Turkey Investigating 17, Some Americans, Accused in Failed Coup
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Turkey Investigating 17, Some Americans, Accused in Failed Coup
chief; Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York; Preet Bharara, the former United States attorney for the Southern District of New York;
and David Cohen, the head of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, according to the Anadolu Agency, a state-run news wire.
The investigation may also be a tit-for-tat response to the recent arrest in New York of an executive from a state-owned Turkish bank,
according to Henri J. Barkey, the director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
The investigation may also be a reflection of Turkey’s dwindling hopes of involvement in the
American-led campaign to take Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State, analysts said.
By PATRICK KINGSLEYAPRIL 15, 2017
ISTANBUL — A Turkish prosecutor has opened an investigation into 17 people accused of fomenting last year’s failed coup, including many prominent American officials, academics
and politicians, state news media reported on Saturday.
The accusations against the Americans might have been launched with similar intentions, said Soner Cagaptay,
the author of a coming biography of Mr. Erdogan, "The New Sultan." "The ‘yes’ camp still doesn’t feel safe.
Mr. Barkey said that It’s partly: You’re arresting our people, we can do the same to you,
Mr. Bharara, who was ousted from office last month by the Trump administration, had opened an
investigation into Reza Zarrab, a wealthy Turkish trader with connections to Mr. Erdogan.
chief; Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York; Preet Bharara, the former United States attorney for the Southern District of New York;
and David Cohen, the head of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, according to the Anadolu Agency, a state-run news wire.
The investigation may also be a tit-for-tat response to the recent arrest in New York of an executive from a state-owned Turkish bank,
according to Henri J. Barkey, the director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
The investigation may also be a reflection of Turkey’s dwindling hopes of involvement in the
American-led campaign to take Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State, analysts said.
By PATRICK KINGSLEYAPRIL 15, 2017
ISTANBUL — A Turkish prosecutor has opened an investigation into 17 people accused of fomenting last year’s failed coup, including many prominent American officials, academics
and politicians, state news media reported on Saturday.
The accusations against the Americans might have been launched with similar intentions, said Soner Cagaptay,
the author of a coming biography of Mr. Erdogan, "The New Sultan." "The ‘yes’ camp still doesn’t feel safe.
Mr. Barkey said that It’s partly: You’re arresting our people, we can do the same to you,
Mr. Bharara, who was ousted from office last month by the Trump administration, had opened an
investigation into Reza Zarrab, a wealthy Turkish trader with connections to Mr. Erdogan.