The dirty problem in Turkey: The Gulenists brought AKP to power, worked with Erdogan, until they split in 2013https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/757583240702164992 …
No, Gulenists were never an electoral force, and did not bring AKP to power. More like allies, provided (esp. educated) cadre.
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They were certainly seen to be a big vote-influencing force in 2003 and 2007 elections, helping AKP's famous ground-ops machine
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As I said, they provided educated cadre, not much votes. Helped with databases etc. 2014 elex showed: no electoral force.
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no, but they infiltrated almost every branches of government during akp.
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