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| Turkey detains PM’s adviser over alleged Gulen links |
| 2017-06-04 |
| [IsraelTimes] Birol Erdem one of the most senior Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim’s chief adviser was detained Saturday over suspected 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 taken into custody in Ankara along with his wife Gulumser Erdem, Anadolu news agency said. He was accused of being a member of the movement led by Gulen, the agency reported, quoting sources from the office of the Ankara chief public prosecutor. Erdem is one of the most senior Erdem was called to testify as a witness last year fin an investigation into followers of Gulen’s movement after several suspected members named him in their testimonies, Hurriyet daily reported. |
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