Parallel state

The most important aspect of Fethullah Gülen's interview broadcasted on July 18 on France 24 was admitting for the first time that Adil Öksüz had visited him in Pennsylvania and therefore he knew him.

Facing threats from the tutelage system of the military and the judiciary, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was set to democratize the state and opened a large space for civil society, a high-level AKP official has said. According to AKP deputy head Mahir Ünal, the Gülenists ran an illegal organization that posed as a civil organization.

The work of the commission set up to investigate Turkey's July 15, 2016 coup attempt reveals that state institutions considered the Gülen brotherhood a threat in the past and had made warnings.

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has called on the government to reveal the political wing of the July 2016 coup attempt, accusing the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of reluctance in revealing names of party members who used an application allegedly used by the coup plotters.

Claims about the role of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen in Turkey's foiled coup attempt on July 15 are "not total nonsense," European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans has said.

A new state of emergency decree law gives the government the authority to appoint trustees in place of minority shareholders on boards of companies not suspected of being controlled by the movement of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen. 

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ is scheduled to visit the United States in order to discuss the issue of extradition and arrest of U.S.-based preacher Fethullah Gülen, who is believed to have orchestrated the failed July 15 coup. 

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) has reportedly canceled all local meetings and ceremonies with speakers other than party officials or heads of provincial party offices, according to media reports on Sept. 21. While elaborating on the decree, a provincial chairman said they could not be sure about the origins of the guest speakers that they invite.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called for international action against the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, who is accused of orchestrating the July 15 failed coup attempt in Turkey.

Kati Piri, the rapporteur for Turkey at the European Parliament, has said Brussels "made a mistake against the Turkish people" after the country's failed coup attempt, believed to have been masterminded by the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ).