Fethullah Gulen, who has died aged 83, was blamed by Turkey for being behind a 2016 coup attempt.
Gulen, who lived in exile in the US before his death, was accused of being behind Turkey’s 2016 coup attempt.
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Turkish Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara says was behind a 2016 failed coup, has died in the United States.
Seven years ago, Turkish people defied tanks, guns and bombs to protect their nation’s democratic future.
The events of July 15, 2016 left a huge effect on Turkey’s domestic and foreign policy – and can still be felt today.
FETO threatens humanity as a whole.
In total, 251 died and more than 2,200 were wounded resisting rogue military units in the attempted coup.
Ahmed Altan was released from Istanbul’s high-security Silivri prison following the Supreme Court of Appeals’ order.
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Sentences handed down for occupying a state broadcaster and forcing anchors to read out a statement.
US State Department calls the accusation by Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu ‘unfounded and irresponsible’.
In one of the biggest cases related to the plot to overthrow the government, 337 ex-pilots and others sentenced to life.
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Some 45,000 to be freed until end of May, but politicians, journalists, critics jailed after 2016 coup not included.
Ankara accuses US-based religious leader Fethullah Gulen’s network of masterminding a coup attempt in July 2016.
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Ankara puts Palestinian on most-wanted list, accuses exiled former Fatah official of involvement in 2016 coup attempt.
