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HARDtalk: Ismail Sezgin

28/07/2016 GMT

Ismail Sezgin

BBC News - HARDtalk, Ismail Sezgin

Zeinab Badawi meets Ismail Sezgin, Director of the Centre for Hizmet Studies in the UK.

The Turkish government blames reclusive US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen for the failed coup, but he denies involvement. Is the Gulenist movement a threat to the Turkish state?

HARDtalk's Zeinab Badawi speaks to Ismail Sezgin, Director of the Centre for Hizmet Studies in the UK, an education NGO founded and inspired by supporters of Gulen. The Turkish government is using a state of emergency to continue hunting down people whom it claims are followers of the reclusive US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen. The government blames him for the failed coup, and wants the US to extradite him to Turkey to stand trial. He denies involvement. Is the Gulenist movement a threat to the Turkish state?

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