'My countr­y can never be condem­ned by virtua­l courts set up by FETO scound­rels, fake repres­entati­ves'ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey could never be “condemned by virtual courts” in the US after he was implicated in a scheme allegedly designed to subvert US sanctions on Iran during a trial in New York. “My country can never be condemned by virtual courts set up by FETO scoundrels, fake representatives,” Erdogan said during a televised speech in the eastern city of Kars, referring to Gulen’s group that Turkey has dubbed the “Fethullah Terrorist Organisation”. “Someone has got up and decided they will apparently try my country in their falsely set-up courts. Turkey has repeatedly called for Gulen to be extradited, but he denies any involvement in the coup or terrorism. Analysts say the embarrassing revelations could damage Erdogan politically and also harm the Turkish economy, if one or more Turkish banks are fined over violating sanctions.

Source: The Express Tribune December 02, 2017 15:33 UTC