PHOTO:Turkey Governemt plans to arrest Turkish football hero and ex-footballer Hakan Sukur over links with failed coup plotters

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According to media report, Turkish government have issued an arrest warrant for footballer Hakan Sukur over links to the alleged mastermind of last month’s failed coup.
The report states that Sukur is wanted for his affiliation to Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Muslim Cleric that Turkish President Recep Erdogan is demanding is extradited.
The state-run Anadolu news agency said the arrest warrant accused Sukur of ‘membership in an armed terror organisation’.
The ex-footballer is Turkey’s leading goalscorer with 51 goals in 112 appearances, while his club career saw him play for the likes of Inter Milan, Galatasaray, Blackburn Rovers, Torino and Parma.
His father Selmet Sukur was detained on Friday hours after the warrant was issued and a court has ordered that both men’s assets in Turkey be seized, Anadolu said.

Sukur reportedly left Turkey last year and has m
ade no secret of his affiliation to Fethullah Gulen, and resigned from the ruling party in 2013 following a government rift with the movement.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s foreign minister told reporters that 32 Turkish diplomats who were called back to Turkey as part of an investigation into the coup attempt had failed to return.
The July 15 coup attempt left more than 270 people dead and has since seen more than 35,000 people detained for questioning and tens of thousands of others axed from government jobs.
Mr Gulen, who runs a network of worldwide charities and schools from self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, has denied any knowledge or involvement in the coup

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