Turkey's state-run news agency says police have detained 62 former employees of the Istanbul stock exchange over their alleged links to a USA -based Muslim cleric blamed for last year's coup attempt.
Malaysian Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said the three were deported yesterday on suspicion of being involved with the Gulenist movement.
He said Friday the men also were illegal immigrants because Turkey had canceled their passports.
Turgay Karaman, Ismet Ozcelik and Ihsan Aslan had been arrested and detained under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (SOSMA).
Rosli Dahlan, a lawyer for Karaman and Ismet Ozcelik, claimed in comments to Reuters that the men's families had not been informed of their deportation ahead of time.
"Police investigations showed they were involved in FETO activities and are wanted by Turkey", Khalid said in a separate statement.
He also questioned Malaysia's decision to deport Mr Ozcelik, who he said had documents from the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR recognising him as an asylum seeker.
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"The Malaysian government's duplicity and crass abuse of the rights of these three men really sets this case apart", he added.
The men have lived in Malaysia for years, and their families pleaded with authorities not to deport them.
They are suspected of links to the group of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based preacher Ankara accuses of being behind the failed plot to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it said.
Worldwide school headteacher Turgay Karaman, academic Ismet Ozcelik and businessman Ihsan Aslan are believed to have been targeted over suspected links to a US-based cleric accused of leading an attempted coup against Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The crackdown focuses on alleged supporters of Gulen.
"We have concerns that other Turkish nationals with alleged links to the Gulen movement may be similarly arrested and deported from Malaysia".
About 145,000 civil servants, security personnel and academics have also been suspended or sacked as Turkey removes Gulen-linked personnel from its state and public institutions.
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