The Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETO)/Parallel State Structure (PDY), made up of Gulen’s supporters, is designated a terrorist organization by Ankara.
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The state-run Anadolu news agency said an Istanbul court had issued the warrant for “ordering the 15 July coup attempt”.
Gulen has always been sought by the Turkish government for what officials say is illegal activity.
The lawyers said they expected Gulen, who has denied any involvement in the July 15 coup attempt, will remain in his remote mountain compound in Pennsylvania. News stories displayed here appear in our category for worldwide and are licensed via a specific agreement between LongIsland.com and The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization.
Nazarbayev said: “I came here to declare that I am standing by Erdogan”.
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev vowed today to send anyone working or studying at schools linked to US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen back to Turkey should they be found to have “terror links”. “Please protect the people in Turkey and their rights with us”, the note says.
Gulen, a former ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, now lives in Pennsylvania. Numerous dead were civilians.
Although the bulk of the purges in the wake of the putsch have been in the security forces, judiciary and public sector, private firms have also been affected.
Turkish authorities have implemented a relentless crackdown in the wake of the coup.
“It is not in our interest to do something against Turkey”.
German energy group EWE, which employs around 700 people in Turkey, said around a dozen managers had left its subsidiary in recent days.
But he declined to comment on whether Kerry would visit Turkey later this month. “Turkey is one of the most closest and reliable partners of Kazakhstan”.
Germany’s Foreign Ministry confirmed the report, without giving further details.
“We have many important events beginning from China and along the entire length of the Great Silk Road, which are impossible without Turkey”, Nazarbayev said.
The warrant for Gulen’s arrest is seen as a preliminary step by Turkey before it officially requests his extradition.
But Gulen’s USA lawyers expressed confidence that he will not be extradited, saying the Turkish government doesn’t have any evidence against their client that would satisfy the US legal system.
Turkey has insisted officially that membership remains a key objective. But he did not entirely dismiss them.
“Now we need your financial support more than ever”.
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Turkey is highly unlikely to change its counter-terrorism laws in accordance with the EU’s criteria for visa liberalisation, and their own domestic concerns mean that European Union member states will be highly unlikely to acquiesce to President Erdogan’s ultimatum.
