Fetullahist Terror Organization

An Istanbul prosecutor demanded aggravated life sentences for journalists Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak on Dec. 11 in the case into the “media arm” of the Fetullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ), believed to have been behind the July 2016 coup attempt.

Politics in Turkey is entering a highly stressful two years this fall. Since the referendum, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seems to be running a one-man show in decision-making and Ankara's bureaucracy seems to be looking to his Beştepe residence for every small paper to be signed. So can this system survive until the necessary laws are passed? Will they even pass anyway?

Together with the expectation of a change in the cabinet, the bureaucracy in Ankara seems to have put everything on hold. One can particularly observe the rise of complaints from big private sector companies that "things have not been working in the bureaucracy for a long time."

A denaturalization process for U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, two lawmakers of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and 127 others has officially come into effect, according to a notice by the Interior Ministry published in the Official Gazette on June 5.

Looking at Turkey's relations with Europe, one has to put Germany aside. Unlike the crisis with Holland, which can be overcome and explained by the heat of elections in both countries, the tension between Turkey and Germany goes deeper. On several foreign policy issues, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the sole decision maker.

The Fetullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ) is a global terror organization, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has told representatives from African countries at the Turkey-Africa Agriculture Ministers Meeting and Agribusiness Forum in Antalya, warning about the presence of FETÖ in African countries.

There is no doubt that terrorism is Turkey's most important problem. It does not therefore come as a surprise when it tops the "most important problem" list in public opinion polls, like the recent one conducted by Istanbul's Kadir Has University in which 35 percent of respondents said it was the key problem facing Turkey.

Following the detention of two executives of Doğan Holding, some newspapers and journalists started a smear campaign full of lies and distortions.

This is what they say:

The terrorist who killed innocent people in Reina came from Kyrgyzstan and entered Turkey in Istanbul on Nov. 20, 2016.

It has been established that he came to Turkey before in 2014 and 2015. According to news reports, it is believed that in his previous visits, the terrorist went to Syria illegally and received armed training.

An important part of the efforts to combat the Fetullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ) threat has to take place in foreign countries. Some 120 countries to be exact, as that is the estimated number of states where the Gülenist network is believed to have opened schools.