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A Turkish member of parliament and former international football player quit Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party on Monday in protest at a government row with an influential Islamic cleric, local media reported. Istanbul MP Hakan Sukur, a well-known follower of U.S.-based preacher Fethullah Gulen and his Hizmet movement, said he was personally offended by what he called "hostile moves" against the movement. "For over 20 years I have known and loved the Hizmet movement," Sukur said in a statement carried by several Turkish news outlets. "To treat these people who have staunchly supported the government in every issue ... as enemies is at best nothing but ingratitude," the former Galatasaray, Inter Milan and Blackburn Rovers soccer player said.
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