Fethullah Gülen
The Council of Ulema Tariqas of Indonesia declared all FETÖ activities as "haram" (forbidden) on Friday with an Islamic ruling (fatwa).
The council after a meeting said it has "investigated and researched on the Fethullah Gülen movement in the name of Islam and Sufis in Indonesia and ASEAN" region.
The fatwa declares it haram to be involved in movements and activities of Fethullah Gülen and his followers around the world.
The fatwa also called on followers of Gülen to repent to Allah and "account for their actions towards Muslims in the world, especially what has happened in Turkey on July 15, 2016".
Security forces arrested at least 23 suspects on Monday, including 18 active-duty soldiers, over alleged links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey, according to police sources.In an operation based in Van, eastern Turkey, counter-terrorism police conducted raids nationwide, in the provinces of Afyonkarahisar, Trabzon, Mardin, Istanbul, Giresun, Amasya, Burdur, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Karabuk, Konya, Isparta, and Izmir to apprehend the active-duty soldiers, according to a statement by the provincial security directorate. The operation remains ongoing to apprehend one more suspect, it added.Meanwhile in another operation, five suspects were arrested for allegedly using ByLock, an encrypted smartphone app used by FETO members, said a security source on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.Counter-terrorism police carried out raids in the Karabuk-based operation in Istanbul, Kocaeli, Gaziantep, Aydin, and Yozgat, the source added.FETÖ and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup on July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.Ankara also accuses FETÖ of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.Turkey: 90 PKK/KCK suspects arrested in eight cities
Turkish police arrest 23 FETÖ-linked suspects
FETÖ and its U.S.-based leader Gülen orchestrated the failed coup of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
Ankara also accuses FETÖ of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.
The fatwa also recommended the president of Indonesia and state leaders and Ulema (Islamic scholars) across the world "to unite and jointly stop all forms of Fethullah Gülen activities in their respective countries" by prohibiting the circulation of their books in order to protect the future generations.
Ethiopia has failed to transfer to a Turkish foundation the schools linked to Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), despite instructions given by the Ethiopian Prime Minister’s Office.In March 2017, the Prime Minister’s Office had directed the Ministry of Education to transfer six schools owned by the FETÖ to Turkey’s Maarif Foundation.FETÖ and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the failed coup of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.Ankara also accuses FETÖ of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.According to information obtained by Anadolu Agency, the schools were not transferred to the foundation, despite a letter was sent by Ethiopian former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to the then Education Minister Shiferaw Teklemariam and Trade Minister Bekele Gulado.The letter signed by Desalegn was not implemented due to the network of the terror group in Ethiopian bureaucracy.The letter directed the relevant authorities to revoke the license of the investment group, named Kaynak, due to its ties to the terror group and transfer the schools to Maarif Foundation.Teklemariam, the then education minister, was dismissed from his post by new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. He was later appointed as Ethiopian ambassador to South Africa.Shortly after the Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome said the FETÖ-linked schools will be handed over to the Turkish foundation, the schools were fraudulently sold to a German citizen.The schools were renamed as "Intellectual Schools".
Ethiopia fails to hand over FETÖ schools to Turkey
Colonel Nejat Şimşek, who is a witness in the Akıncı Air Base coup bid case, divulged shocking details regarding the former İncirlik 10th Tanker Base Commander Brigadier Bekir Ercan Van. Şimşek stated that he was serving temporarily at the Adana İncirlik Base during the event, and that Van was found hiding in the room of an American commander when a warrant was issued for him.Akıncı -- which was renamed Murted after the attempted coup -- located outside Turkey's capital Ankara, was used as a base by some Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) soldiers, and some of the jets which took off from the base that night bombed several places in the capital, including the parliament building. Loyal Turkish military officers were also held hostage at the base.News of the coup attemptŞimşek said that Brigadier İrfan Özsert called him during the evening and told him that soldiers had blocked the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul. Şimşek stated that he then received information that planes had started to strike settlement areas in Ankara, and that he and Özsert then decided to head to their headquarters.12 FETÖ-linked suspects arrested across TurkeyFound in U.S. general’s roomŞimşek said that he told U.S. and British commanders they encountered at the base that everything was temporary and would come under control soon. In the morning hours, it was ordered that Brigadier Bekir Ercan Van be handed over to officials as a warrant had been issued for him.“The base’s commander [Bekir Ercan Van] was not in his room. İrfan Özsert called Van and told him to come to the base as a warrant had been issued. Meanwhile, Central Command and security forces had come to the base. A while later, we found out that Van was in the room of the American commander. We went there too, and told him to surrender. Then İrfan Özsert entered the room and left with Van, who was handed over to security officials,” Şimşek said. Broken cameras cast doubt over incident at FETÖ mansion
FETÖ putschist found hiding in US general’s room during coup bid