Turkish newspaper claims convicted killer Scott Peterson had hand in nation's coup

Saturday, August 20, 2016
A Turkish media outlet is making an outlandish claim about who was behind the coup in Turkey last month.

A front-page article in the newspaper Aksam says the CIA assigned convicted murderer Scott Peterson to carry out assassinations in Turkey. It also claims he attended a top secret meeting on an island near Istanbul.
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Peterson is on death row at San Quentin for the 2002 murder of his wife, Laci and their unborn son.

An expert on Turkey called the report ridiculous.
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