One of the two men arrested for a drive-by shooting attack on the U.S. Embassy in Ankara told police he was upset by negative comments U.S. President Donald Trump has made about Turkey.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu responded swiftly on Thursday to the threat of sanctions from President Donald Trump unless pastor Andrew Brunson is released. “We will never tolerate threats from anybody,” Cavusoglu said on Twitter.
Exiled imam Fethullah Gulen, blamed by the Turkish government for masterminding last July’s coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, penned an op-ed for the Washington Post on the eve of Erdogan’s visit to the Trump White House in which he described his nemesis as an aspiring dictator.
German lawmakers have called for an investigation of Turkish intelligence operations in their country, specifically charging that Turkey is spying on suspected followers of exiled cleric and accused coup mastermind Fethullah Gulen.
Contents: Turkey’s Erdogan eliminates more opposition in quest for power; Erdogan continues his war against Turkey’s media
Turkey’s demand for the extradition of cleric Fethullah Gulen, which it has denounced as the terrorist mastermind behind July’s thwarted coup attempt, is generating considerable tension with the U.S. government.
BERLIN (AFP) – A German national has been detained in Turkey as part of the country’s crackdown on suspected supporters of Fethullah Gulen in the wake of last month’s failed coup, Berlin confirmed Friday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reportedly succeeded in imposing a three-month state of emergency, in response to a failed military coup against his rule, that allows his government to prolong detention times and issue edicts.
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has either suspended or detained nearly 50,000 people as part of a purge of the army, police, and the courts that expanded to universities and schools in the wake of a failed military coup attempt, according to the country’s intelligence service and religious authorities.
An East Texas representative urged the state Attorney General’s office to open an investigation into the Houston-based Harmony Public Schools, purportedly linked to the controversial Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen. The charter chain stands accused of fraud, misappropriation of taxpayer dollars, shady business dealings, discrimination, conflicts-of-interest, and other questionable business practices.
Charter schools that may soon be operating on military bases in the United States are linked to what the Turkish government describes as an Islamic cult run by Fethullah Gülen, a powerful cleric living in Pennsylvania.
Contents: Turkey’s ‘shameful day for free press’ as government seizes Zaman media; Felhullah Gülen: One of the most powerful Muslim clerics in the world
