TV series�aired�on the network.�
Dumanli, a staunch critic of the government, dismissed all allegations against him in a speech at Zaman's building before he was taken away by police.
All those detained are allegedly linked with Gulen and his so-called Gulen movement.�Zaman daily is also allegedly close to the same movement.
Istanbul�Chief Public Prosecutor Hadi Salihoglu said Sunday�he had ordered the detention of 31 suspects on charges of forgery, fabricating evidence and forming a crime syndicate to overtake the sovereignty of the state.�
President Recep Tayyip�Erdogan�has�vowed to take to task alleged Gulen movement group members on numerous occasions. The government has described the movement and its supporters as the "parallel state" since late 2013.
In December 2013, an anti-graft probe targeted several high-profile figures, including the sons of three former government ministers and leading Turkish businessmen.
The government denounced the probe as a "dirty plot" constructed by the "parallel state," an alleged group of bureaucrats embedded in the country's institutions, including the judiciary and the police.
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 forgery of official documents.
As far back as 2012,�Erdogan�had said�that a bug had been found in his office and charges of political spying had been brought against 13 suspects, including senior police officers.