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Turkey’s government has asked Nigeria to close down 17 Turkish schools in the West African country that it says are linked to Fethullah Gulen,[9] the U.S.-based cleric that Ankara blames for the recent failed coup. Members of the Gulen Movement, headed by the cleric, run about 300 schools in Turkey and over 1,000 worldwide.[3] Check also: Turkey Ready To Fight ...

ANKARA – When Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits Uganda and Kenya this week,[9] he will be seeking not only to increase trade but to stamp out the influence of an Islamic cleric whose network was long an instrument of Turkey’s soft power in Africa. Check also: Turkey Ready To Fight Terrorism In Nigeria Ankara officially declared the Hizmet organisation of ...