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In this July 2016 photo, Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen speaks to members of the media at his compound in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Chris Post)
October 21, 2024, 12:51 pm
Turkish cleric Gulen, accused of orchestrating coup against Erdogan, dies in US at 83
Website affiliated with the influential Islamic leader, who lived in self-imposed exile in the US since 1999, says he died Sunday at the hospital where he was being treated
By Daren Butler
In this July 16, 2016 photo, tanks, part of the forces that attempted a coup, move into position as people attempt to stop them, in Ankara, Turkey. (AP Photo/File)
October 18, 2022, 10:17 pm
Turkey arrests over 500 for suspected ties to alleged leader of failed 2016 coup
Suspects accused of handling cash from supporters of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen; fearing clampdown on critics, opposition parties seek suspension of new fake news law
By Agencies
Enes Kanter Freedom leads at a basketball camp in Jerusalem's YMCA, July 31, 2022. (SoulShop Studios)
August 3, 2022, 9:00 am
Activist NBA player: Israelis should build trust with Palestinians, but not Erdogan
Months after China brouhaha that cost him his job, Turkish-raised Enes Kanter Freedom lends his celebrity to teaching coexistence in Israeli basketball camps
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Finland's President Sauli Niinistö, left, and Sweden's King Carl Gustaf walk in the Royal Courtyard in Stockholm, May 17, 2022. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)
May 17, 2022, 9:46 pm
Sweden, Finland push forward with NATO membership bids amid Turkey’s opposition
Erdogan points to the nonaligned Nordic countries’ alleged support for Kurdish militants as cause of objection; some officials say he is ‘pushing up the price’ for their membership
By Karl Ritter
Selahaddin Gulen, a nephew of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, stands between Turkish flags in this photo provided by Turkish intelligence service, on May 31, 2021, in Ankara, Turkey. (Turkish Intelligence Service via AP)
May 31, 2021, 8:15 pm
Turkish agents snatch nephew of Erdogan foe in Kenya
Selahaddin Gulen brought to Turkey after being captured overseas; his uncle, US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, is accused by Erdogan of masterminding failed coup in 2016
By AFP
Andrei Karlov (bottom), the Russian ambassador to Ankara, lying on the floor, after being shot by Mevlut Mert Altintas (R), during an attack at a public event in Ankara, December 19, 2016. (AFP/Hurriyet/Hasim KILIC/Turkey Out)
March 9, 2021, 8:53 pm
Five sentenced to life in Turkey over Russian envoy’s 2016 murder
Suspects, linked to opposition figure Gulen, are accused of helping gunman who was killed by special forces shortly after he assassinated ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara
By AFP
In this file photo taken on July 11, 2018, Turkish police officers escort Adnan Oktar (C) in Istanbul, as he is arrested on fraud charges (DOGAN NEWS AGENCY / AFP)
January 12, 2021, 4:48 pm
Turkish sex cult televangelist jailed for 1,075 years for abuse
Adnan Oktar, who hosted Israeli politicians and renounced his Holocaust denial, found guilty of assault, sexual abuse of minors, fraud, attempted political and military espionage
By AFP and ToI Staff
Turkish riot police faces protesters of Saturday mothers group demonstration on August 25, 2018 in Istanbul. (AFP/Yasin AKGUL)
February 18, 2020, 11:49 am
Turkey seeks 695 arrests over links to US-based cleric
Warrants are issued as part of a crackdown on the network led by Fethullah Gulen that continues nearly four years after attempted coup
By AP
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York, September 24, 2019. (Don Emmert / AFP)
September 27, 2019, 3:18 pm
Erdogan vows to continue oil, natural gas trade with Iran
Turkish leader says ‘impossible’ to sever all energy ties with Tehran over reimposed American sanctions
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Security cars and a police officer outside Istanbul's courthouse during the trial of Metin Topuz, a Turkish employee of the United States Consulate in Istanbul charged with espionage, March 26, 2019. (AP/Mehet Guzel)
June 28, 2019, 1:37 pm
US consular staffer to stay in Turkey detention on spy charges
Turkish citizen who translated for American drug enforcement agency accused of links to alleged mastermind of failed 2016 coup attempt
By AFP
Security cars and a police officer outside Istanbul's courthouse during the trial of Metin Topuz, a Turkish employee of the United States Consulate in Istanbul charged with espionage, March 26, 2019. (AP/Mehet Guzel)
March 26, 2019, 1:14 pm
Trial of US consulate worker opens in Istanbul
Turkish citizen who translated for US police agency accused of links to alleged mastermind of failed 2016 coup attempt
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
The consular services' office of the United States consulate remains closed, in Istanbul, October 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Neyran Elden)
January 20, 2019, 6:33 pm
Life sentence sought for Turkish employee of US Consulate charged with espionage
Ankara accuses Metin Topuz, jailed since 2017, of helping police officers organize an attempted coup in 2013
By AP and ToI Staff
A man identified as Mevlut Mert Altintas holds up a gun after shooting Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, at a photo gallery in Ankara, Turkey, December 19, 2016. (AP/Burhan Ozbilici)
January 8, 2019, 11:25 am
Turkey trial on Russian envoy’s killing to open with US-based cleric as suspect
Ankara says Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen is one of 28 involved in the 2016 shooting of Moscow’s ambassador by off-duty Turkish policeman
By AFP
People, mainly Turkish soldiers, accused of trying to assassinate the Turkish president during the July coup attempt, are escorted by security forces towards the courthouse in Mugla, western Turkey, on February 20, 2017. (Bulent Kilic/AFP)
December 18, 2018, 4:46 pm
Nearly 2,000 in Turkey jailed for life since 2016 coup
State media says around half of those convicted over links to Gulen sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment, which is harsher than a regular life sentence
By AFP
US pastor Andrew Brunson, center, sits inside a car as he arrives for his trial in Izmir, Turkey, early Friday, Oct. 12, 2018.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
October 12, 2018, 6:53 pm
Easing frayed ties, Turkish court allows US pastor to go free
Andrew Brunson on his way home after court convicts him on terror charges and sentences him to time served; Trump hails release
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
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