Lawyer of renowned Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has denied his client's alleged remarks against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) that were published by a leftist daily on Oct. 9.
The leftist Birgün daily published transcript of an alleged audio recording, which the newspaper claims belongs to Gülen and which was first released by a hacker group, Roj Hack, on the Internet.
Gülen's lawyer Orhan Erdemli denied the content of the transcript that was published by the daily and said the Islamic scholar has not issued any statement about the ruling AK Party and the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputies to create political disorder as the daily report claims.
According to the Birgün's report, Gülen told his followers that the AK Party indeed is ruled by the cemaat -- a term is used to define the Gülen movement in Turkey -- and ordered his disciples to disseminate disinformation and speculations about the BDP deputies to discredit them in the eyes of the public.
"All claims about Gülen are groundless and fabricated. Unlike was claimed in the daily report, my client hasn't held any press conference or issued any such remarks. It is impossible to accept such kind of reports, which clearly have no relation with the responsible and objective journalism, within the scope of press freedom," Erdemli said in a statement, accusing the Birgün daily for carrying out a smear campaign against Gülen.
Published on Today's Zaman, 11 October 2013, Thursday
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