‘Turkey coup plotter’ Gulen: Failed uprising could have been ‘staged’ by Erdogan himself
Published time: 16 Jul, 2016 23:02
Edited time: 17 Jul, 2016 00:54
Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen. ©

The preacher who has been accused by the Turkish government of trying to seize power in a military coup has hit back, appearing to accuse President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of conducting a deadly false flag operation, and comparing him to Hitler.

“There is a possibility that it could be a staged coup, by Mr Erdogan’s AKP Party, and it could be meant for further accusations, against the Gulenists and the military,” Fathullah Gulen, who is in exile in Pennsylvania, told the media Saturday.


Hours earlier, Erdogan – who has habitually accused Gulen, and his popular Hizmet movement, of trying to overthrow him, ever since the two former allies fell out in 2013 – called on the US to extradite Gulen.

Gulen, who holds a US Green Card but is not an American citizen, said he was “unconcerned” by the prospect of deportation. The cleric has been living in Pennsylvania in what is said to be a self-imposed exile.

“I don’t believe that the world takes the accusations made by President Erdogan against me seriously,” said the 75-year-old, before condemning the use of violence to depose Erdogan.

At least 265 people were killed after an abortive attempt to seize power in Turkey by a large group of army officers on Friday night. Over 2,800 army personnel have been arrested, and 2,700 relieved of their duties.

Gulen said that reprisals likely await those alleged to have plotted the coup, comparing Erdogan’s tactics to those used by Adolf Hitler to clear the political field in Germany in the 1930s, which turned it into a police state.


“It is very clear that there is intolerance among the leadership of the ruling party and the president. They have confiscated properties and media organizations, broken doors and harassed people in a fashion similar to Hitler’s SS forces,” said Gulen, speaking through an interpreter.

Erdogan sees coup as ‘chance to cleanse military’ while PM mulls death penalty

In the first years after Erdogan was elected in 2003, he relied on the support of Hizmet, which could count on as much as 10 percent of Turkey’s population as allies. But the two powerful men had a dramatic falling out, in which supposed Gulenists wiretapped top officials, revealing evidence of corruption. For his part, Erdogan ordered the closure of multiple Gulenist schools and institutes, which form the backbone of the Hizmet movement, which is both social and religious.

Since then, newspapers and TV channels have been shut down, and officials and businessmen arrested and tried for supposedly trying to create a “parallel state” that would usher in the rule of Gulen’s allies.

Friday night’s attempted coup has also led to a diplomatic spat between Ankara and Washington, even though the White House has spoken out in support of Erdogan. The Turkish government has accused the US of shielding Gulen from prosecution, even suggesting that represents a “hostile” act toward Turkey.

“I do not see any country that would stand behind this man, this leader of the terrorist gang, especially after last night. The country that would stand behind this man is no friend to Turkey. It would even be a hostile act against Turkey,” Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım told reporters on Saturday.


In response, US Secretary of State John Kerry told Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavosoglu that such public accusations “are utterly false and harmful to our bilateral relations.”

https://www.rt.com/news/351656-gulen-erdogan-staged-coup-claims/

You have a point.

That man erdogan is a dictator, he has been looking for ways to have a firm grip on his country. This is the way he has chosen, stage a coup and use the failed coup to remove all opposing voices from govt or send them to jail or even murder them.

My greatest fear is that other dictators and authoritarians in various countries especially Africa might follow this erdogan pattern and become a Demi god in their various countries.

bonechamberlain:
That man erdogan is a dictator, he has been looking for ways to have a firm grip on his country. This is the way he has chosen, stage a coup and use the failed coup to remove all opposing voices from govt or send them to jail or even murder them.

My greatest fear is that other dictators and authoritarians in various countries especially Africa might follow this erdogan pattern and become a Demi god in their various countries.

Now you see that this is a false flag by Erdogan. He has staged a coup to cleanse the army of Gulen supporters and Kemalists.

