Turkey calls kidnapping plot claim ‘groundless’
Turkey has dismissed as “utterly false, ludicrous and groundless” a report that Turkish officials might have discussed paying millions of dollars to have a U.s.-based Muslim cleric kidnapped.
The Wall Street
Journal reported Friday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller was investigating an alleged plot involving former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn and his son to hand Fethullah Gulen over to Ankara for as much as $15 million.
Turkey blames the cleric and his supporters for a July 2016 military coup attempt that killed 250 people. Gulen, who lives in Pennsylvania, has denied being behind it.