istanbul turkish authorities open investigation u.s. prosecutors bring charge turkish gold trader face trial new york state media say saturday ankara say case base fabricate document istanbul prosecutor office investigate former u.s. attorney preet bharara act u.s. attorney john h. kim state-run anadolu news agency say follow allegations case base document turkey say fabricate ask comment bharara refer reuters southern district new york attorney office jam margolin spokesman attorney office decline comment reuters immediately able reach anyone istanbul prosecutor office comment report move come turkish foreign minister mevlut cavusoglu friday say u.s. case base document fabricate followers cleric fethullah gulen ankara blame last year attempt coup cavusoglu also accuse bharara close gulen network follow allegations bharara respond friday twitter say turkey fm liar let see happen court case wealthy iran-born gold trader reza zarrab complicate already strain relations unite state turkey members nato military alliance zarrab together allege co-conspirators charge handle hundreds millions dollars iran government iranian entities 2010 2015 scheme avoid sanction plead guilty due go trial new york nov. 27. previous turkish investigation become public 2013 turkish prosecutors accuse zarrab high-ranking turkish officials involvement facilitate iranian money transfer via gold smuggle leak document time show president tayyip erdogan prime minister cast investigation coup attempt orchestrate political enemies several prosecutors remove case police investigators reassign investigation late drop erdogan accuse wrongdoing say u.s. prosecutors ulterior motives include reference wife court paper relate trial new york turkey launch investigation u.s. prosecutors zarrab case anadolu