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PHNOM PENH, (APP/AFP) – A Turkish official in
Cambodia Wednesday called for the closure of schools it says are
linked to the cleric accused of orchestrating a failed coup in Turkey.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed bitter
foe Fethullah Gulen for last week’s bloody failed putsch and has
vowed to root out his network of alleged supporters.
Gulen, who denies involvement in the attempted power grab,
is the spiritual leader of the Hizmet movement which operates schools
around the world and is also linked to media organisations, businesses
and think-tanks.
“We know that Fethullah Gulen is behind the coup attempt and
we know Zaman schools are affiliated with this person,” an official
from the Turkish embassy in Cambodia told AFP Wednesday, referring
to the Zaman International School in Phnom Penh.