The 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 allow glenn 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 aired on xm major adversary. But did he really have the clout from so far away to instigate a coup inside her. As there do one then claimed. The net 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 our fatherland is that if you did would join in these offices were receiving their orders out of pennsylvania. The outpouring of euphoria over the foiled crew 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 one hand our esteemed president had to class with a smile them was that the operation was good and ill call them as well on them as on the other hand these people werent invited with weapons and ordered to fire on civilians all they suggests an amateurishly stay inserted into she said no youre a jury if you. As early as the night of the coup attempt to one began to round up a legit 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 africa all shows to what purpose for all its supporters victims of the air to 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 seemed 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 in leading political figures like former u. S. Secretary of state Madeline Albright or former u. N. Secretary general kofi anon lauded golan you cannot be he is here to represent a peaceful alternative to alqaeda and other radical islamic groups resent this and so to glenn movement and with its humanitarian projects was in the right place at the right time. A visit to saylorsburg pennsylvania. Since 1999 for tulip 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 who could the okaloosa the western countries have not managed in 300 years 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 god is with you you have outstripped them all in just 20 years in the. Land was not exaggerating his movement claims to have institutions in 170 countries mainly socalled cram schools and boarding schools. They all present the same image with peace and tolerance as their main motivation but i think less lucrative was good. For the almighty. In germany the Glen 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 glenn it here and chook was present at the opening of several of the schools outside turkey he describes the Selection Process situation should it get it if it could make it 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 talents if they are trying to become a diplomatic if you look through the end of. Will the classes you see that the graduates of these schools of take up outstanding positions in society and government. Smaller it used. To take you to undertake what there is a real recruitment of the children and i ask if the selectors so much the ones who seem to be the smartest are asked to go to the cultural clubs in the afternoons to quit over. The German Government has grown more critical and its assessment. In 2018 an internal report by the Foreign Ministry said. The conspiratorial part of the Glen Movement is characterized by strict hierarchies and in its structure resembles manifestations of organized crime. So is for tool a glenn and Islamic Peace builder or the head of a sect like even criminal organization how did the movement originated. Its beginnings go back to the 1970 s. In the city of izmir in western turkey. To lend 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 latif heir to one on the right in this picture. You know it was. When he began liquor Land Movement was an innocent movement. It was deeply religious and a danger to build up an equally religious generation the would be well equipped for the world and for the afterlife you. That was the initial goals. But some of glenns early sermons reveal his more far reaching ambitions. To 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 top evils with real pure hearts. And your own well functioning intellect and they achieved this hope before my eyes. Glenn sermons also contain references to the sapir e already of muslims and in particular of his own followers. The law mother. Says you have the power but cannot be resisted. This knowledge will sharpen and strengthen that. You can feel secure. The others will look you respectfully in the eyes at gunderson to. What you will have the last word and few will decide the poems meaning you. In the early days of the movement and 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 glenn 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 kibosh on this in ignorance relations with the army and the us with a political power center is very important for hes done an exhaustive element the army enabled 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 glenn secondary school opened in his mere. It was followed by other private schools which were so become an important source of revenue for the movement. Who 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 often attended by leading turkish politicians like abdulla who. May be going to be in every day you know they did a good night they didnt think theyre going to get 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 it should love 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 kamalas loyalists in the military could have easily put an end to his activities. Glenn quickly recognized the potential of up and coming politician reject tell you better want 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 hakan sure. Defended his nursery as the. Heir to one conducted the wedding ceremony and called on glenn as a witness to the marriage. For. The Political 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 to the u. N. A goalie i dont think 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 in the end the most influential person in the his mad movement is of course the master glenn himself. As he makes all the decisions bush when he left the head and body of the movement was separating the american border came between them making the movement more controllable the gifted. But even from pennsylvania glen 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 contras but most importantly they collect the donations and school fees that go to lens foundations. Back in turkey or to 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 in that when he came to power he found complete organizational structures in place in the girl and put at his disposal your own personal and a Police Judges and prosecutors of that had been implemented by glenn in a system 3 years. Yet if so the least cooperation it was an ideal association for both of them are gone due 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 add to that when the mullard. Numerous entrepreneurs including the owners of big hotel complexes industrial plants and gold mines have been identified as glen supporters exiled tycoon r. Cooney pac who lives in london describes the state of his former Business Empire before it was confiscated in 2015. Cause a big boom reach when the cause apex group was seized we had Natural Resources was 20000000000. 00 all kind ours. Which it was traditionally there were numerous production facilities and almost valued assets and efficient workforce it should be. Supported the cooperation between the google 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 glenn 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. We cannot tolerate this feeling of a strange minutes. We a longing for an end to it. If. This it is to would but the invitee and far away pennsylvania remained conscious was. 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 prophet 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 were very hopeful because initially the people who were arrested with those who had previously been involved as ultranationalist counterinsurgency in crimes of the state heres 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 influence the can draw is that in the judiciary and the police i soon realized i had to investigate this problem so i started writing a book about it. But he did not get very far glenys 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. Chuck was in prison 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 at the renowned hurriyat newspaper followed the heir ghana contrails closely today he lives in exile in cologne where he runs a t. V. Channel. In the past 16 years contras of your Land Movement in the judiciary and police had put a massive pressure on the leftists opponents of the regime and especially cuts 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 good honest state prosecutors and Police Officers its to clear. The assertive power play on the part of the supposedly a political goulet movement had an impact on its relationship with the air to walk. 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 d. Z. Park. Erda one responded by brutally crushing the demonstrations. And protests spread throughout the country. And. The glenn media supported 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 arest while allies aired a one and glenn was supposedly plain to see the 2 sides began to Exchange Blows and public. First aired a one move to shut down the private prep schools that were the most important source of revenue for the good Land Movement. Thanks. To lunch response came promptly with a tax on air to want supporters especially in a construction sector spurred by erda once huge infrastructure projects. Sources close to glenn allegedly released secretly recorded videos exposing cases of corruption. The biggest scandal was the leaking of an alleged phone call between air to one and one of his sons. The media in the year with him yet should i call have you know their voices on the line thats why i asked you know so transferred a 25000000. 00 to china and buy a flat in share headers all with the rest. The towns. The public was outraged both by the revelations of everyones corruption and by the surveillance that had been put in place by glenn ists in the state apparatus which was directed not only against anyone and a. K. P. Loyalists but against the movements own supporters was. Good and said to me 20 years ago when