Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turns on Former Brother-in-Arms Fethullah Gulen - Wall Street Journal
| Wall Street Journal | Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turns on Former Brother-in-Arms Fethullah Gulen Wall Street Journal ANKARA—When Recep Tayyip Erdogan rose to power in 2003, he neutralized a potential threat from Turkey's secular military leadership by promoting like-minded Islamists who were followers of a key ally, the imam Fethullah Gulen. Thirteen years later, Mr. Turkish president declares 3-month state of emergency How Turkey's military coup failed Turkey: Soul-searching after the failed coup |