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Turkey asks Germany for help with Gulen crackdown
August 20, 2016 By Faith Matters

Turkey asks Germany for help with Gulen crackdown

Turkey’s government has sent German authorities requests for 40 searches and three extraditions linked to supporters of Fethullah Gulen, the U.S-based Muslim cleric it blames for last month’s attempted coup, magazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accuses a network of schools, charities and businesses led by Gulen, and built up in […]

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Turkey widens post-coup purge, demands Washington hand over cleric
July 18, 2016 By Faith Matters

Turkey widens post-coup purge, demands Washington hand over cleric

Turkey purged its police on Monday after rounding up thousands of soldiers in the wake of a failed military coup, and said it could reconsider its friendship with the United States unless Washington hands over a cleric Ankara blames for the putsch. Turkish authorities moved swiftly to retaliate for Friday night’s coup, in which more […]

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