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| President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Source: Reuters |
Grownnews: Ankara - President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan stressed that he did not have the slightest doubt that the
gunmen were Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov associated with
Fethullah Gulen-led organization.
The assertion
Erdogan came 48 hours after the shooting Karlov by Mevlut Mert Altintas at an
art gallery in Ankara. The 22-year-old boy was a riot policeman who was not on
duty when carrying out the action.
"There is no
reason to hide that he (Altintas) is a network member of feto - nicknamed
Turkey for Gulen organization they claim to be terrorists. The whole connection,
from where he got the education to their relationships, all of which lead to
Feto," Erdogan said, as reported by The New York Times, Thursday
(12/22/2016).
Thus, Turkey has
twice appointed Gulen network for masterminding the murder of Karlov. Earlier,
a member of the Turkish parliament from the ruling party (AKP), Kani Torun also
mentioned the same thing.
"According to
preliminary findings, he is not one who has been to Syria, and it is highly
unlikely he had established contact with groups in Syria," said Torun, who
also serves as deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee for foreign
affairs.
"Thus, the
only possible perpetrator of this attack is Feto. They have been very active in
the police. Although the group has removed many of the police, we are sure they
can do a suicide bomb attack like this," he said. Gulen himself has
lived in exile in Pennsylvania, United States of America (USA) since 1999. He
condemned the killing and denied any involvement.
"I condemn
this heinous act of terror powerful. No act of terror is justified, regardless
of background actors and goals he has set," Gulen said. Gulen spokesman
called the allegations even Turkey was nonsense to distract from the lack of
security in the capital of Turkey.
Not only is accused
of orchestrating the shooting of the Russian ambassador, Feto also called the
Turkish government is responsible for the coup on July 15, 2016 and which aims
to overthrow Erdogan.
Since then Feto has
dealt a hard or in any other language "cleansed" of any space in
various sectors in Turkey. But in a statement, Erdogan said that the murder of
Mr Karlov indicates that Gulen supporters still present in the structure of the
key security and cleanup efforts need to be continued.
"I have to say
clearly, this dirty organization still exist in the military, the police,"
said Erdogan was quoted as saying News.com.au. Without giving
further details, he mentioned the possibility of "foreign connection"
linked to murder plot Karlov.
Turkish authorities
have also arrested more than 100 journalists closed dozens of media. Repressive
measures are unprecedented.
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