Gulen and his followers who advocate dialogue and reject violence r seen as the only obstacle in Wahhabi/Salafization of Turkey
The fact that Erdogan's first impulse is to blame Gulen of all people, then vow revenge, explains why this coup happened in first the place!
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anybody but Gulen...
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promoting a Middle Eastern conspiracy theory, are we?
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Maybe by initially portioning blame on one person, he knew that would drive people on to the streets. Ultimate aim to stop coup.
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is Gulen a Kemalist? I had thought Erdogan had purged them from high military positions?
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no, Gulen is a Gulenist
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thanks. Hadn't heard of this before.
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it's a religious even more Islamist group than AKP outside of the political sphere.
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gulen has been made a Khomeini like figure.
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Also: freedom of speech, ISIS, Syria, questionable business deals, oil, & grotesque Turko-Persian palace fit for a supervillain.
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attempted coup!
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whatever happened to that failed tv show of yours?
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