Fadamant:

Now you see that this is a false flag by Erdogan. He has staged a coup to cleanse the army of Gulen supporters and Kemalists.

he is not just whipping out any military officer that he feels will oppose his power drunk moves, he is also cleaning out all the major heads in the judiciary!


tell me a coup that count succeed with the support of more than 6000 soldiers and judiciary combined!

the man faked the coup! simple! its a broad day light false flag!


erdogan is a power drunk criminal - an underdog! He will soon exterminate the foolish prime minsters and blame his death on enemies of the state, then he will declare himself as a supreme leader in turkey!

i know that's his target.


but unfortunately for him, the citizens of his country will soon wake up to realize that the coup is a false flag then turkey will be worst than Syria!

nwaanambra1:



he is not just whipping out any military officer that he feels will oppose his power drunk moves, he is also cleaning out all the major heads in the judiciary!


tell me a coup that count succeed with the support of more than 6000 soldiers and judiciary combined!

the man faked the coup! simple! its a broad day light false flag!


erdogan is a power drunk criminal - an underdog! He will soon exterminate the foolish prime minsters and blame his death on enemies of the state, then he will declare himself as a supreme leader in turkey!

i know that's his target.


but unfortunately for him, the citizens of his country will soon wake up to realize that the coup is a false flag then turkey will be worst than Syria!

Thank you, bro.

Can you imagine that up till now Erdogan and his gang have not been able to definitely tell the world who was behind the coup. They pointed at Gulen at the beginning but he and the US rejected their accusation. Now they are holding former Airforce chief, with the national broadcaster saying he had admitted to being behing the coup, but private broadcasters are saying otherwise. Erdogan is just looking for who to hang it on.

Thousands of soldiers are being detained and tortured and 3000 judges sacked. 9000 policemen have been suspended and they want us to believe that this is a coup. Baloney.

This is definitely a false flag and Erdogan won't get away with it in the long run.

Fadamant:


Thank you, bro.

Can you imagine that up till now Erdogan and his gang have not been able to definitely tell the world who was behind the coup. They pointed at Gulen at the beginning but he and the US rejected their accusation. Now they are holding former Airforce chief, with the national broadcaster saying he had admitted to being behing the coup, but private broadcasters are saying otherwise. Erdogan is just looking for who to hang it on.

Thousands of soldiers are being detained and tortured and 3000 judges sacked. 9000 policemen have been suspended and they want us to believe that this is a coup. Baloney.

This is definitely a false flag and Erdogan won't get away with it in the long run.

The man is a crook. With such amount of military personnel speculated to be involved in the coup, erdogan should have been in jail by now or a dead man. Just like nwaanambra1 said these daft and evil moves by erdogan might turn turkey into Syria. The same Syria erdogan sponsored Isis are terrorising.

bonechamberlain:
T[b]hat man erdogan is a dictator, he has been looking for ways to have a firm grip on his country. This is the way he has chosen, stage a coup and use the failed coup to remove all opposing voices from govt or send them to jail or even murder them.

My greatest fear is that other dictators and authoritarians in various countries especially Africa might follow this erdogan pattern and become a Demi god in their various countries.[/b]

I demand you stop leasing your cranium to the other people and put it to good use. A dictator yet the court easily executes its own decision free from fear and intimidation and rules against the govt? So erdogan convinced all his enemies to plot a coup and then decided to arrested them afterwards? What weed are you and gulen smoking? Erdogan then decide to bomb the hotel he was in minutes after he left the place? People died opposing a coup that sought to rob them of democracy and all you can say here is he staged manage a coup that his enemies willingly participated in and even killed to sustain... you guys are just not it at all

Fadamant:

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Thank you, bro.

Can you imagine that up till now Erdogan and his gang have not been able to definitely tell the world who was behind the coup. They pointed at Gulen at the beginning but he and the US rejected their accusation. Now they are holding former Airforce chief, with the national broadcaster saying he had admitted to being behing the coup, but private broadcasters are saying otherwise. Erdogan is just looking for who to hang it on.

Thousands of soldiers are being detained and tortured and 3000 judges sacked. 9000 policemen have been suspended and they want us to believe that this is a coup. Baloney.
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This is definitely a false flag and Erdogan won't get away with it in the long run.

Watching NTA and pretending you followed the news are 2 different thing, Erdogan accused Gulen and the US rejects means automatically Gulen is innnocent? You jokers should restrict your opinions to the Romance section when emotion counts more than intelligence.

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[b]Turkey: Coup plotters 'acted early' in fear of arrests

The faction in the Turkish army that tried to stage a coup was under investigation before the actual incident took place, and likely acted out of a growing fear that it was under investigation, according to two Turkish officials.

At least 290 people died and thousands of civilian and military state employees were sacked or detained after rebel soldiers attempted to overthrow the government on Friday, bombing state buildings, including the parliament, and killing civilians and security forces.

The government and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blame US-based Muslim religious leader Fethullah Gulen's movement and his supporters within the army for trying to stage the failed coup.

Ankara says the movement has been running "a parallel state" withing Turkey's government, taking orders from outside the state.

