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Gulen 'Terrorist' More Dangerous Than Bin Laden - Turkish Minister

© REUTERS / Courtesy Selahattin Sevi/Zaman Daily via Cihan News Agency/HandoutIslamic preacher Fethullah Gulen.
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Turkish dissident cleric Fethullah Gulen in self-imposed US exile is a 'terrorist' more dangerous than al-Qaeda ex-leader Osama Bin Laden, Turkish EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik said on Saturday.

Pro-Erdogan supporters wave Turkish national flags during a rally at Taksim square in Istanbul on July 18, 2016 following the military failed coup attempt of July 15 - Sputnik International
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ANKARA (Sputnik) — On July 15, the coup attempt took place in Turkey and was suppressed the following day. Over 240 people were killed and more than 2,100 injured during the failed coup excluding the victims among the coup plotters, according to the country's authorities.

"Terrorist leader Fethullah Gulen is more dangerous than Osama Bin Laden," Celik told journalists.

The Turkish government has accused Gulen and his followers of having played a key role in the coup. Gulen has denied the accusations.

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