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Erdogan dismisses new threat claim from Gulen movement

Xinhua, August 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed on Thursday a new threat claim from the Gulen movement to take more action on Aug. 14, local media NTV reported.

"They didn't draw lessons from what has happened. They are still trying to threaten people. They are saying, 'Wait for Aug. 14,'" the president said at a consultation meeting with heads of Turkish commerce at the Presidential Palace.

"These people are murderers, liars, robbers, hijackers, traitors and tools. They are sneaky and sin," he added.

Erdogan apologized to the Turkish citizens for the support he once lent to the Gulen movement.

"We made a mistake. We approached with sincerity," he said.

He was referring to Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric Ankara accuses of being behind the failed July 15 coup, which left at least 290 people dead, including more than 100 "coup plotters."

The Turkish president also vowed to go after businesses linked to the Gulen movement.

Turkey has demanded the extradition of Gulen from the United States, where the cleric is living in self-imposed exile. Endit