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Now playing Next Turkey Turkey's gendarmerie - the latest target as post-coup purge continues Months after Turkey’s attempted coup, the purge is continuing. 03/11/2016
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Now playing Next Turkey Turkey formally requests arrest of US-based cleric Gulen Turkey made the request on charges Gulen 'ordered and commanded' the July coup attempt 13/09/2016
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