A recent Daily Sabah article exposes the direct links between Fethullah Gülen and the perpetrators of Turkey’s failed coup attempt. A translation from Turkish is provided below:

Latif Erdoğan, once the person closest to Gülen, said: “I know the putschist generals. These Pashas visited Gülen when they were students in Altunizade every now and then. These junta member pashas conferred with Gülen without a middleman, unmediated.”

Latif Erdoğan, who was the person closest to Gülen for a period of time, made shattering statements about the coup d’état of the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ) to [the daily] Akit.

“THE COMMAND OF THE COUP ATTEMPT IS TOTALLY IN THE HANDS OF GÜLEN”

Latif Erdoğan said, “I have known the pashas of rank brigadier general and above appearing as to have attempted the 15 July coup on TV shows. These pashas visited Gülen routinely when they were in Altunizade. These junta member pashas conferred with Gülen without a middleman, unmediated. Part of the putschist generals visited Gülen often when they were studying in the USA. In fact, all who have reached those ranks in the military confer with Gülen unmediated and act along with his instructions. There is never a civil mediator between these junta members and Gülen. The command of this coup attempt is totally in the hands of Gülen.”

“THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM AMONG THEM”

Latif Erdoğan, pointing to the fact that the coup attempt in no way could have been conducted without the knowledge and order of Fethullah Gülen, made the following statement: “One of the reasons of the coup attempt resulting in a fiasco may be a communications failure among the putschist pashas. There may have been a problem coming up in taking fast and new orders from Pennsylvania. This has to be inquired.”

Answering the question, “Is there any photograph of the putschist pashas whom you identified from the TV screen and claimed that they were frequenting (Gülen’s place) together with Gülen?” Latif Erdoğan said: “It is not possible that there is any picture Gülen’s in the same frame as the putschist pashas that frequently visited him. Because Gülen would never allow taking pictures in such an environment. If there were anyone taking pictures, they would have called them ‘traitor’ immediately.”

“THERE IS NO BASE OR MIDDLE LEFT, ALL ARE TREASONOUS”

Erdoğan stating that, after this stage, he is not accepting that anyone from within the Parallel Structure/FETÖ has any faith said the following: “Is it possible that the ones dropping bombs on innocent people, on the Turkish Grand National Assembly have faith? After this stage, I no longer accept the discourse ‘The base prayer, the middle commerce, the top treason’ as true. All the ones defending Gülen still and following him are totally treasonous. No one feeling belongingness to Gülen can have anything to do with Islam and faith.”

Source: Yeni Akit

Full article on Daily Sabah available here.