by Maggie • July 16, 2016
Incirlik Air Base, Turkey
When earlier today we
reported that Turkey has closed the airspace above, and suspended all
US-led air missions out of the giant Incirlik airbase (which houses some
50 US nuclear bombs), we said that there is speculation the “airbase
may be held “hostage” by Ankara as a bargaining chip ahead of demands
for the extradition of Erdogan’s arch enemy, Fethullah Gulen, currently a
resident of the state of Pennsylvania.” A few hours later this was
partially validated when during a televised speech, Turkish President
Erdogan called on the United States to extradite Fethullah Gulen, a
US-based Muslim cleric he accuses of being behind Turkey’s failed coup
attempt. Source: ZeroHedge
I posted the following in December 2013: The
government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hot in the
middle of trying to fight-off charges of corruption and bribery,
reported this week in the Washington Post to be orchestrated by
Pennsylvania imam, Fethullah Gülen, the head of over 100 Islamic charter schools in the U.S.WAPO
is theorizing that Gülen is behind the push to punish the Erdogan
administration, yet Gülen and Erdogan have been close in the past.
Perhaps Erdogan is not moving quickly enough to bring hardline,
fundamental Islam to Turkey, a
Fethullah Gülen
country
which has a long past of enjoying largely secular governance. Gulen’s
reach is far and deep in the U.S. and around the world. This is what you
need to know: most schools believed to be connected to Gülen, deny that
they are connected to the reclusive but powerful Fethullah Gulen.
I wrote extensively about Gülen Charter schools in the U.S. in
2012. Astonishing to me was the fact that many parents haven’t a clue
that their children are attending a school controlled by an Iman. There
is no such thing as a “secular” Imam, and if there is/were/was, Gülen is
not one of them. The big lie is that these schools focus on science and
math skills, and don’t forget, if you ask if your school is connected
to Fethallah Gülen, you will likely be told ‘no.’
Below are some reminders, along with the updated list of Gülen Charter Schools currently
operating in the U.S. as of September 15, 2013. If you recognize these
schools near your community, or schools your grandchildren may attend,
pass it around to your family and friends. Help parents face-up to what
may be happening to their children. First some facts, then the list:
● Gülen was able to establish his charter school network in America fully funded by public money.
She
[Leslie Stahl on 60 Minutes] reported that Turkish teachers are brought
in on visas — a practice defended on camera by a Gülen spokesman who
stated that the United States needs skilled teachers in math and
science. Ironically, Turkey ranks far below the United States in math
and science.
The
Gülen schools’ SAT average score of 1026 falls short of the 1100
considered to indicate college readiness. Former Gülen schoolteachers
have reported state testing violations, lack of test monitors, and
unqualified individuals administering tests.
There
have been complaints of hyped advertising that mislead prospective
students and their parents about class size, graduation rates, and
college acceptances, especially since most of the schools lack a
12th grade, and the majority of students graduate from other schools.
Source: Janet Levy at American Thinker
● Readers of Milliyet were informed in 2010 that the Walton Family Foundation [WalMart, Sams Discount] had given $1 million to Gülen’s charter schools in California (translation here).
And in 2009, readers of Sabah were presented with an account of GM insiders discussing how the U.S. charter schools serve the movement’s goals:
“...through
education, we can teach tens of thousands of people the Turkish
language and our national anthem, introduce them to our culture and win
them over.
The Chesapeake Science Point Charter in Anne Arundel County, Maryland graduates high achievers but has been found NOT to:
●
...hire qualified and fully certified teachers, reform the board of
directors “to reflect the community it serves,” use appropriate
procurement and bidding processes for outside contracts, follow board
policy for the hiring of foreign nationals, and agree not to allow any
of its contractors or subcontractors to “knowingly employ” anybody who
has been investigated for criminal activity. The high school, whic is
adding 11th grade in the fall, is on probation for the next two years.
The CSP middle school is not on probation. Source: WAPO
The
Chesapeake Science Point Charter (CPS) school claims not to be
connected to Gülen, but many believe it is certainly connected. CPS
students may be excelling, but not all Gülen Charters excel. Bookmark
the American Thinker article above which states cheating and low SATs
are a reality. Teachers are often brought to the U.S. from Turkey. How
many Muslim teachers are in your child’s school?
You
must move in the arteries of the system without anyone noticing your
existence until you reach all the power centers...until the conditions
are ripe, they [the followers] must continue like this. If they do
something prematurely, the world will crush our heads, and Muslims will
suffer everywhere, like in the tragedies in Algeria, like in 1982 [in]
Syria...like in the yearly disasters and tragedies in Egypt. The time is
not yet right. You must wait for the time when you are complete and
conditions are ripe, until we can shoulder the entire world and carry
it...You must wait until such time as you have gotten all the state
power, until you have brought to your side all the power of the
constitutional institutions in Turkey...Until that time, any step taken
would be too early—like breaking an egg without waiting the full forty
days for it to hatch. It would be like killing the chick inside. The
work to be done is [in] con-fronting the world. Now, I have expressed my
feelings and thoughts to you all—in confidence ...trusting your loyalty
and secrecy. I know that when you leave here—[just] as you discard your
empty juice boxes, you must discard the thoughts and the feelings that I
expressed here.
Nationwide,
the primary focus of complaints has been on hundreds of teachers and
administrators imported from Turkey: in Ohio and Illinois, the federal
Department of Labor is investigating union accusations that the schools
have abused a special visa program in bringing in their expatriate
employees.
But
an examination by The New York Times of the Harmony Schools in Texas
casts light on a different area: the way they spend public money. And it
raises questions about whether, ultimately, the schools are using
taxpayer dollars to benefit the Gülen movement — by giving business to
Gülen followers, or through financial arrangements with local
foundations that promote Gulen teachings and Turkish culture. Source: New York Times
From state controlled media:
Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan ABD’ye Seslendi: “Bu Darbe Girişiminden Sonra Pensilvanya'daki Zatı Artık Bize Teslim Edin" https://t.co/5i7i0dgFqO
Translation:
President Erdogan to the United States, he called out: "this coup Does Surrender to Us anymore in Pennsylvania After she made"
(Gulen lives in Pennsylvania)
Erdogan
started blaming the coup on Gulen, who operates a number of
controversial charter schools in the US, within hours of it beginning.
Dylan Matthews of VOX explains:
In an address to the nation via web video stream, Erdoğan explained that the coup attempt came from "a faction in the military, the parallels," which
Turkey observers understood as a reference to followers of Fethullah
Gülen, a moderate Sunni cleric whose movement claims millions of
followers in Turkey and around the world. Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag repeated the accusations in a TV interview, claiming the coup plotters were tied to Gülen.
A Gülen-allied organization, the Alliance for Shared Values, has condemned the coup unequivocally and denied any involvement.
And there is no evidence as of this writing that Gülen or any of his
groups or followers were involved in the slightest. Gülen was formerly a
close ally of Erdoğan’s government, but they had a massive falling out
in late 2013. Since then, Gülen and his movement — now officially designated as a terrorist group in
Turkey — have emerged as one of the government’s favorite targets. So
it’s very possible that Erdoğan would target Gülen even if he played no
role in the events.
Moreover, Erdogan moved fast - he seems to have had a list handy already - and purged 2745 judges. Such a move only gives more weight to observers who felt that Erdogan would use the coup to seize even more control.
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