Erdogan has urged Washington to extradite Gulen, but the US denies that there has been an official application from Ankara for his extradition.

According to Kani Torun, an MP with Turkey's Justice and Development Party, an investigation into the faction was initiated as a follow up to so-called espionage and sledgehammer cases, during which hundreds of military personnel were acquitted after standing trial for plotting against the government. [/b]


http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/turkish-putschists-acted-early-fear-arrests-160718131344577.html[/quote]

"So far 7,543 suspects have been detained. The numbers may change. It includes 100 police, 6,038 soldiers, 755 judges and prosecutors and 650 civilians," Yildirim said, adding that 316 of the detainees had been remanded in custody.

READ MORE: Thousands on the streets to show support for Erdogan

The detained suspected military coup plotters included 103 generals and admirals, state media said, while nearly 3,000 judges and prosecutors were dismissed in the wake of the weekend's events.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/turkey-attempted-coup-thousands-police-suspended-160718095450992.html

Clearly we are dealing with emotional beings

vedaxcool:


I demand you stop leasing your cranium to the other people and put it to good use. A dictator yet the court easily executes its own decision free from fear and intimidation and rules against the govt? So erdogan convinced all his enemies to plot a coup and then decided to arrested them afterwards? What weed are you and gulen smoking? Erdogan then decide to bomb the hotel he was in minutes after he left the place? People died opposing a coup that sought to rob them of democracy and all you can say here is he staged manage a coup that his enemies willingly participated in and even killed to sustain... you guys are just not it at all

u are obviously lost in the overt runnings of politics, probably Nigerian politics u can never understand how international politics is played unless u enlighten urself and apply critical thinking. And next time u have an opinion state it without showing your uncivilized nature.

vedaxcool:


I demand you stop leasing your cranium to the other people and put it to good use. A dictator yet the court easily executes its own decision free from fear and intimidation and rules against the govt? So erdogan convinced all his enemies to plot a coup and then decided to arrested them afterwards? What weed are you and gulen smoking? Erdogan then decide to bomb the hotel he was in minutes after he left the place? People died opposing a coup that sought to rob them of democracy and all you can say here is he staged manage a coup that his enemies willingly participated in and even killed to sustain... you guys are just not it at all

As of this morning, over 58000 people have either been detained, sacked or suspended from work.

Apart from the soldiers, policemen and judges:

15200 ministry of education officials have been sacked;

21000 teachers have had their liscences revoked;

1577 university professors(faculty deans) have been asked to resign;

1500 finance ministry officials have been sacked;

393 social policy ministry officials have been sacked;

24 Radio and TV stations have been closed down, and on and on.

Now tell me what these group of people know about coup if this is not a purge that is premeditated.

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Fadamant:


As of this morning, over 58000 people have either been detained, sacked or suspended from work.

Apart from the soldiers, policemen and judges:

15200 ministry of education officials have been sacked;

21000 teachers have had their liscences revoked;

1577 university professors(faculty deans) have been asked to resign;

1500 finance ministry officials have been sacked;

393 social policy ministry officials have been sacked;

24 Radio and TV stations have been closed down, and on and on.

Now tell me what these group of people know about coup if this is not a purge that is premeditated.

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Read mister man

vedaxcool:

Watching NTA and pretending you followed the news are 2 different thing, Erdogan accused Gulen and the US rejects means automatically Gulen is innnocent? You jokers should restrict your opinions to the Romance section when emotion counts more than intelligence.
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[b]Turkey: Coup plotters 'acted early' in fear of arrests
The faction in the Turkish army that tried to stage a coup was under investigation before the actual incident took place, and likely acted out of a growing fear that it was under investigation, according to two Turkish officials.
At least 290 people died and thousands of civilian and military state employees were sacked or detained after rebel soldiers attempted to overthrow the government on Friday, bombing state buildings, including the parliament, and killing civilians and security forces.
The government and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blame US-based Muslim religious leader Fethullah Gulen's movement and his supporters within the army for trying to stage the failed coup.
Ankara says the movement has been running "a parallel state" withing Turkey's government, taking orders from outside the state.
Erdogan has urged Washington to extradite Gulen, but the US denies that there has been an official application from Ankara for his extradition.
According to Kani Torun, an MP with Turkey's Justice and Development Party, an investigation into the faction was initiated as a follow up to so-called espionage and sledgehammer cases, during which hundreds of military personnel were acquitted after standing trial for plotting against the government. [/b]
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/07/turkish-putschists-acted-early-fear-arrests-160718131344577.html