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Friday, December 12, 2014

Turkey’s Erdogan signals fresh moves against Gulen supporters

Turkey’s Erdogan signals fresh moves against Gulen supporters

Reuters, 12/12 16:24 CET

By Daren Butler

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan signalled a fresh campaign against supporters of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen on Friday, vowing to pursue them “in their lairs”.

The pledge came a year after the emergence of corruption investigations targeting Erdogan’s inner circle which he said was a plot to topple him orchestrated by a “parallel structure” of supporters of Gulen. The cleric, a former ally of Erdogan, denies the charge.

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