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One scenario is that radicalizing Turkey will cause war and a return to the wilsonian map, this is a paraniod view from the Turkish secularists.

Another scenario is distancing Turkey from Israel to give it credibility to bring Iran back into the fold. Fighting Iran essentially for nationalizing her oil may be getting old.

Another scenario is that the US has her head up her ass.

In 1998 Gülen emigrated to the United States, ostensibly for health problems (he suffers from diabetes) but arguably in anticipation of being tried over remarks which seemed to favor an Islamic state. He was filmed as urging followers to "work patiently and to creep silently into the institutions in order to seize power in the state." Gülen complained that the remarks were taken out of context, and questions were raised about the authenticity of the tape, which he accused of having been "manipulated." Gülen was tried in absentia in 2000, and acquitted in 2006. The Supreme Court of Appeals later rejected an appeal by the Chief Prosecutor's Office.