05 July 2018•Update: 05 July 2018
By Baris Kilic
ANKARA
This June top members of FETO, the terrorist group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey, held meetings in 18 different countries to share instructions from the terror group’s leader, according to security sources.
Members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) gathered in clandestine meetings to convey instructions from Fetullah Gulen, the terror group’s U.S.-based leader, in the last week of June, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.
The sources also said 33 members attended a meeting in Pennsylvania, the U.S. state where Gulen has lived since 1999.
During the meetings, instructions from Gulen were read out to the attendees, they said.
- Terror leader instructions
Below are some of the instructions uncovered by intelligence sources:
- "Get married to someone from the country you’re living in to gain acceptance.
- “Deter investors in the country you’re living in from investing in Turkey and stop any investments in Turkey by our members.
- “Try to find new people to join us and relieve our students according to the position of the country they are living in.
- “Brothers and sisters should pay maximum attention. They should steer clear of state institutions.
- “Provide those brothers making international journeys with all kind of support.”
The list of instructions also called on FETO members to take more care and take organized action as they feared pressure on FETO would intensify following Turkey’s June 24 presidential and parliamentary elections.
FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 2016 in Turkey which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
Ankara also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary.
Reporting by Baris Kilic:Writing by Cansu Dikme
