PRIME Minister Binali Yildirim vowed yesterday to root out agents of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen from Turkey as the government crackdown on suspected coup plotters continued.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) claims Mr Gulen, its former ally, was behind Friday’s failed military coup.

“I’m sorry but this parallel terrorist organisation will no longer be an effective pawn for any country,” Mr Yildirim said.