Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to meet with the classified-information-leaking U.S. President Donald Trump one day after this story breaks.
From Reuters:
Turkish prosecutors ordered the arrest of 85 staff at the energy and education ministries under a investigation targeting the network of a U.S.-based cleric whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating last July's attempted coup, broadcaster CNN Turk reported on Tuesday.
No further details were immediately available. Some 50,000 people have been formally arrested as part of investigations targeting supporters of cleric Fethullah Gulen. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who is visiting Washington, is seeking Gulen's extradition.
Yurt içi piyasalar Erdoğan – Trump görüşmesine odaklandı https://t.co/GrTbA0pDhF pic.twitter.com/orYTk0tsmE
— CNN Türk (@cnnturk) May 16, 2017
Washington Post: Erdoğan, Başkan Trump'ın yapacağı en zor görüşme https://t.co/I9h8ZlEP8j pic.twitter.com/sK12FEZ5qd
— CNN Türk (@cnnturk) May 16, 2017
Erdogan to visit Trump, amid friction between U.S., Turkey https://t.co/KPsMCtMM5D
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) May 16, 2017
#Gulen's 2 suggestions foe reversing the democratic regression in #Turkeyhttps://t.co/3hQ8i79Wje pic.twitter.com/JOAdkIGJec
— Emre Celik (@emrecelikrumi) May 16, 2017
FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the Roundtable Summit Phase One Sessions of Belt and Road Forum at the International Conference Center in Yanqi Lake on May 15, 2017 in Beijing, China REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool
