Fethullah Gulen plays the long game but denies any role in Turkish coup

In the 1980s, Fethullah Gulen encouraged infiltration through institutes of power, write Christopher Torchia and Erol Israfil

Turkish investigators call it the ultimate long game.

In 1986, the Turkish military expelled dozens of cadets suspected of loyalty to a young Muslim cleric named Fethullah Gulen, seen as a potential threat to the country’s strict secular rule.