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| - Hundreds protested in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday after an educator who founded a network of schools inspired by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan's arch-enemy Fethullah Gulen went missing, sparking fears of foul play. Kyrgyzstan's interior ministry said that more than 1,000 police were searching for Orhan Inandi, a Turkish-born Kyrgyz citizen who used to direct a popular network of schools inspired by Gulen's teachings. Police on June 1 said Inandi's car was found close to his home with one of the doors ajar. Turkey accuses US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, 80, of masterminding a failed coup in 2016 that left hundreds dead and thousands more injured. Gulen denies any links to the coup bid. Since 2016, Ankara has arrested tens of thousands of people suspected to have links to Gulen and "repatriated" dozens of people accused of belonging to his network. Inandi's disappearance late last month was reported within days of Turkey announcing it had detained and returned to Turkish soil Gulen's nephew Selahaddin Gulen. Selahaddin's wife said that the couple lived in Kenya at the time her husband went missing in early May. Turkey has not publicly commented on Inandi's disappearance and AFP was unable to reach the Turkish embassy on Tuesday. Many of the Kyrgyz gathered outside the main house of government in the capital Bishkek on Tuesday were alumni of the Sapat network of schools, formerly known as Sebat. One of the protesters, 39-year-old Zarina Sydykbekova, told AFP she believes Turkey is hiding Inandi in its embassy to force him to renounce his Kyrgyz passport, echoing a claim made by Inandi's wife last week. "The main thing (to hope for) is that he is still alive," said Sydykbekova, who has been participating in the 300-strong picket for more than a week. Conflict between Erdogan and Gulen created a dilemma for ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, where the private school network stands out in the local education market but where Turkey has been an important partner since independence. During a visit to the country in 2018 Erdogan pledged to "rescue Kyrgyzstan from the shadow of FETO", the name used by Ankara for Fethullah Gulen's movement, which it describes as a terrorist organisation. Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov is scheduled to begin a visit to Turkey on Wednesday, his office said Monday. The Inandi family's lawyer Taalaigul Toktakunova told AFP that Inandi has been a citizen of Kyrgyzstan since 2012 having arrived in the country to help found the schools in the 1990s. tol-cr/jbr/dl
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