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The Turkish authorities has warned that members of a terrorist group generally known as the Fethullah Terrorist Group (FETO), exist in Nigeria, and likewise function in different nations all over the world.
Mehmet Poroy, Turkish Ambassador-designate to Nigeria, disclosed this on Tuesday night time in Abuja at a dinner organised by the Turkish Embassy to mark the nation’s Democracy and Nationwide Unity Day.
The ceremony is held yearly to mark the July 15, 2016 failed coup in Türkiye, which was allegedly orchestrated by the so-called FETO terrorists.
The Turkish authorities mentioned the coup was efficiently quelled by the collective resistance of its patriotic forces and residents, who resisted the mutiny in opposition to the federal government of President Recep Erdoğan.
In response to Ambassador Poroy, members of the Gülen motion, which sponsored the coup, are nonetheless being captured and arrested globally, therefore their presence in any nation poses a severe nationwide risk.
“They’re nonetheless being captured and arrested as we speak. The presence of such an organisation poses a risk to each nation wherein it operates.
“Sadly, the FETO terrorist organisation nonetheless maintains its actions in Nigeria, significantly within the fields of training and healthcare.
“We persistently inform our Nigerian buddies concerning the nature and risks of this organisation, and urge them to stay vigilant and cautious,” Poroy mentioned.
The Turkish envoy mentioned that, by way of worldwide cooperation, Turkiye has been capable of efficiently disrupt many FETO cells and networks working in allied nations all over the world.
In response to him, quite a few establishments, particularly faculties that type a part of FETO’s worldwide community, have been taken over by Turkish establishments.
He, nevertheless, careworn that the group’s worldwide constructions haven’t been absolutely dismantled globally.
“The truth that new investigations and arrests into the organisation proceed to be launched demonstrates the necessity for this battle to be pursued with unwavering willpower.
“In a number of nations, together with Nigeria, FETO continues to pump its operations underneath the presence of humanitarian help, training, healthcare, and interfaith dialogue.
“You need to not neglect that behind this humanitarian look lies an organisation that seeks to infiltrate the political and bureaucratic establishments of host nations,” Poroy warned.
The Gülen motion, (generally known as Hizmet or Service in Turk language), is purportedly a transnational, non secular, academic, and social organisation, based in late 1950.
Its founder, Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish Islamic scholar, died as a Turkish fugitive in Oct. 2024 on the age of 83, in Pennsylvania, United States.
The Turkish authorities accuses Gülen of masterminding the 2016 bloody coup, which claimed no less than 251 lives, and has formally designated the group as a worldwide terrorist organisation.
9 years after the coup, Türkiye has continued its aggressive international marketing campaign in opposition to the group, saying it nonetheless operates worldwide, though the group has denied the terrorism tag.
Türkiye has been engaged in a large international crackdown on the group, seizing or freezing billions of {dollars} of Gülen-linked property and establishments, together with faculties, universities, foundations, associations, and firms.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC); the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); alongside nations like Pakistan and Northern Cyprus have designated FETO as a terrorist organisation.
(NAN)
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