Fethullah Gulen is a simple preacher if he is out for the office of President Erdogan?
Once Fethullah Gülen was the great friend of Erdogan, now he is known as public enemy number one and the big brains behind the coup. In the 60s he wandered through Turkey to proclaim his tolerant version of Islam. In it, people work hard and they have eyes for each other. He had (and has) to sob habit minutes during his sermons.
About his age Opinions differ, but he says he was born in 1938, not coincidentally Ataturk year it dies, the founder of secular Turkey. He Gülen, was thus born to bring Islam in Turkey. The way to do that he found especially in education.
His Hizmet movement could count now two million followers and manage 1,500 schools worldwide. Exactly why he was in the 90's of interest to the ambitious Erdogan and vice versa. Erdogan had huge followings of Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in the US since 1999, need to get his AK Party and Gülen ground saw the party as a way to politically get a foot in the door.
The buttons Power
But love did not last. The mutual suspicion grew about mutual motives and escalated were indicted in 2013. Members of Erdogan's government and allied businessmen for corruption. Even diving recordings of telephone conversations between accused Erdogan's son Bilal and on. According to Erdogan, all put together by Gülen and his followers in the hope of overturning at the government.
Erdogan did not forget the statements of his old friend. The old preacher said earlier about the importance of education: ,, The presence of our students in the prosecution and the rest of the state apparatus is a guarantee of our future. Without attracting attention, you have your nest to the buttons of power. "
According to Erdogan, the biggest enemy came not from without but from within. He began to purify politics, the media and the state apparatus of the 'Fethullahci "as the followers are called. Gülen himself remains at the helm from the US of his vast empire. But he insists on nothing namely: ,, I'm against violence. I reject coups off. "
By Editorial AD Photo: AFP
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