Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
since 2017, of helping coppers organize an attempted coup in 2013.
A 78-page indictment against
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
since October 2017, said Topuz was in "very intense contact" with coppers who led a 2013 anti-corruption investigation that implicated top government officials.
The
... 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 attempting a coup with that investigation and labeled his network a terror group. Gulen is also blamed for a 2016 failed coup but he denies the accusations.
A judge will decide whether the case will proceed to trial.
Topuz’s arrest led to tension in US-
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
relations and to the suspension of bilateral visa services for more than two months.
The crisis triggered by the arrest saw accusations the US embassy in Ankara, which said at the time that the charges against Topuz were "wholly without merit."
US authorities then sought assurances from top
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... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...had said it was Turkey’s right to take steps against "an internal threat."
The US suspended considering visa applications saying it wanted to reassess Turkey’s commitment to the safety of US personnel. Turkey retaliated by halting visas services in the US.
Ties between the two NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
allies were already strained over Gulen’s presence in the United States and Washington’s support for Syrian Kurdish militia, whom Turkey considers to be Lions of Islam because of their links to Kurdish Lions of Islam fighting Turkey. Separate indictments in the US against Erdogan’s bodyguards who were embroiled in violence and against the banker and a former
State-run Anadolu Agency said in 2017 that Topuz had allegedly communicated with former police chiefs in a 2013 corruption probe ‐ which the government claims was instigated by Gulen’s supporters ‐ and with other officers allegedly involved in the attempted coup. Gulen denies involvement in the coup attempt.
The US ambassador at the time said it was part of Topuz’s duty to be in contact with coppers.