Fun july 15th 2016 members of the Turkish Military staged a coup to overthrow the regime of president you bear to watch. Much of the turkish public believes that the mastermind behind the revolt was fit to lead the head of an Islamist Network who lives in exile and the United States. For the 1st time in recent turkish history civilians rose up against the military coup more than 250 people were killed in the ensuing clashes. From his home in pennsylvania glenn heads a Worldwide Movement hes viewed as everyones major adversary. But did he really have the clout from so far away to instigate a coup in. Sighed turkey as aired on then claimed. That. Some of you believed that all of the high ranking officers were on our side. That you were going to go but unfortunately some of them did not demonstrate loyalty to al fatherland is that you did it would join in these offices or receiving their orders out of pennsylvania. The outpouring of euphoria over the foiled coup ended in a widespread purge of supporters of the glenn movement. Good len offered his own interpretation of what happened on the night of the coup. On the want to hand our esteemed president to class with a smile them was that the operation was good and helpful the woman set up well on the mercy on the other hand be able was reminded with weapons and ordered to fire on civilians or they suggests an amateurishly stay inserted into she said no youre a jury of you. As early as the night of the coup attempt to one began to round up a legend glenn followers thousands of turks fled abroad some of them to germany. The good man movement in germany was known for putting on elaborate the actual shows to what purpose for all its supporters victims of the air the one regime was the movement as harmless as shows like this suggested or a danger to germany as critics claim. September 11th 2001 the terrorist attacks. On the World Trade Center and new york shook the world. 10 years later the peace building award of the East West Institute think tank was conferred on for too long glenn the west was desperate to ally itself with what seems to be moderate islamic leaders youre contributing to the promotion of the ideals of tolerance and interfaith dialogue inspired by the tula go on these values ng leading political figures like former u. S. Secretary of state Madeline Albright or former u. N. Secretary general kofi anon lauded goodman you cannot be he is here to represent a peaceful alternative to alqaeda and other radical islamic groups or is that this ends of the glenn movement and with its humanitarian project was in the right place at the right time. A visit to saylorsburg pennsylvania. Since 1999 for too low glenn has resided with 100 followers and a largest state in the rural town. Here the reclusive leader receives friends and visitors and from here associated foundations control the Worldwide Network of schools businesses and Media Companies because the local who do know western countries have not managed in 300 year is to establish as many schools in the area of the formal autumn an empire as you have with gods grace in the space of just over 20 years because gone hes with you you have outstripped them all in just 20 years in the will not he should. Learn was not exaggerating his movement claims to have institutions in 170 countries mainly socalled cram schools and boarding schools. They all present the same in. With peace and tolerance as their main motivation but i think less lucrative was good to the almighty. In germany the glenn movement is believed to have around 100000 followers the countrys federal Intelligence Office the b. And d. Initially gave a positive assessment of its educational work. The Glen Movement is a Civil Association for religious and secular continuing education. A former leading glennard here and he could chook was present at the opening of several of the schools outside turkey he describes the Selection Process situation should it is very difficult to make it easy to achieve their goals to look good and follow is work in the socalled houses of light with selected students being. Sponsored from a young age. If the child can write well it is trying to be an author. If a young person shows diplomatic talent they are trying to become a diplomatic if you look through the individual classes you see that the graduates of these schools or take up outstanding positions in society and government. Undertake look there is a real recruitment of the children. By asking if he selects his she wants you seem to be the smartest are asked to go to the cultural clubs in the afternoon was the quote of. The German Government has grown more critical and its assessment. And 2018 and internal report by the Foreign Ministry said. The conspiratorial part of the Gulen Movement is characterized by strict hierarchies and in its structure resembles manifestations of organized crime. So his for tool or glenn and Islamic Peace builder or the head of a sect like. Even criminal organization how did the movement originate. Its beginnings go back to the 1970 s. In the city of izmir in western turkey. Glenn a state employed a mom founded several quranic schools there which attracted a number of pious turks to his movement. Such institutions were forbidden by law back then but they were spreading unofficially. Len