#TurkeyElection – In a state of panic: Turkey’s rulers emulate FBI style; post most wanted list that includes Gülen BUT also accuses American consulate for allegedly helping HDP’s campaign…

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Turkish government hires UK law firm to probe Gülen’s global network

The Turkish government has hired an international law firm to investigate the worldwide activities of the government’s friend-turned-foe U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen’s Hizmet (Service) Movement.

Turkey releases new most wanted list that includes Fethullah Gülen

Turkey published a list of its most wanted terrorists on Oct. 28, including Islamic Scholar Fethullah Gülen, leaders of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

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Turkish President thinks Obama campaign ‘master minds’ behind HDP

An ongoing tussle between President Erdoğan and HDP co-chair has reached Washington after the former suggested that a company that once managed U.S. President Obama’s campaign has now been hired by HDP

Turkey again at ballot boxes for knife-edge election, five months on

Only five months since the last general election failed to produce a single-party government, Turkish voters return to polling stations on Nov. 1, with slim prospects of a substantial difference raising the stakes for all parties

AKP mayor apologizes for misprint of ‘we steal for the future’

A district mayor in the Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir has apologized for lines reading “We steal for the future,” mistakenly printed on bags distributed to students that should have read “We work for the future.”

Presidential palace new symbol of Republic, says Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declared his presidential palace a “symbol” of the Turkish Republic, which marks its 92nd anniversary on Oct. 29

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3. “US Congressmen send Kerry letter about Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen-linked media…Dispatches from Turkey…
4. Erkan also quoted: BBC Trending: “Anger over new powers for Turkish authorities online…
5. Ankara Bombers are already found out to be pro-ISIS, but AKP’s Kurdish phobia prevents them admitting…

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