Inheritance dispute of FETÖ ringleader taken to court: Second will controversy

Mesih Gülen, the brother of Fetullah Gülen, announced on his social media account X that he has filed a lawsuit, claiming that the two separate wills disclosed after his brother's death contradict each other and that the subsequently emerged will is a forgery.

Mesih Gülen argued that he does not believe the management of royalty revenues and the areas where they would be spent, as specified in the second will put forward by Cevdet Türkyolu—known as the top figure managing FETÖ's money flow—were actually the preference of his brother, Gülen.

Stating that they have applied to the court to halt the will, Mesih Gülen announced that they filed the objection at the Monroe County Court in the state of Pennsylvania.

Noting that his brother did not know a foreign language, Mesih Gülen stated that the phrases in English found in the will, which lacks an original Turkish copy, such as "I declare, write, and sign this will," could not belong to Fetullah Gülen.

Targeting the organization's top management, which includes Türkyolu and Adem Kalaç, Mesih Gülen used the expression, "Those who have reigned for 50 years should step down."

While Cevdet Türkyolu has remained silent despite the will controversies, the statement by Kalaç, who is listed as the second authorized person in the same will and is also Türkyolu's brother-in-law, has caused the debates to escalate further.

In written and video posts on his X account, Kalaç claimed that they "forgot due to grief" in response to why the contested will was not disclosed in a timely manner.

Türkyolu, known as the treasurer of FETÖ, is accused of attempting to monopolize the management of both Gülen's royalty revenues and the "himmet" (charitable donations) funds accumulated in the organization's accounts by preparing a forged will document.

The fact that Fetullah Gülen transferred all his assets to two foundations under the management of Cevdet Türkyolu gives the impression that Türkyolu is effectively the leader of the organization.

THE NOTARY WHO APPROVED THE WILL IS ALSO FROM THE ORGANIZATION

On the other hand, fugitive Ahmet Dönmez, one of the reporters for the closed-down Zaman newspaper of FETÖ, claimed in a social media post that Ahmet İdil, whose name appears as the notary on the will document in question, worked at the Ant Bookstore in New Jersey, which also belongs to the organization.

Dönmez stated that the individual in question was under the command of Mustafa Özcan, one of the prominent figures of the organization.