A UK parliament committee released a report on Saturday morning, stating that members of Fethullah Gulen’s group took part in Turkey’s failed coup attempt in July 2016.
The committee took evidence from supporters of Gulen, a Turkish cleric who has been in self-imposed exile in the US since 1999, and concluded that some of them were involved in the coup.
However, the report had no conclusive evidence to support Ankara's claims that the Gulen movement was behind the coup.
People are seen over an armored vehicle as they gather to react against military coup attempt, in Ankara, Turkey on July 16, 2016./CFP Photo
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Gulen of orchestrating the coup, and had repeatedly called on the US to extradite him.
The chaos of the July 15 night led to Erdogan declaring a three-month state of emergency. He spearheaded a widespread and arbitrary crackdown, to cleanse what the government has called infiltrators of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary.
According to Turkish state media, 87 personnel for suspected links to the Fethullah Gulen Movement were dismissed by the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) last September.
On February, a total of 47 went on trial over alleged attempts to plot an assassination of President Erdogan during July's coup attempt.
