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Divisive Turkey Referendum Campaign Underway To Give President More Power



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April 5, 20174:33 PM ET
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A referendum campaign to give the Turkish president more power is in full swing, with, "Yes" crowds on the offensive but "No" voters gaining some quiet traction - despite occasional intimidation.


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Fethullah Gulen on 'GPS': Failed Turkey coup looked 'like a Hollywood movie'

 

By Ray Sanchez, CNN

Updated 4:49 PM ET, Sun July 31, 2016

 

Gulen on facing the Turkish public

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pointed the finger of blame for the failed uprising squarely at Gulen

Gulen calls for international organization to investigate government claims connecting him to the coup attempt

(CNN)Fethullah Gulen, the reclusive cleric accused by Turkey of hatching a military coup attempt, concedes that his supporters could have been involved in the putsch but again denied any direct connection.

"There might have been some sympathetic people [to Gulen] among them," he told CNN's Fareed Zakaria in an interview.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pointed the finger of blame for the failed uprising squarely at Gulen.

Is Turkey experiencing its own Arab Spring?

Violent protests have raged in Istanbul for four days in a row

By Keith Wagstaff | 4:17pm EST



Demonstrators shout slogans against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in central Istanbul, June 2.
REUTERS/Murad Sezer



Turkey has been wracked by violent protests for four days, in what has quickly become the most significant public challenge to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 10-year rule.

The scenes on the streets of Istanbul and elsewhere — featuring rock-throwing protesters pitted against riot police armed with tear gas — bear a striking resemblance to the Arab Spring riots that have toppled regimes across the Middle East.

Erdogan, for his part, has adamantly rejected comparisons between the Turkish protests and the Arab Spring movement. "We already have a spring in Turkey," said Erdogan, referring to the fact that Turkey boasts one of the most successful democracies in the Muslim world. "But there are those who want to turn this spring into winter."

Indeed, many commentators say it would be foolish to stick Turkey under the same umbrella as Egypt, Syria, Libya, and Yemen.

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