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Turkey claims Gulen link to envoy killing, Kremlin cautious [AFP] Stuart WILLIAMS December 21, 2016Istanbul (AFP) - Turkish authorities were on Wednesday looking into claims the alleged mastermind of the failed July coup was involved in the assassination of Moscow's ambassador, but the Kremlin warned against jumping to conclusions.Monday's murder of Andrei Karlov stunned Russia and prompted warnings of retribution from the Kremlin. But both sides responded by vowing to step up cooperation, particularly on the Syria conflict.Off-duty Turkish policeman Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, pumped nine bullets into Karlov at an art gallery in Ankara before he himself was killed by police in a shootout.The pro-government press has repeatedly said that US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara blames for the attempted putsch, was behind the assassination plot.And Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told US counterpart John Kerry in a phone call on Tuesday that Ankara believed Gulen was involved.Continued: https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-says-too-early-behind-envoys-murder-turkey-103359720.html
The "coup" was fake, a pretext.Turkey seems to use this group as a handy scapegoat.
I've come to the conclusion that Fethullah Gülen is Turkish for "Emmanuel Goldstein."