Turkey threatens war with Amerika over cleric blamed for failed coup!

ISTANBUL, Turkey (PNN) - July 16, 2016 - In an astonishing and reckless attack on the Fascist Police States of Amerika the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that the country considers itself at war with any nation that stands by the FPSA-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.

He said, "Any country that protects Fethullah Gulen will be an enemy to Turkey."

Moderate cleric Gulen, who lives in Pennsylvania, has been a constant scapegoat for Erdogan, who has accused him of trying to establish a “parallel state” to rival his own fiefdom.

The statement by Yildirim will be seen as a thinly veiled threat to Amerika to give up Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile at a religious retreat, or face diplomatic or even military consequences.

Gulen, the founder of an Islamic movement that carries his name, promotes a brand of the religion that promotes belief in science, interfaith dialogue, and multi-party democracy.

FPSA Secretary of State John Kerry  said he would consider an extradition request for the religious leader but stressed Turkey would have to provide evidence that Gulen was behind the attempt to overthrow the government.

However, there are reports today that Turkish authorities have shut off access and power to an air base used by FPSA jets bombing Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria as tensions escalate.

The FPSA embassy released a statement saying, "Be advised that local authorities are denying movements on to and off of Incirlik Air Base. The power there has also been cut. Please avoid the air base until normal operations have been restored."

Gulen is a long-time opponent of Erdogan, who has accused him and his movement of fueling insurrection and trying to establish its own institutions to overthrow the government.

He has issued a statement denying any involvement in the coup and condemning the attempt to overthrow Erdogan, with whom he was once close friends.

In it he said, "I condemn in the strongest terms the attempted military coup in Turkey. Government should be won through a process of free and fair elections, not force. As someone who suffered under multiple military coups during the past five decades, it is especially insulting to be accused of having any link to such an attempt. I categorically deny such accusations.”

He now lives at the Golden Generation Worship and Retreat Center, a compound in Saylorsburg, in the Poconos in Pennsylvania.

The Turkish chief prosecutor has claimed that followers of the cleric within the country’s army launched the coup out of desperation after realizing that their sympathies were about to be discovered.

In a statement read out on TV during the coup attempt the leaders of the coup, whose identities are not yet known, said they wanted to return Turkey to being a secular democracy, adding that Erdogan had eroded the constitution set down by its first president, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Speaking to reporters in Luxembourg, Kerry said it was his understanding that order had now been restored in Turkey and added that he hoped “constitutional process” would be followed in dealing with the plotters.

Kerry also issued a statement of support for President Erdogan, saying that the FPSA “stands squarely for democratic leadership in Turkey.”

Today Gulen claimed the attempted overthrow may have been staged, and he urged the Turkish people not to view military intervention in a positive light.

Speaking from Pennsylvania he said, “There is a slight chance, there is a possibility that it could be a staged coup. It could be meant for court accusations and associations.”

Gulen said democracy cannot be achieved through military action. He criticized Erdogan's government.

He said, “It appears that they have no tolerance for any movement, any group, any organization that is not under their total control.”

Authorities have begun a major crackdown in the judiciary over suspected links to Gulen, removing them from their posts and ordering the detention of nearly 3,000 prosecutors and judges, including from top courts.

Ten members of the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors and two members of the Constitutional Court have already been detained, officials said.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told a crowd chanting for the death penalty that such demands may be discussed in Parliament.

Looking relaxed and smiling, giving an occasional thumbs up to his supporters in Istanbul, Erdogan said the coup attempt had been carried out by a minority in the army.