The nephew of a Muslim cleric and former ally of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan now living in self-exile in the United States was arrested by Turkish agents.
Selahaddin Gülen, a nephew of Fethullah Gülen, who is wanted in Turkey on charges of membership of a terror organization, was captured by the Turkish national spy agency MIT, state-run media reported Monday.
It is not known where Selahaddin Gülen was captured or if he was returned to Turkey. He was reported to have been living in Kenya. A Kenyan court had refused to allow his arrest and extradition, according to AFP.
Fethullah Gülen is accused of fomenting an attempted coup d’état on Erdoğan five years ago. Gülen denies being behind the coup attempt. The attempted July 15, 2016 coup left 251 people dead and more than 2,700 injured.