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By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police launched an operation on Friday to detain dozens of people including businessmen perceived to be supporters of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, President Tayyip Erdogan's ally-turned-foe, the Dogan news agency said. Moves against what Erdogan calls a "parallel structure" within the state had until now focused on suspected members of Gulen's network in the police, judiciary, media and a bank founded by his followers. Erdogan accuses Gulen of trying to unseat him, something the cleric denies.
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