soon added several of the boarding schools which he called houses of light where his religious message was disseminated. Glenn called his movement his met or service. The idea was to raise a new islamic generation that would serve society. One of his closest associates from that time was lets be fair to one on the right in this picture. You know it was. When it began with movement was an innocent movement. It was deeply religious and it aims to build up an equally religious generation the would be well equipped most of the wealth and for the afterlife. It was the initial goals. But some of glenns early sermons reveal his more far reaching ambitions. We strive for a community that will change the social destiny of the world and create a new generation. And should understand the philosophy of these attitudes and doc evils with your pure hearts your clear conscience and your own well functioning intellect and to change this hope before my eyes. Glenn sermons also contain references to the superiority of muslims and in particular of his own followers. You have the power that cannot be resisted. This knowledge will sharpen and strengthen you. That. You can feel secure. The others will look you respectfully in the eyes at the under listen to. What you will have done last watt and you will decide the poems meaning you. In the early days of the movement in the late 1970 s. Turkey was in the grip of an economic and social crisis. People were dying every day in violent clashes between left wing and right wing groups. In 1980 the military staged a coup detat and ruled for the following years with an iron fist. But glen managed to fly below the radar and even to get on the good side of the new leaders. I think it will be missing the gate issue this in the good ones relations with the army and thus with the political power center is very important for hes done an interval of minutes the army enabled glynns following to grow in numbers and strength especially after the 1900. Tens of thousands of people were arrested and tortured by the military junta Political Parties trade unions and associations were banned for this coincided with the emergence of islamist movements. Under the guise of the military. Glenn a cautious strategist was able to use his nationwide network to take advantage of the political power vacuum at this point he already had excellent connections in the early 1980 s. The 1st glen secondary school opened in his mere. It was followed by other private schools which were to become an important source of revenue for the movement. You know then also founded schools abroad financed by donations at 1st in the former soviet union and Eastern Europe and then in africa asia and the us. Under the benevolent eye of the turkish governments more and more boarding schools opened promulgating Turkish Islamic ideology. A part of the schools Public Relations involved shows called turkish a limp yet its often attended by leading turkish politicians like a duologue who. May not be guided me very day you know they did it they did a good deed going to keep it going. Of the future that they teach little kids in africa al National Anthem and our compatriots in anatolia love that and donate lots of money thats the reason for those turkish olympiads if civil now bush has. Advanced to a leading figure in islamic circles while maintaining good relations with the powers in the turkish government. It was a delicate balancing act as the secular kemalist loyalists in the military could have easily put an end to his activities. Then quickly recognized the potential of up and coming politician reject tell you better one it was a new alliance. At 1st their attachment was mutual both men publicly touted their relationship for example at the wedding of a prominent girl and supporter soccer star khan sure. Nurser is the heir to one conducted the wedding ceremony and called on glenn as a witness to the marriage. To. The. Climate was less pleasant this troop buildup in february 1998 was a warning shot by the army against the growing islamist scene in turkey and that also meant against who lent the un in getting such a high government body as the National Security council would actually concern itself with such an unimportant person as me. Youll learn was cautious in early 1999 he relocated to the United States supposedly for medical treatment that caution was prophetic soon after he was put on trial in absentia for treason. Now 2 decades later his movement is firmly anchored in the United States the annual revenues of the gulen linked associations foundations and Charter Schools are thought to amount to several 100000000. 