Akar was due to meet President Tayyip Erdogan later on Sunday, Turkish media reported. Gen. Hakan Evrim tried to convince him to talk to Gulen, but he refused. “But I dismissed his offer instantly”.
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Gradually the political situation in Turkey after failed attempted coup is stabilizing and observing it Russian Federation has lifted restrictions on its citizens from flying to the country.
“When they read their manifesto to me, I listened cynically and without any interest”, Akar said. He [Dişli] replied by saying ‘Don’t worry, stay calm, he will come.’ I keep asking questions like “I wouldn’t have anything to do with you, some other or others involved in such of a business, how can you talk to me like this, who are these people, who are you?’ I was very angry”, the Daily Sabah cited his statement as saying.
“I believe those coup-plotters are members of this organization [Fetullah terrorist organization]”.
After the military coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, Erdogan called on US President Barack Obama to hand over Gülen, but Obama said his country will extradite the Turkish opposition leader if Ankara presents documents of his involvement in the coup attempt.
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Gulen is also accused of a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary, forming what is commonly known as the “parallel state”.
