Turkey issues arrest warrant for top Erdogan rival Fethullah Gulen – state media
A court in Istanbul issued the warrant on Friday, according to TRT Haber television.
The warrant comes in the wake of the last week’s mass media raids , during which over 20 suspected Gulen supporters, including chief editors and media executives, were detained.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is accusing the self-exiled preacher of plotting to overthrow the state.
Relations soured between the two after an anti-graft probe launched in 2013, which Erdogan suspects was an attempt by Gulen and his followers to destabilize the government.
Gulen, who heads Hizmet, an influential spiritual and social movement, has denied the allegations. Last week, Erdogan vowed to crush the "evil forces" associated with the movement and its leader.
"We are not just faced with a simple network, but one which is a pawn of evil forces at home and abroad," the president declared last Friday.
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