Three people previously working in the question department of the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM), which holds countrywide education and employment exams in Turkey, were detained on Monday in the operation launched against cheating allegations.

The police also continue investigating the computers of the department.

The investigation was launched after cheating and question leaking allegations in the educational sciences exam held as part of the Public Personnel Selection Exam (KPSS) on July 10 and 11, 2010. 350 candidates scored full points in the exam in which teaching graduates need to attend in order to be appointed as public teachers.

The exam was cancelled in September 2010 and held again on October 31, 2010. Suspects were allegedly appointed to ÖSYM with the exam results obtained in the rigged exam.

Many other public officials and candidates were charged with cheating allegations on several other KPSS exams in which members of the Gülen Movement, led by U.S. based controversial cleric Fethullah Gülen, allegedly took part to infiltrate into state institutions.