Turkey’s President Erdoğan, PM Yıldırım vow to annihilate followers of Gülen movement
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have vowed on Wednesday evening to annihilate every each member of the Gülen movement...
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60 officers, 73 teachers detained, 128 Kaynak personnel wanted over alleged Gülen links in...
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