According to an article published in Reuters on February 3, 2015, The
Turkish government has cancelled Turkish citizen and permanent United States
resident – Fethullah Gulen’s Turkish passport.
That puts Gulen in a bit of a pickle. If he cannot travel internationally, then he is pretty much stuck here in the United States. So unless by some miraculous political maneuver, like the granting and issuing of citizenship and a passport by another country – Gulen will most likely have to continue to stay holed up in the Poconos in Pennsylvania.
Turkey’s strategy is interesting. If Gulen is forced to stay put until extradition papers are submitted, acknowledged, and executed by the United States – then Turkey has a better chance of actually getting Gulen back to Turkey rather than having to chase him down all over the world. It’s kind of like the “sitting duck” theory plan of attack – with Gulen being the duck.
Now if for some reason the United States does not extradite Gulen to Turkey, then what exactly will it do with an accused “terrorist” who cannot legally leave the United States?
In other Gulen related news, the Turkish government will “convert” Gulen schools in foreign countries to better align with Turkey’s National Education Ministry’s standards versus those of Gulen’s current agenda. Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s government noted that it has “Begun to question the schools mission, deeming its shadowy structure problematic.” Note to Turkey: Why did it take so long to figure that out?
Likewise, and as reported in the Daily Sabbah on January 21, 2015, President Recep Erdogan stated that he “Will seek the closure of schools in Africa linked to his ally-turned-foe Fethullah Gulen.”
The article continues with "Erdogan accusing Gulen and his supporters in the judiciary and police of seeking to establish a "parallel state" and of orchestrating a corruption investigation targeting Erdogan's inner circle in December 2013 as part of a coup attempt.”
Erdogan’s edict to close Gulen’s schools in foreign countries follows his command to close all of Gulen’s private schools in Turkey by September 1, 2015.
If Gulen’s schools are closed abroad, it will certainly put a crimp in the movement's revenue stream. That could possibly lead to the movement opening more United States’ based charter schools in order to make up for the lost revenue abroad. And this would be problematic for American tax payers who are already being swindled through this ongoing scam of cronyism, discrimination, and political exploitation that the Gulenists have been lucratively and covertly operating in the United States for the past 13 years.
Below are the links to the various news articles:
http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-revokes-passport-bitter-erdogan-rival-gulen-152333201.html
http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2015/02/03/turkey-plans-to-transform-gulenrun-schools-abroad-into-civil-foundations
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/22/us-ethiopia-turkey-erdogan-gulen-idUSKBN0KV1MA20150122
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That puts Gulen in a bit of a pickle. If he cannot travel internationally, then he is pretty much stuck here in the United States. So unless by some miraculous political maneuver, like the granting and issuing of citizenship and a passport by another country – Gulen will most likely have to continue to stay holed up in the Poconos in Pennsylvania.
Turkey’s strategy is interesting. If Gulen is forced to stay put until extradition papers are submitted, acknowledged, and executed by the United States – then Turkey has a better chance of actually getting Gulen back to Turkey rather than having to chase him down all over the world. It’s kind of like the “sitting duck” theory plan of attack – with Gulen being the duck.
Now if for some reason the United States does not extradite Gulen to Turkey, then what exactly will it do with an accused “terrorist” who cannot legally leave the United States?
In other Gulen related news, the Turkish government will “convert” Gulen schools in foreign countries to better align with Turkey’s National Education Ministry’s standards versus those of Gulen’s current agenda. Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s government noted that it has “Begun to question the schools mission, deeming its shadowy structure problematic.” Note to Turkey: Why did it take so long to figure that out?
Likewise, and as reported in the Daily Sabbah on January 21, 2015, President Recep Erdogan stated that he “Will seek the closure of schools in Africa linked to his ally-turned-foe Fethullah Gulen.”
The article continues with "Erdogan accusing Gulen and his supporters in the judiciary and police of seeking to establish a "parallel state" and of orchestrating a corruption investigation targeting Erdogan's inner circle in December 2013 as part of a coup attempt.”
Erdogan’s edict to close Gulen’s schools in foreign countries follows his command to close all of Gulen’s private schools in Turkey by September 1, 2015.
If Gulen’s schools are closed abroad, it will certainly put a crimp in the movement's revenue stream. That could possibly lead to the movement opening more United States’ based charter schools in order to make up for the lost revenue abroad. And this would be problematic for American tax payers who are already being swindled through this ongoing scam of cronyism, discrimination, and political exploitation that the Gulenists have been lucratively and covertly operating in the United States for the past 13 years.
Below are the links to the various news articles:
http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-revokes-passport-bitter-erdogan-rival-gulen-152333201.html
http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2015/02/03/turkey-plans-to-transform-gulenrun-schools-abroad-into-civil-foundations
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/22/us-ethiopia-turkey-erdogan-gulen-idUSKBN0KV1MA20150122
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