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Turkey "Frees" PM Adviser Detained over Gulen Links
[AnNahar] Turkish authorities on Saturday freed the top adviser to Prime Minister Binali Yildirim detained on suspicion of links to the movement of US-based Moslem 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... blamed for last year's failed coup, state media reported. Birol Erdem, a former senior justice ministry official, was released under judicial supervision which means he should still face trial, a date for which has yet to be set. He had been taken into custody in Ankara earlier this month along with his wife Gulumser Erdem. Unlike her husband, she was, however, placed under arrest by an Ankara court ahead of trial, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Erdem, who was questioned for three days, had been accused of seeking to violate the constitution and being a leader of "an armed terror group". Reports at the time said Erdem was detained after other suspects had named him in their testimonies. In a separate development, the son-in-law of Istanbul mayor Kadir Topbas, Omer Faruk Kavurmaci, was detained again by police on suspicion of business links to Gulen. Kavurmaci were tossed into the calaboose in October but was released in May on health grounds as he suffers from epilepsy. This had sparked angry claims he had benefited from nepotistic and preferential treatment. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-06-18 |
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