Friday, October 6, 2017

Turkey Nabs a Consulate Worker for Espionage; US Embassy:Allegations "Wholly Without Merit"

Turkish authorities have arrested a U.S. Consulate employee in Istanbul over his alleged links to a movement led by U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, the CBS News website reports today (October 6, 2017).


The U.S. Embassy said it believes the allegations against the staff member are "wholly without merit."


Turkey's Anadolu News Agency said the man -- a Turkish citizen identified by the initials M.T. -- was ordered arrested by a court in Istanbul on October 4 on charges of espionage and attempts to "destroy" the constitutional order and Turkey's government.


The man is accused of ties to a former prosecutor and four former police chiefs who are being prosecuted for leading a corruption probe in 2013, which the government says was orchestrated by Gulen's movement in a bid to topple it.

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