Gulen

In August 2017, I met him in an apartment in a central area of Athens. For security reasons, his name could not be revealed, nor could his face be shown. The 25-year-old E. was the first Turkish citizen and supporter of the Gulen movement to be officially granted political asylum in Greece after the failed coup in Turkey.

Fethullah Gülen, the leader of the FETÖ terrorist organization, was buried on Oct. 24 at his residence in Pennsylvania, the United States, four days after his death in an apparent delay amid internal strife within the group.

A crowd surged forward to Fethullah Gulen's grave on Thursday, straining to get one more chance to pay their respects to the influential Turkish spiritual leader and Islamic scholar who died this week in self-exile in the United States.

It was a spectacular falling out.

An aerial view of the new home of Fetullah Gülen, the ringleader of the FETÖ, in Pennsylvania, where he was moved in April 2024.

Turkish intelligence sources have confirmed the death of Fethullah Gülen, the U.S.-based leader of the FETÖ terrorist organization, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced on Oct. 21, saying that Ankara's fight against terrorism will continue.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirmed on Monday the death of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, held responsible by Ankara for an attempted coup in Turkey in 2016, describing him as the leader of a "dark organization."

Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish Islamic preacher and a long-time critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has passed away at the age of 83, according to reports from Reuters citing Turkish TV channel NTV. Gulen had been residing in the United States for many years prior to his death.

Fethullah Gülen, the sworn enemy of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, passed away at the age of 86 in the US.

The US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his later years mired in accusations of orchestrating an attempted coup against Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan, has died. He was 83.

Police arrested a Turkish man possessing weapons & a list of supporters of the Gulen movement, which the Turkey has labeled “terrorists”