Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Does Erdogan really want Gulen in Turkey? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Does Erdogan really want Gulen in Turkey?

Turbulence in ties between Ankara and Washington is increasing because of developments in Turkey. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants the United States to extradite or, failing that, to at least deport Fethullah Gulen, the Pennsylvania-based Turkish imam who was once one of his closest allies against Turkey’s secularist establishment, but has become his archenemy.

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