00. It was only if and and the most influential person in the his mad movement is of course the master good man himself. As he makes all the decisions when he left the head and body of the movement was separating the american border came between them making the movement more controllable. But even from pennsylvania glenn remained the head of his movement. Supported by a council made up of his most experienced associates. The moms associated with the movement are active in many countries all over the world. They organize the schools the cram schools or houses of light and the religious discussion groups called so bit. They also take care of the establishment and operation of associations. Media outlets and further training of the congress but most importantly they collect the donations and school fees that go to lens foundations. Back in turkey erica one also heard the militarys warning shot in 1998. He founded a new kind of Islamic Political Party one that claims not to be fundamentalist. The a. K. P. The justice and Development Party was born in 2001 and won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections the following year. Heir to one mobilized the masses while the glenn movement continued to educate a powerful islamic elite. Who won was lucky with that when he came to power he found complete organizational structures in place in the girl and put at his disposal for the euro crossing with a Police Judges and prosecutors of that had been implemented by google and in a system 3 years. That lifted the least cooperation it was an ideal association for the both of them and on getting to the bench it glenn gave him the structures added one promised him a piece of the profits and more positions in the state apparatus that it was a win win situation to cuddle added to the win win the mullard. Numerous entrepreneurs including the owners of big hotel complexes industrial plants and gold mines have been identified as glen supporters exiled tycoon khun ipac who lives in london describes the state of his former Business Empire before it was confiscated in 2015. I can move through to when the calls are it packs group was seized we had Natural Resources was 20000000000. 00 was a long time ours. Which was traditionally there were numerous production facilities and our most valued asset an efficient workforce for. Supported the cooperation between the ghoul and movement and the governing a. K. P. With the help of his Media Holdings which included a mass circulation newspaper and broadcaster t. V. All these platforms celebrated the alliance between the Good Men Movement and the a. K. P. For example with a visit to one of the turkish olympiads this evening. And aired on used the occasion of the turkish olympiad for an invitation to his friend glenn and america and we cannot tolerate his feeling of estrangement us. We are longing for an end to it. If. This is true it was but the invitee in faraway pennsylvania remained cautious im sure. The government invites me to come. The people can call on me as well or i can only come if i am invited. Is not a safe place for me but it would make unforeseen problems that i have not yet considered. Ok. My only wish was for the call of the profit to be heard everywhere. Glenns messages often include displays of emotions. In 2007 Media Channels in turkey broadcast images of widespread police raids a network of Army Officers and various leading figures had allegedly conspired to establish a state within the state the air gana khan network the raids were apparently driven by forces close to glenn weapons were confiscated conspiratorial groups exposed critical intellectuals cited initially with the glen its. In 2007 at the start of the again a con investigations we will all very hopeful because initially the people who were arrested with those who had previously been involved as ultranationalist counterinsurgency in crimes of the state theres a look at. The timing of the raids was well chosen glenn supporters occupied most of the important posts in the Justice System and Police Apparatus as well as the secret service. But any initial optimism that a genuine plot would be exposed soon faded the arrests of military personnel were just the 1st step then opposition intellectuals and kurdish politicians became the targets mass trials began. When the again a cone investigations began i was looking at what influenced the girl in countries that in the judiciary and the police i soon realised i had to investigate his problem so i started writing a book about it which it. But he did not get very far glenn its hacked his computer as a later trial revealed. His findings about the movement inside the state apparatus were confiscated before they could appear in book form. Shock was imprisoned for a year. Or more and more people were detained including independent prosecutors and Police Officers. The anti democratic potential of the gulen a. K. P. Alliance was coming out into the open. Jello bash along it then a journalist out there announced to her newspaper follow the air gana khan trials closely today he lives in exile in cologne where he runs a t. V. Channel. As there to get in the past 16 Year Congress of your Land Movement in miniature tishri and police had put a massive pressure on the leftists opponents of the regime and especially cats they sure fabricated indictments and even now the a. K. P. Regime continues to keep cards and opposition figures in jail on the faces of files created by could any state prosecutors and Police Officers its to clear. The assertive power play on the part of the supposedly a Political Movement had an impact on its relationship with the air to walk and in 2013 after more than 10 years in office the high flying president experienced a serious challenge to. The protests by turkish civilians against a Development Plan for istanbuls park air to one responded by brutally crushing the demonstrations. And. Protests spread throughout the country. In. The