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In Turkey, The Man To Blame For Most Everything Is A U.S.-Based Cleric  

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Turkey is adding even more charges to the crimes it blames on a cleric - a cleric who lives in the United States. The Turkish government already blamed Fethullah Gulen of orchestrating a failed coup² in Turkey from his home in Pennsylvania. Now, the government says he's to blame for everything from a mining disaster to traffic accidents. NPR's Peter Kenyon is covering this story from Istanbul. Hi, Peter.

PETER KENYON, BYLINE³: Hi, Steve.

INSKEEP: So what did this man do, according to the Turkish government?

KENYON: Well, it's a pretty impressive list. You know, these come out day after day over a number of weeks, but when you stop and add them up, it's kind of amazing. You remember the shoot-down of the Russian fighter jet last November?

INSKEEP: OK.

KENYON: Well, the two Turkish pilots who were involved in that were arrested last month, charged with taking part in the coup effort. And then the Ankara mayor decided⁴ that the plane shoot-down was their fault, too, as opposed to anyone else's mainly because of this cleric, Fethullah Gulen. There was a terrible mining disaster in 2014, 300 people killed. Company had a questionable⁵ track record on safety.

But then, after the coup, a mine manager comes out and says, well, I think terrorists were involved, and he specifically mentioned the Gulenists. And then, just recently, there was that really horrific bombing at the wedding in Gaziantep - dozens killed, most signs pointing at the Islamic State. And then President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, maybe it was ISIS, but the Gulen movement could have had a hand, too; don't forget that. So they just keep coming.

INSKEEP: And when you say a movement, I guess that reminds us this guy is a leader of a large group. And it's alleged⁶ that different followers⁷ of his might have been involved with - well, it sounds like with just about everything.

KENYON: That's right. And it does - it's not just recent stuff. There was an infamous⁸ murder of a Turkish-Armenian journalist. That's 2007. Few believed it was only the teenager originally accused, but now the case is open, and two Gulen-linked police chiefs are back in the picture. And then, when you get down to the local level, media is accusing him of everything from mysterious heart-attack deaths to suspicious traffic accidents. So it's all coming. And some of the claims do get quite extreme. Turkish media are quoting an indictment⁹ written by a Turkish prosecutor¹⁰, and it declares the Gulen movement was created by the CIA, as were, quote, "the Mormon Church and the Church of Scientology."

INSKEEP: And we should also mention that Fethullah Gulen has denied any wrongdoing in case after case after case. Do you have any sense about whether ordinary Turks believe all these accusations¹¹?

KENYON: Well, that's actually an interesting question. The public is getting barraged¹² with anti-Gulen attacks in the pro-government media every day. And most media don't even call it the Gulen movement, by the way. It's now FETO, and that stands for Fethullah Terrorist Organization. And it's also commonly called a terror cult¹³. It's hard to know how it's all being received. But from talking to Turks, my impression is they could see how some Gulen followers might have been behind the coup attempt. But you bring up these other things, and then there's a fair bit of skepticism.

INSKEEP: Why is the government piling so many charges on this man?

KENYON: Well, some Turks see it as a strategic move with this extradition¹⁴ request going on. If, in other words, there's so many things he's accused of, it becomes politically hard for Washington to say no. As we mentioned, Gulen denies any involvement. His lawyers say the government's allegations have a history of not bearing up under scrutiny¹⁵. And there's this question of evidence that remains¹⁶. It's only now that evidence that is coup-related is being compiled to be sent to Washington. So this extradition could well be a long process.

INSKEEP: A reminder¹⁷ that that is going on now. Turkey is trying to get its hands on this man. Peter, thanks very much.

KENYON: You're welcome, Steve.

INSKEEP: NPR's Peter Kenyon is in Istanbul.

1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 questionable   

adj.可疑的，有问题的

参考例句：

• There are still a few questionable points in the case.这个案件还有几个疑点。
• Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions.你的论证建立在一套有问题的假设上。

6 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

7 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

8 infamous   

adj.声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的，邪恶的

参考例句：

• He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
• I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。

9 indictment   

n.起诉；诉状

参考例句：

• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
• They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

10 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

11 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

12 barraged   

v.火力攻击（或阻击）( barrage的过去式和过去分词 )；以密集火力攻击（或阻击）

参考例句：

• We immediately barraged the enemy stronghold with a torrent of rifle fire. 我们立刻用密集的步枪火力攻击敌人据点。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Our troops barraged against the enemy with a torrent of rifle fire. 我军以密集的步枪火力向敌人开火。 来自互联网

13 cult   

n.异教，邪教；时尚，狂热的崇拜

参考例句：

• Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
• The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。

14 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

15 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

16 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

17 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。