I have been living a reclusive life in a small village in the United States of my own free will for 17 years. The claim that I persuaded the world's … - Fethullah Gülen

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I have been living a reclusive life in a small village in the United States of my own free will for 17 years. The claim that I persuaded the world's 8th largest army to stage a coup against its own government from 10,000 km away is an unconvincing slander and has not been accepted by the world public opinion. If there are soldiers who define themselves as sympathizers of the Hizmet movement among those who joined the coup plotter junta, in my opinion, those people betrayed the unity and integrity of their country by taking part in an attempt in which their own citizens lost their lives, violated the values ​​I have defended throughout my life, and caused the victimization of hundreds of thousands of innocent people.

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About Fethullah Gülen

(27 April 1941 – 20 October 2024) was a Turkish preacher, former imam, writer and political figure.

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Alternative Names: Muhammad Fethullah Gülen Fetullah Gülen Gülen beweging Gülen-beweging Fetullah Gulen Gulen beweging Fethullah Gulen Gulen-beweging Muhammed Fethullah Gülen
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As a matter of fact, the institutions that the Turkish Government closed down by declaring the Hizmet movement a terrorist organization as a political decision are schools, hospitals and humanitarian aid associations. The Hizmet volunteers, tens of thousands of whom have been detained and arrested, are teachers, entrepreneurs, doctors, academics or journalists. No evidence has been found to accuse these hundreds of thousands of witch hunt victims of either supporting the coup or any act of violence.

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