lead Media Support of the government position but aired on suspected a clandestine challenge as media close to the a k p described it. The falling out between the arabs while allies erda one and glenn was supposedly plain to see the 2 sides began to Exchange Blows in public. First aired a one move to shut down the private prep schools that were the most important source of revenue for the glenn movement. To lens response came promptly with a tax on air to want supporters especially in the construction sector spurred by everyones huge infrastructure projects. Sources close to glenn allegedly released secretly recorded videos exposing cases. Corruption. The biggest scandal was the leaking of an alleged phone call between erda one and one of his sons. Media with him yes should i call her. You know there are voices on the line thats why i asked. You know so transfer 25000000. 00 to china and buy a flat in share head result with the rest. Said the u. S. Soldier townsend. The public was outraged both by the revelations of everyones corruption and by the surveillance that had been put in place by glenn ists and the state apparatus which was directed not only against air to one and a k. P. Loyalists but against the movements own supporters was a. Good man said to me 20 years ago when he was still in turkey that hed been listening in oh for 15 years. Later as the Technology Advanced the eavesdropping became more and more widespread until they were listening to everyone to the full once i found out my phone was tapped they rented an apartment across the way. And they are listening to me to this day. Im making this known for the 1st time. We look at the. Lens attacks on president everyone continued with great precision particularly with spectacular investigations against government ministers and their sons contractors and bankers with ties to the government. Shoe boxes filled with millions of euros and dollars in cash earned plenty of publicity for ministers had to step down. There too one was forced to reshuffle his cabinet. Everyone soon hit back targeting the public prosecutors with ties to glenn. Thousands of justice and Police Officials were transferred or dismissed. Said that they started as my cameraman and i want to show you want is going on here. The next target was bank asieh essentially the private bank of the Glen Movement where many businesses close to glenn and their employees had accounts the bank was confiscated in 2015. Then aired on attack to the media. Newspapers and t. V. Broadcasters associated with the land were placed under state administration. Hes a q a cuban on bisht early in the morning of october 28th or 2015th media center in istanbul made was surrounded by more than 1000 Police Officers are pretty sparse they took over the building despite the resistance of thousands of our friends and viewers the most of the charade had no deagle basis it was illegal. Who cooks was grilled the ration was good even up unusual shalosh occupation friends of the police please accompany these ladies and gentlemen outside your. House. Please do not interfere with the broadcast it will. Be missed i was always going to show someone how even though i live in the major listener or tired to also. You know me i am the editor in chief the broadcast will continue. Through these clashes we found out about the dirty tricks of science against each other and against turkey. The truth really we know has all been a sense we are the winners because to a large extent lost his film a strength for on the undead a one lost his subordinate countries a little bit they both sides leaks documents to incriminate each other and that revealed how they had turned the country into a garbage dump and. Then it was a forced marriage which 1st came the power struggle then the ugly divorce and we witnessed a very ugly divorce and what was that issue was nothing less than the state itself. Everything can be said. From his exile in the us glenn held back with statements about the power struggle in turkey. But leading associates left in the nick of time to take up residence in europe. It. In london the former editor in chief tariq toros explains why he fled in 2015. To confess us hard against him gone to the point where i couldnt breathe anymore i figured they would be coming for me soon but i didnt want to go to jail is a little bit i had a family for me the old turkey has ceased to exist true to me that the turkish people have old media that once was no longer exist or that matter is broken me they cooled them. While the glen qadr is reposition themselves broad the rank and file of the movement inside turkey were increasingly weekend since their relations soured erda wanted sought to reduce glenns influence in the military by firing officers close to glenn. And 2016 rumors circulated that the next final purge was coming. Then in july 2016 the attempted coup. The night of the putsch may have been the climax of the showdown between google and everyone but were only glenys the officers involved the exact sequence of events is still unclear. Who was pursuing which strategy on that night. Air dont want to address the nation from his Vacation Home good evening good evening hes go ahead its a bit i call on the people of our lands to go out onto the square as the airports are down cities all human i know no power greater than that of the people that tell them im going to that i. Have civilians obeyed the president s call. Mostly unarmed they stood in the way of the approaching tanks. The 1st in the country that had experienced many military coups more than 200. 