The US is considering fulfilling Ankara’s long standing request to extradite Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. Turkey accuses Gulen of masterminding the 2016 coup attempt. According to Mevlut Cavusoglu, US President Donald Trump told Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Washington was “working on extraditing Gulen and other people.” He […]
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US, Turkey agree to fight ‘all terrorists’ together, including Kurdish PKK & Gulen movement – Ankara
Published time: 24 Nov, 2017 21:45 Edited time: 24 Nov, 2017 21:51 Washington and Ankara have agreed to join forces not only to fight ISIS, but against “all terrorists organizations,” including the Kurdish PKK and the Fetullah Gulen’s movement, the Turkish presidency has said following Recep Erdogan’s phone conversation with Donald Trump. The two leaders […]
Ankara denies ‘ludicrous’ allegations of plotting to seize cleric Gulen from US
Published time: 12 Nov, 2017 16:01 Turkey’s Embassy in the US has dismissed recent media reports of Ankara allegedly conspiring with former US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to “seize” the elusive cleric Fethullah Gulen from the US. The Wall Street Journal reported that an investigation into Turkey offering up to $ 15 million to […]
Germany investigates 20 ‘Turkish spies’ complicit in snooping on Gulen movement
Twenty Turkish citizens are being investigated over “intelligence activities” against supporters of dissident Fethullah Gulen. Ankara accuses the cleric of masterminding the failed 2016 military coup attempt. “At present, a total of 20 suspects are being investigated for intelligence activity on behalf of the Turkish government, as well as for spying on followers of the […]