2014-09-13 10:17:37
Erdogan Seeks to Vanquish Opponent Gulen in Global Fight
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s struggle to get rid of his self-declared political enemies is going global.
After purging thousands of officials he said were followers of Fethullah Gulen, a cleric blamed for undermining his government, Erdogan is targeting an international network of charter schools run by Gulen’s movement. Since the start of the year, schools in Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Gambia have closed, and education officials in Somalia, Pakistan and northern Iraq say they have come under pressure from the Turkish government to follow suit.
The rift between Erdogan and Gulen represents the end of a political alliance that targeted the country’s secular traditions and paved the way for Erdogan’s populist brand of Islamism to dominate Turkish politics. In July, he warned a gathering of ambassadors against the movement’s “dangerous actions” in their countries. “I and my friends will continue to fight against these elements that threaten our national security for as long as I live,” said Erdogan, who repeated the vow after his election as president last month.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s struggle to get rid of his self-declared political enemies is going global.
After purging thousands of officials he said were followers of Fethullah Gulen, a cleric blamed for undermining his government, Erdogan is targeting an international network of charter schools run by Gulen’s movement. Since the start of the year, schools in Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Gambia have closed, and education officials in Somalia, Pakistan and northern Iraq say they have come under pressure from the Turkish government to follow suit.
The rift between Erdogan and Gulen represents the end of a political alliance that targeted the country’s secular traditions and paved the way for Erdogan’s populist brand of Islamism to dominate Turkish politics. In July, he warned a gathering of ambassadors against the movement’s “dangerous actions” in their countries. “I and my friends will continue to fight against these elements that threaten our national security for as long as I live,” said Erdogan, who repeated the vow after his election as president last month.
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