Trying to accuse Mr. Gulen of “wrongdoing” after every single incident turned into a fed in Turkey. Turkey’s “Deep” police chief Hanefi Avci filed a lawsuit against Mr. Gulen to label him as a person “who undermines the Turkish state;” however, the request was overturned by the public prosecutor on the ground that Avci’s claims were unfounded and irrelevant. This seems to be an effort on Avci’s side to get out of a very bad situation he is in for breaking the law.
Ankara’s chief prosecutor with special authority has dropped an investigation into allegations leveled against religious leader Fethullah Gulen by arrested ex-police chief Hanefi Avcı, reports said Friday.
There is no reason to prosecute Gulen and another individual known only by the initials O.H.Ö., Ankara’s special public prosecutor concluded Friday following an investigation.
The probe was launched based on claims made by Avcı, the former police chief of Eskisehir, who has been in the public spotlight since publishing a book in August 2010 titled “Halic’te Yaşayan Simonlar: Dün Devlet Bugün Cemaat” (“Devotee” Residents of Haliç: Yesterday State, Today Religious Community), which alleges that the religious Gulen community has covertly taken control of the state, and the security department in particular.
Based on the book’s claims, the prosecutor launched the investigation into Gulen and O.H.O. on possible charges of “starting and being a member of a criminal organization with the goal of changing the constitutional order.”
The decision by the prosecution concluded the book was based on “abstract claims and was not based on evidence.”
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