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Eugene

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Fri Dec 13, 2019, 12:51 PM Dec 2019

Turkey adds former Palestinian politician Mohammed Dahlan to most wanted list

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS DECEMBER 13, 2019 / 7:26 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Turkey adds former Palestinian politician Dahlan to most wanted list

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has added exiled Palestinian politician Mohammed Dahlan to its “red list” of most-wanted terrorism suspects, offering a reward of up to 10 million lira ($1.75 million) for information leading to his capture, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.

Arrest warrants have been issued for Dahlan on accusations of playing a role in the 2016 attempted coup in Turkey, seeking to change the constitutional order by force, and various spying-related charges, the ministry said in a statement.

Dahlan has also recently been an outspoken critic of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.

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Dahlan has lived in the United Arab Emirates since he was driven out of the Palestinian territories in 2011 after a row with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

He was formerly an elected member of Abbas’ Fatah party central committee, and was a fierce foe of Hamas, the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip and which has forged close ties with Turkey.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-dahlan/turkey-adds-former-palestinian-politician-dahlan-to-most-wanted-list-idUSKBN1YH1CC
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