Fethullah Gulen Tolerance, Dialogue and Peace
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the Turkish government in the US.
Gulen’s lawyers dismissed the case as “baseless” and said the “spy thriller allegations,”. “The lawsuit against Mr. Gülen is pure political theater and is completely without merit,” said Reid Weingarten of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Gülen’s attorney.
Gülen is accused of restricting the freedoms of three individuals, members of a radical group believed to have links with al-Qaeda.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan publicly backed the group, whose leader had said on live TV that he loves Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda’s slain leader.
