(Der Spiegel-Germany) Hasnain Kazim and Maximilian Popp - The protests against the government of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan did not succeed in toppling him. Now, however, followers of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) are turning against the prime minister, with Erdogan's competitors within the party using the unrest as an opportunity to distance themselves from him. Criticism has come from the pro-government daily newspaper Zaman as well as the conservative-Islamist Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV). Both belong to the movement surrounding Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen, who is believed to have enormous influence within the government. Gulen himself has been living in self-imposed exile in the U.S.
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