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His plane is on the way to Turkey… The US has handed over Fethullah Gülen

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For days, the health condition of Fethullah Gülen, whose farm in Pennsylvania has been cleared out and who has been taken from there, has been the subject of discussion, with people saying, "He is dying, he is dead."

The latest claim to emerge as of today is that the US has handed over Gülen to the MIT (National Intelligence Organization), that his plane is on the way to Turkey, and that this information is being kept secret for now.

Whether it is true or not, we cannot know; but we are certain of this: if the US has handed him over or is going to, it has certainly asked for something in return.

Let us recall his departure to the US. They handed over terrorist leader Abdullah Öcalan in Kenya and received Gülen in return.

Indeed, Milliyet columnist Zafer Şahin also addressed this today, commenting, "This delivery, which even surprised the Prime Minister of the time, Ecevit, was actually a sign that the global gang had started a new project. And so it happened."

Noting that the bells are tolling for the FETÖ ringleader a quarter of a century later and that the global gang has rolled up its sleeves for a new project just as it did in 1999, Şahin warned to be prepared for the "New FETÖ" project after Gülen, after stating, "Do not be surprised if they hand him over to Turkey, dead or alive, in Kenya. He was already no different from a living corpse."

The "global gang" is well-known; it is certainly thinking of new favors (!) for Turkey. However, what we must focus on first and foremost is why the US is going to hand over this decrepit living corpse, and more importantly, in exchange for what.

Apart from the Palestine-Israel war, what are the hot agenda topics that directly concern our country?

First; the municipal elections that the terrorist organization in Syria plans to hold on June 11, which Ankara strongly opposes.

Second; in the Russia-Ukraine war, the plan for not only the US and certain countries, but NATO itself, to send weapons and soldiers to Ukraine.

Setting aside Ankara making concessions to the US on these issues; just like with terrorist leader Öcalan, would our domestic and foreign agenda not be completely turned upside down with the images of Fethullah Gülen, who has had a sack put over his head, being taken off a plane, and would everything not be forgotten for months?!

We called him a "living corpse"… Unless a miracle happens and he recovers, he cannot be interrogated, tried, or imprisoned.

On top of that, his grave would become a nuisance for us!..

Since we will not be able to see him face the consequences of his actions; would it not be better to ask the US to bury his funeral in the garden of the CIA or the White House instead of taking him?

Müyesser YILDIZ

June 4, 2024