Fethullah Gulen
Ankara accused Berlin in support of the organizers of the failed coup in Turkey. The corresponding statement on Sunday, March 19, was made by a spokesman for Turkish President Ibrahim Kalin, Reuters reports.
According to the Agency, Kalin commented on the refusal of Germany to recognize the true Turkish version of the events of the summer of 2016.
“This is an attempt to devalue all of the information that we gave them at FETO (Turkish socio-political movement based on the ideas of Turkish preacher and writer Fethullah Gulen — approx. “Of the tape.ru”). This means that they support FETO” he said.
According to a spokesperson, the FRG supports the gülen movement, which Turkey accuses of organizing a coup d’etat, as it considers that the FETO useful tool to put pressure on Ankara.
On the eve of the German newspaper Der Spiegel published an interview with the acting President of the Federal intelligence service (BND) Bruno KAHL. He, in particular, noted that the Turkish side has repeatedly tried to prove to Germany that the coup attempt was organized by the movement FETO, but “still they did not succeed”. From his point of view, the rebellion was simply a convenient pretext for the subsequent waves of purges in Turkey.
FETO — opposition to the present leadership of Turkey, the organization headed by fugitive U.S. preacher Fethullah gülen. Ankara accuses of attempting a coup d’etat in July 2016. The Turkish authorities also said that the FETO involved in the murder of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov, which occurred in December of the same year.