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Germany Investigates 20 for Alleged Spying for Turkey
[AnNahar] Germany is investigating 20 people for allegedly spying on followers of an exiled preacher targeted by Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... 's government. "At the moment, a total of 20 accused and persons unknown are under investigation over suspicions that they worked as secret service agents on the orders of the Turkish government, and spied on followers of the Gulen movement," said Germany's interior ministry in a written reply to a query by an opposition Left party politician. Erdogan blames U.S.-based holy man Fethullah Gulen ... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world... for a failed coup last July, and has launched a sweeping crackdown against his followers. Gulen has denied all accusations, but more than 41,000 people in ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... have been tossed in the calaboose Book 'im, Mahmoud! over suspected links to his movement. German prosecutors last month announced a probe into claims that Turkish agents have been spying on Gulen's followers in Germany. They have also launched an investigation into the actions of Turkish imams suspected of acting as spies under Ankara's orders. The interior ministry did not specify in its parliamentary reply if the 20 under probe included the imams. But the investigation of the Moslem preachers had followed raids in February on the homes of four Turkish imams who are believed to have passed on information about Gulen followers to the Turkish consulate. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-04-07 |
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