150 civilians were killed a number of soldiers were lynched. Peridot on landed at 4 am in istanbul and gave a press conference in the airport. Who should these events are a gift of god to us why because they give us the opportunity to clean up our military we should always be honorable and beyond reproach alone you know that it. By the next morning it was clear that the coup had failed in most places forces loyal to heir dont want to control soldiers involved in the putsch were arrested at the military airport near ankara skirmishes continued in the morning. A young pilot described the confusing events. Some. Took off at 10 am in the air we received the order to bomb the purchased space which we did to the one when we landed we learned that the commanders who had given us the order to suppress the coup had been arrested for being involved in it if you could on that we were very surprised Police Church of the internship. The failed coup was immediately followed by mass arrests the a. K. P. Had created lists far earlier of alleged glenn supporters who were now detained. So who knew about the coup attempt who was instrumental izing whom. Kanepi of a former Vice President of the Police Intelligence department is considered an expert on the glenn movement he wrote one of the 1st books about it which led to his spending a year in jail. He says the uprising got off to a bad start. With. The pooch learns that everyones people had got wind of the plans if they were afraid they would be arrested so they moved forward the coup was not led by the military but by in months of the girl in movement they gave the orders to the soldiers and the Police Officers and the civilians. The theologian a deal was arrested in the night of the coup he was viewed as a close associate of glenn and one of the masterminds behind the coup today he is believed to be in germany. Was aired on really just the victim of an attempted coup detat circumstantial evidence points to a different version of the events namely that both the secret service and the president himself were well informed about the planned push. When in other well every step of the coup even the day of the coup was known to be all foreign terrorists. Says again tun rick alou was a member of the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee set up to investigate the coup. But he encountered resistance especially to questions criticizing the regime the 2 main witnesses did not appear before the committee. To those. The current minister of National Defense and the head of the state intelligence agency. Both of them serve their government and he would have been important for them to sham information with monem and polish. Chiffons to prevent future coup attempts. By the. Testimony from intelligence chiefs our country done would have been decisive for shedding light on the events in the meantime video footage and it documents show that a pilot with links to glenn went to the secret service on the day of the coup and betrayed the plans confidant as the head of the agency was informed. The pilot arrived at 2 20 pm and 10 minutes later he made his deposition we think it is up 2 30 pm the Intelligence Service knew what was happening the tanks went out on the streets at 8 30 pm theres a 6 hour gap that bush. Did air to one deliberately set a trap for the coup leaders. Intelligence chief he done and then general staff chief a car have remained silent. To say that if the issue had been handled correctly 250 people would not have lost than i. Want to really happened remains in the dock and the question of why it was not prevented is still open so to show that help us look for those. Although the exact sequence of events remains unclear it is clear that the one who benefited most from it is there dont want. To condemn it its him that he killed them called a one man regime like this cant tolerate 2 men who one of them had to go and i think trying to get rid of into one and everyone for his part has dug a grave. Now it looks like the 1st round went to end of one. Era to one put his advantage to good use. As i have already said we will pull them all out of their hidey holes we will pull them out of their holes both us. Air to one cracked down not only on glenn supporters but on all opposition to his regime more than 500000. 