Turkey police search key air base used by US after failed

Two acting chief prosecutors, accompanied by police, have started searching a key air base in southern Turkey used by the United States for air raids on the Islamic State group, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported today.

Authorities had earlier detained a senior air force general and a dozen other suspects accused of backing the failed coup at the Incirlik air base in the Adana province close to Syria, officials said at the weekend.