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The Grand Turk
AKP expels four mayors over links to Gülenists
2016-08-27
The necessary shrinkage of the outer party proceeds apace as the purge continues.
[Hurriyet] The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has expelled four of its district mayors over suspected links to the movement of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, said to be behind last month’s failed coup attempt.

AKP spokesperson Yasin Aktay told reporters that Enver BaÅŸaran, the mayor of the AÅŸkale district of Erzurum; SavaÅŸ AkarçeÅŸme, the mayor of the Çamoluk district of Giresun; Halil Ä°brahim Oral, the mayor of the Ilgın district of Konya,;and Ali ErdoÄŸmuÅŸ, the mayor of Nar district of NevÅŸehir have all been expelled from the party. Aktay recalled that BaÅŸaran and AkarçeÅŸme had already been arrested as part of ongoing investigation into the so-called Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ).

Following the thwarted coup attempt, the AKP formed a commission to identify potential Gülenists within different branches of the party.
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