100-tal gripna i räder mot turkiska oppositionella
Turkisk polis har gripit drygt 100 personer i ett nytt tillslag mot anhängare till presidentens ärkefiende, predikanten Fethullah Gülen som är bosatt i USA.
De gripna anklagas för att ha stått för finansiering av Gülens verksamhet. Han i sin tur anklagas av den turkiska regeringen för att driva en terrororganisation, vars mål är att störta hans tidigare allierade, president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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Fethullah Gülen
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Muhammed Fethullah Gülen (born 27 April 1941) is a Turkish preacher, former imam, writer, and political figure. He is the founder of the Gülen movement (known as Hizmet meaning service in Turkish). He currently lives in self-imposed exile in the United States, residing in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.
Gülen teaches a Hanafi version of Islam, deriving from Sunni Muslim scholar Said Nursî's teachings. Gülen has stated that he believes in science, interfaith dialogue among the People of the Book, and multi-party democracy. He has initiated such dialogue with the Vatican and some Jewish organizations.
Gülen is actively involved in the societal debate concerning the future of the Turkish state, and Islam in the modern world. He has been described in the English-language media as an imam "who promotes a tolerant Islam which emphasises altruism, hard work and education" and as "one of the world's most important Muslim figures."
Gülen was an ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan before 2013. The alliance was destroyed after alleged 2013 corruption investigations in Turkey. Erdogan accused Gulen for initiating the investigations He is currently on Turkey's most-wanted terrorist list and is accused of leading what the current Turkish officials call the Gulenist Terror Organisation (FETO), however, there is no single investigation that accuses Gulen group with any kind of violence, rather they are accused of engaging in illegal wiretapping, blackmail and issuing threats amongst many others.A Turkish criminal court issued an arrest warrant for Gülen. Turkey is demanding the extradition of Gülen from the United States.
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