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2016

Turkish court issues arrest warrant for Muslim cleric

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WN.com 
A court in Turkey issued a formal warrant Thursday for the arrest of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who the government accuses of being behind the failed July 15 coup that left more than 270 people dead. The state-run Anadolu news agency said an Istanbul-based court issued the warrant for "ordering the July 15 coup attempt." The government says Gulen, a former ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, masterminded the failed coup attempt by renegade officers in Turkey's military and wants him...