Baku, Azerbaijan, July 26
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Turkey is expanding the fight against the Fethullah Gulen movement beyond the country, the Yenisafak newspaper reported July 26 citing the diplomatic sources.
It is expected that as part of the fight against Gulen’s organization, which has been declared a terrorist organization in Turkey, Ankara will demand from the Netherlands to close down all the educational institutions of Gulen’s supporters.
On July 15 evening, Turkish authorities said a military coup attempt took place in the country. Meanwhile, a group of servicemen announced about transition of power to them.
However, the rebelling servicemen started to surrender July 16 and Turkish authorities said the coup attempt failed. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the death toll as a result of the military coup attempt stood at 246 people excluding the coup plotters and over 2,000 people were wounded.
Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in Turkey on July 20.
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