Turkey seeks up to 34-year jail sentence for Erdogan rival: agency

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By Daren Butler and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish prosecutor sought a jail sentence of up to 34 years on Thursday for an influential U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused by President Tayyip Erdogan of plotting a coup, the state-run Anadolu Agency said. The charges against Gulen include "forming and leading an armed organization", Anadolu said, the latest salvo in Erdogan's two-year battle to wipe out the movement of his former ally. Authorities have previously issued arrest warrants for Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999, and revoked his passport.

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