Turkey accuses U.S. of harboring coup mastermind

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/turkey-coup-fetullah-gulen-225650


Turkey accuses U.S. of harboring coup mastermind

By Kristen East

07/16/16 09:23 AM EDT

Updated 07/16/16 12:04 PM EDT

Turkey's government, fresh from defeating a coup attempt led by elements of the military, is accusing the United States of harboring the alleged mastermind of the entire plot: reclusive cleric Fetullah Gulen, who lives in Pennsylvania.

Gulen has lived in exile in the Pocono Mountains since 1999 and retains significant influence in Turkey and around the world. He has denied any role in the failed coup, following accusations by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that his followers are to blame.

“Turkey will not be run from a house in Pennsylvania,” Erdogan said Saturday, according to TRT World. “Turkey is not a country that can be bought or sold cheaply.”

The Islamic scholar's apparent response, issued through his Alliance for Shared Values NGO, condemned the attempted coup and called the allegations "especially insulting."

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Trump this morning on Turkey:

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Erdogan could have staged a coup to give himself even more dictatorial powers, which he has already vowed to do