Selahattin Gulen was taken to Turkey by National Intelligence Service (MIT) agents after being arrested in an unnamed country, at least for now.
Turkish intelligence services have arrested and brought back to Turkey a nephew of the cleric Fethullah Gulen , an opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan , who accuses him of plotting a military coup against him in 2016, the media reported today.
According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, Selahattin Gulen was taken to Turkey by National Intelligence Service (MIT) agents after his arrest in an unnamed country.
Anadolu, which published a photo of the suspect in handcuffs between two Turkish flags, did not say whether the operation was carried out in agreement with the country where it took place.
Selahattin Gulen is accused of being a member of the ” terrorist organization FETO “, as Ankara describes the movement of the cleric Fethullah Gulen.
The latter, who lives in the United States, claims to be the head of a peaceful network of NGOs and operations and denies any involvement in a military coup attempt aimed at Erdogan in July 2016.
But the Turkish president, a former ally of Gulen, lived in , describes him today as the leader of a ” terrorist ” organization that aimed to infiltrate and overthrow the government.
After the failed coup, Turkey ” repatriated ” dozens of people whom it accuses of being members of Fethullah Gulen’s movement, mainly from the Balkans and Africa.
In 2018, the abduction in Kosovo by MIT agents of six Turkish nationals accused of links to Gulen had sparked a political crisis in the country and led to the deportation of the interior minister and the head of the intelligence service.
The persecution continues in Turkey itself , where five years after the coup attempt, the persecution of alleged supporters of Gulen, as well as pro-Kurdish circles, continues unabated.
Since 2016, tens of thousands of people have been arrested and at least 140,000 have been fired or made available.
