{"id":29866,"date":"2022-01-20T17:54:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T16:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=29866"},"modified":"2022-01-20T18:09:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T17:09:04","slug":"albania-refuses-erdogans-ultimatum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-refuses-erdogans-ultimatum\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania refuses Erdogan\u2019s \u2018ultimatum\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanian government has refused to follow through with the Turkish president\u2019s request \u2013 made during his visit to Tirana \u2013 concerning members of the Gulen movement who live and operate in our country.<\/p>\n<p>During a public message, PM Edi Rama said that \u2018we don\u2019t owe Erdogan or Turkey anything\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t owe Turkey or the Turkish president anything and nor does the Turkish president and Turkey owe anything to us because amongst friends and brotherly relations, there is no room for debts,\u201d \u2013 said Rama.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit to Tirana on January 17, Erdogan asked that the Albanian government take concrete steps towards addressing the issue of Gulen&#8217;s presence and influence in our country.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, this was a \u2018precondition\u2019 towards maintaining a good friendship and partnership between both of our countries. In addition, he considered the Gulen movement \u2018a serious threat to Albania\u2019s national safety\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Erdogan makes such requests. In January of last year, when PM Rama and the Albanian cabinet visited Ankara, the same thing was reiterated.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2016, Turkey officially declared cleric Gulen\u2019s movement a \u2018terrorist organization\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Erdogan argues the Gulen stands behind the failed coup which took place on July 15, 2016 in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Albania has so far refused to hand over members of the Gulen movement to Turkish authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2016, our government has allowed certain leeway like allowing Turkish investments in our country to take over institutions previously owned by Gulen&#8217;s organization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2022\/01\/18\/erdogan-welcomes-vucic-in-ankara-a-day-after-visit-to-tirana\/\">Erdogan welcomes Vucic in Ankara, a day after visit to Tirana<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/17\/erdogan-lands-at-tirana-airport-expected-to-sign-7-agreements-and-speak-in-parliament\/\">President Erdogan lands in Albania, what\u2019s on the agenda?\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/07\/21\/vucic-reacts-to-erdogans-statements-kosovo-isnt-turkey-it-belongs-to-serbia\/\">Vucic reacts to Erdogan\u2019s statements: Kosovo isn\u2019t Turkey, it belongs to Serbia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanian government has refused to follow through with the Turkish president\u2019s request \u2013 made during his visit to Tirana \u2013 concerning members of the Gulen movement who live and operate in our country. During a public message, PM Edi Rama said that \u2018we don\u2019t owe Erdogan or Turkey anything\u2019. \u201cWe don\u2019t owe Turkey or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":29867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Albania refuses Erdogan\u2019s \u2018ultimatum\u2019 - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-refuses-erdogans-ultimatum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Albania refuses Erdogan\u2019s \u2018ultimatum\u2019 - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Albanian government has refused to follow through with the Turkish president\u2019s request \u2013 made during his visit to Tirana \u2013 concerning members of the Gulen movement who live and operate in our country. 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