Erdogan: Koza Ipek is aiding Gulen terrorist organisation and disseminating its propaganda, state-run Anadolu agency said citing police, according to Business Week. The raids are the latest step in Erdogan campaign against Gulen which started following a series of police probes into government corruption in 2013. Police on 1 September raided Ankara headquarters of Koza Ipek Holding, a conglomerate linked to Erdogan former ally and now biggest rival, the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Erdogan said Gulenists within state institutions were trying to unseat him with false allegations and purged tens of thousands of civil servants in retaliation. Erdogan wants to silence critical media ahead of the November elections, said Anthony Skinner, head of analysis for the Middle East and North Africa at U.K.-based forecasting company Verisk Maplecroft. Opposition party CHP lawmaker Baris Yarkadas said the crackdown will widen to target other papers critical of Erdogan as he prepares for Nov. 1 general elections key to his ambitions to accrue more powers to the presidency.
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