There are ways of living that are more like death to these people, “he said”.
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“This sort of conspiracy theory, inflammatory rhetoric … is absolutely not helpful”, State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau told a briefing when asked about charges in the Turkish press that the Woodrow Wilson Center think tank was behind the failed coup.
The Turkish government accused Gulen and his terrorist sympathizers of putting together the coup attempt on July 15.
Of those, 136 were detained in Monday’s raids.
Companies in eastern Istanbul, including major Turkish businesses such as technology company Akfa Holding and the A101 supermarket chain, were visited by police, and at least 51 people, including Akfa CEO Fatih Aktas, were arrested. Since then, 111 people have been referred in this case and face between two years imprisonment and life imprisonment.
Prosecutors accuse the Gülen network to have infiltrated institutions and intelligence services.
In an interview with daily Karar, Yildirim said that the time has come for Turkey to mend relations with Syria after Ankara took steps for rapprochement with Israel and Russian Federation.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Tuesday said a fair trial for perpetrators of terror acts would be a greater punishment than the death penalty, adding that Turkish courts will prosecute those “not in revenge, but with justice”. 11,597 of them were however released.
The targeted companies are accused by the government of financing Fethullah Gulen’s organizations.
The case dates back to September 2015, months before the failed coup, and had been launched by the Usak prosecutor’s office into the financial assets of FETO.
The Head of State stressed Tuesday before a Turkish Presidents of lawn on the fact that “all detentions are part of the laws” and the state of emergency following the failed coup, sweeping a backhand worldwide criticism.
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Gulen, a former Erdogan ally who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, is already on trial in absentia in Turkish courts, facing life terms over accusations of plotting to overthrow the government and leading an armed group.
