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Erdogan lauds Pakistan for declaring Gulenist organisation a terror outfit

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed Pakistan government’s decision to hand over schools affiliated with cleric Fethullah Gulen to a Turkish government foundation and declare Pak-Turk International Cag Education Foundation (PTICEF) a proscribed organisation.

Erdogan expressed these views at a joint press conference following his meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Presidential Palace in Ankara.
“Meetings between our delegations focused on defence industry cooperation, social and cultural issues, and especially [the] fight against Fethullah [Gulen’s] Terrorist Organisation,” the Turkish president said.
Erdogan expressed gratitude over the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s decision where it termed the organisation running the Pak-Turk schools a terrorist outfit.
Ankara accuses Gulen of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.
The Turkish president further said his country will host the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan for a meeting geared toward bringing peace to Afghanistan. The trilateral meeting would take place in Istanbul after Turkey’s March local election, he said.

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