...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
has indicted a third U.S. Consulate employee and his wife and daughter on charges of membership of a terrorist group, according to a copy of the indictment seen by Rooters, a move likely to further strain ties between Ankara and Washington.
Nazmi Mete Canturk, a security officer at the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, and his wife and daughter are accused in the indictment of links to the network of Fethullah Gülen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world..., the U.S.-based Moslem holy man blamed by Ankara for a failed 2016 coup.
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It says Canturk was in contact with dozens of individuals under investigation for being members of Gulen's network and that "evidence has been obtained regarding the suspect's actions in line with the instructions of the (terrorist) organization".
Canturk, his wife and daughter are cited in the indictment as denying the charges.