{"id":1268,"date":"2017-10-21T18:38:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T18:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/erdogan-says-cannot-call-us-civilized-after-arrest-warrants-for-turkish-guards-40\/"},"modified":"2017-10-21T18:38:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T18:38:06","slug":"erdogan-says-cannot-call-us-civilized-after-arrest-warrants-for-turkish-guards-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/erdogan-says-cannot-call-us-civilized-after-arrest-warrants-for-turkish-guards-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Erdogan says cannot call US 'civilized' after arrest warrants for Turkish guards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\u201cIf arrest warrants are issued for my 13 bodyguards in a country where I went upon invitation, I’m sorry, but I cannot say that country is civilized,\u201d Erdogan said at the Civilizations Forum at Ibn Haldun University in Istanbul on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tOn June 15, a US grand jury indicted 19 people, including 15 Turkish security officials, in connection with the clash between protesters and Erdogan’s security personnel in Washington. Sixteen people sustained injuries in the brawl.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tTurkish officials said at the time that members of the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK) and those affiliated to a movement led by Pennsylvania-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen\u00a0were united in the protest against Erdogan.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Ankara government accuses Gulen of having masterminded the July 2016 coup attempt.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Turkish Foreign Ministry stated then that the failure by US authorities to effectively take precautions was the main cause of the incident.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tElsewhere in his remarks, Erdogan also criticized US President Donald Trump’s policy regarding Muslims, saying Turkey never closed its doors to people who thought differently.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\u201cMuslims in America are facing expulsion so it means there is a problem in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tRelations between Ankara and Washington have been seriously strained in recent months, and led to the suspension of mutual visa services.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tOn October 4, Turkish authorities arrested a US Consulate General staffer in Istanbul on charges of contacts with members of Gulen\u2019s movement.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tTurkey\u2019s official Anadolu news agency reported that the man worked as a contact officer at the Consulate General, and made contacts with former police chiefs Yakup Saygil\u0131, Nazmi Ardi\u00e7, Mahir \u00c7akall\u0131 and Mehmet Akif \u00dcner, all linked to Gulen.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe US Embassy in Ankara later said it was \u201cdeeply disturbed\u201d by the arrest of the consulate staffer, claiming that the charges against him were \u201cbaseless.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tApart from the allegation of the coup architect, Gulen is accused of being behind a long-running campaign to topple the government via infiltrating the country\u2019s institutions, particularly the army, police and\u00a0the judiciary.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAdditionally, the Ankara government has outlawed Gulen\u2019s movement, branding it as\u00a0the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tGulen has denounced the \u201cdespicable putsch\u201d and reiterated that he had no role in it.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tTurkey has frequently called on the US to extradite Gulen, but the demands have not been taken heed of.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tTens of thousands of people have been arrested in Turkey on suspicion\u00a0of having links to Gulen and the failed coup. More than 110,000 others, including military staff, civil servants and journalists, have been sacked or suspended from work over the same accusations.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe international community and rights groups have been highly critical of the Turkish president over the massive dismissals and the crackdown.<\/p>\n

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