Erdogan Maintains Turkey Coup Plotted from 'Outside'

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan restated that the failed coup attempt last month was plotted outside the country. "This coup was not just an event planned from the inside," Erdogan said in a televised address. "The actors inside acted out a scenario for a coup written from the outside." The accusations are likely in reference to Muslim cleric Fetullah Gulen, an Erdogan opponent who has lived in the United States for nearly two decades and has denied any...

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