The Turkish intelligence services arrested abroad and repatriated a nephew of cleric Fethullah Gulen, opponent of the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, broadcast today by the media, with his wife Selahaddin Gulen stating that he was “arrested” in Kenya.
Selahattin Gulen, who was taken to Turkey by agents of the National Intelligence Service (MIT) after his arrest abroad, was broadcast by the state news agency Anadolu, without mentioning which country.
In a video posted on social media on May 20, his wife states that they lived together in Kenya and that since May 3 she has not heard from her husband, who was teaching at a school in Nairobi.
People and media outlets linked to Fethullah Gulen’s movement also said on social media that Selahaddin Gulen had been “abducted” and launched a campaign demanding his release.
Selahattin Gulen is accused by Turkish authorities of being a member of the “Fetö terrorist organization”, an acronym used by Ankara to describe the movement of cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Erdogan, a former ally of Gulen, now calls him the leader of a “terrorist” organization and accuses him of staging a coup in July 2016.
The cleric, who lives in the United States, says he heads a peaceful network of NGOs and businesses and denies any involvement in the military coup attempt.
Following the failed coup, tens of thousands of people were arrested and at least 140,000 were fired or made available as part of a crackdown on a scale unprecedented in Turkish history.
Ankara is also allegedly pursuing members of Fethullah Gulen’s network abroad and says it has “repatriated” dozens of people since 2016.
In 2018, the abduction in Kosovo by MIT agents of six Turkish nationals accused of links to Gulen had sparked a political crisis in the country and led to the deportation of the interior minister and the head of the intelligence service.
In addition, Ankara is putting pressure on many countries, especially in the Balkans, Central Asia and Africa, to close schools affiliated with the “Gulen movement”.
Kenya had refused to close six institutions in 2016 despite Ankara’s insistence.
It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.
“We will announce the arrest of a very important Fetö member soon,” Erdogan said on May 19, apparently referring to Selahattin Gulen.
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