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Turkey opposition leader's kin 'abducted' in Nairobi

U.S. based cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 29, 2016. [Reuters, Charles Mostoller]

The diplomatic row between the United States and Turkey has poured into Kenya after a family member of Turkey’s main opposition leader was captured in Nairobi.

Selahaddin Gulen, a nephew of Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen - who is holed up in the US - is suspected to have been abducted on Monday by people believed to be Turkish intelligence officers, with the help of local police officers.

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