00 arrests were made nationwide erda one secret service even abducted glenister who had fled abroad and brought them back to turkey. The givens have also been followed the couple are both journalists with ties to glenn. Given work for Turkish State Television her husband was educated in the golan system and wasnt self a mentor and houses of light. If they cant locate someone they arrest. My wife worked for the t. V. Broadcaster t. R. T. And was dismissed we heat in different cities with friends until we could Contact People smugglers. Finally tube and i escaped with the children to greece i bow ties dont like to take. After 2016 more than 15000 turks flood across the river or to the greek islands. Ok i dont want the trip for you so hard to make a decision like. You all the related stories weve heard about those who drowned i will have to make an arrangement with Human Trafficking is just so cool so it was scary. This public event took place in the western german city of dusseldorf the glenn movement has been active in germany since the 1970 s. And runs numerous schools associations and foundations here. Since the failed coup in 2016 the country has become an official base of the Movement Thanks its spokesman in germany is heir john curran. He refused to be interviewed for this film. Here he was presenting his book in which he depicts the Gulen Movement as a peaceful educational initiative. But some are skeptical about how a political the group is like the islam expert for germanys Protestant Church also there are passages for instance in the book the movement by the chairman of the foundation for dialogue and education that clearly state we come from a moderate suvi islam we have nothing to do with political islam but statements like that a misleading the public and we need to point that out. Here in central berlin is the building site for a planned prestige praja. The house of one the estimated building costs amount to 43 and a half 1000000 euros the German Government is contributing 10000000 of that. As usual the glen is strategy here involves networking with the powerful movers and shakers in society. The house of one project is supposed to represent 3 major World Religions but islam is only represented by the glenn movement or his met the building is slated for completion in 2022. However the project faces criticism because of the strong involvement of glenn followers. 7 am doggerland a member of parliament for the left party has her doubts about the movements intentions and this is i know this is an organization whose structure is similar to that of organized crime although i mean i think they have very strict hierarchy in their clothes shop like many sects. And their goal is not democracy and into cultural understanding their goal is to gain control of the state by infiltrating government institutions and organizations so its also we must be very cautious inside. Of course of the board. The professionalism and financial clout of the glenn movement is apparent and its p. R. Work and internationally known agency received more than 1000000. 00 euros over several years. One of its tasks was to discredit a film that was critical of glenn as journalist cornelia experienced after the airing of her report the long arm of the a mom. B. Of this and thus their values and we know that the religious stance of this movement which german politicians for example tend to think of this embodying soft islam is not soft islam soft says islamic orthodoxy that everything sure ria orthodox should be and has to offer us with books a shot. And that extends to the Death Penalty for those who turn away from islam growing dim islam. A web page of the movement put it more precisely anyone who turns away from islam is the noted and apple state and if he does not repent his deed within the given time limit he will be killed the online text only appeared in turkish. What else has been kept from the wider public a number of Media Outlets with ties to go len work to present a positive image of the movement the former media center and often back was recently up for sale but close by a group of journalists who support to learn or already building up new web based information channels. Fugitive turkish journalist chaffery go vend has been very involved in this effort. To the ultimate process of creating something new under the name of bold media to get you to make violations of human rights in turkey known to a Global Public doing i had as journalists were trying to help find ways of getting turkey back on the right track with mental issues. The go venza appear to be well established in germany. Both have residence permits and work in their original professions. But where do they stand in terms of their past in the good Land Movement and how great is their commitment to the western ideals of transparency and democracy if it is certain that there will no longer new structures hierarchies and leadership like what caused this is i think you know no good having to. Get me to interact with the society here where there was an agency interacting with christianity by interacting with other cultures and nationalities all of that changes us i mean it then its commission which in this well busy day studio. Critics say that the massive injustice that the glenn movement and heir to ones a. K. P. Jointly inflicted has yet to be dealt with. Having good engineers some of the good intend to take part in democratic structures they will have to take a very critical look at themselves fast. Since the ban in turkey the movement has been staging more and more of its a limpia of the bronx including in germany and the perfectly choreographed shows demonstrate the popularity of the group and movement in the west. The notion that the glenn movement represents a moderate peaceful islam is accepted in many parts of the world that notion persists although the peace loving image hides a tightly regiments and well funded and internationally active organization. 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