‘Gülenisten required to towering donations’ – NOS

Supporters of the Gülenbeweging in the Netherlands become in need of money because the Turkish organization is very high donations desires them to do, tell aborted sympathizers in the Volkskrant. At meetings during ramadan or in the run-up to the islamic festival of sacrifice is on a single evening, sometimes more than a million euro, partly in cash, picked up, say seven Turkish men who, already before the coup in Turkey last summer the movement have left.

They do independent of each other, a book open about the state of affairs within the Gülenbeweging, but they also say unanimously that they never have noticed a greater purpose, such as a takeover of power in Turkey, or the introduction of sharia law in that country.

‘Terrorists’

The Turkish prime minister Erdogan accuses his former ally, the spiritual Fethullah Gulen behind the failed coup of last summer. Supporters of Gulen in Turkey massively dismissed and arrested on charges of membership of a terrorist organisation. Gulen himself, who is nineteen years of ago, fled to the US, denies any involvement in the coup.

Erdogan-minded Turks in the Netherlands, against the Gülen-supporters turned. So circulating a “black list” with names of entrepreneurs and others involved in the Gülenbeweging would hear.

teacher improvement

The old-Gülenisten sketches in the newspaper a picture of a movement with a strong hierarchical structure and lots of regional departments. Led by abi’s (brothers); also, the abi’s head of sectors, such as education, the media and a group of entrepreneurs. The aifs lead discussions about Gülens ideas, but supporters public and private are also under great pressure to thousands or tens of thousands of dollars to pay for teacher improvement and for development assistance to Africa. The seven old-sympathizers know for sure that the money all go to charity.

So are there more buildings with purchased and get the aif’s a salary or additional income. In the newspaper are examples of entrepreneurs who by the mandatory contributions of their companies had to downsize or almost went bankrupt.

leaving the movement goes fairly smoothly, report the old followers. A number of them is now behind president Erdogan, others call themselves ‘floating voter’, or distrust all the parties.