"The president of a group that promotes Gulen's ideas, the New York-based Alliance for Shared Values, denied the charges. A lawyer for the Turkish government, Robert Amsterdam, said that "there are indications of direct involvement" in the coup attempt of Fethullah Gulen , a Muslim cleric who is living in exile in Pennsylvania. Gulen is rarely seen in public and has been put on trial in absentia at least three times.The US has shown little inclination to send Gulen back to Turkey. Earlier in the evening, the alliance said, "we condemn any military intervention in (the) domestic politics of Turkey. He said he and his firm "have attempted repeatedly to warn the US government of the threat posed" by Gulen and his movement.

Source: Times of India July 16, 2016 03:37 UTC