Cleric Gulen suggests Turkey government could have staged failed coup

US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen has denied involvement in Friday night's failed military coup in Turkey.

Gulen, who the Turkish government has accused of being behind the plot, has suggested that the attempted overthrow might have been staged by the government.

"There is a possibility that it could be a scenario that was prepared by them (Turkish government)," Gulen said in Pennsylvania.

"It is like looking through blinds (ie. we can't see the full picture). I leave the door open to th…
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