Turkey Forcibly 'Repatriates' Nephew Of President Erdogan's Enemy: Report

Selahaddin Gulen is the nephew of US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkey accuses of masterminding a failed coup in 2016.

Turkish spies arrested and repatriated a nephew of an enemy of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who Turkey says ordered a failed coup in 2016, state media reported Monday. Ankara accuses US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen of masterminding the attempted overthrow which left hundreds dead and thousands more injured. Since 2016, Turkey has arrested tens of thousands of people suspected to have links to Gulen. Turkish state news agency Anadolu reported that Selahaddin Gulen was brought back to Turkey by agents from the country's National Intelligence Organisation (MIT), quoting unnamed security sources, but did not say which country he was arrested in. The agency published a photograph of the suspect in handcuffs with a Turkish flag on each side of him, but did not say whether the operation took place in agreement with the country he was captured in.