GENEVA, Switzerland
Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister and Director of EU Affairs Faruk Kaymakci criticized a French-language newspaper Tuesday for publishing an interview about terrorist group ringleader Fetullah Gulen.
“It is sad to see that a newspaper like yours has given a terrorist ringleader the opportunity to spread his false thoughts and mislead the truth, albeit in the name of press freedom,” Kaymakci said in an interview with La Tribune de Geneve, a prominent newspaper in the French-speaking area of Switzerland.
“Fetullah Gulen is a ringleader of a terrorist organization that attempted a coup on July 15, 2016 and cost 251