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IMAM SYSTEM<br />
The system, which is<br />
hierarchically similar to a<br />
pyramid system and is the<br />
chain of command, is the main<br />
structure of FETO.<br />
STRUCTURE OF THE IMAM SYSTEM<br />
ABİ/ABLA (BROTHER / SISTER)<br />
Gülenists are in a hierarchic manner appointed as<br />
responsible for specific locations from schools to regions.<br />
Abi’s are responsible for men while abla’s are responsible<br />
for women. They conduct their organizational works in<br />
their locations in an hierarchical order.<br />
<strong>JULY</strong> <strong>15</strong>: GÜLENIST COUP ATTEMPT<br />
Each imam is an abi,<br />
but not every abi can<br />
be an imam.<br />
‘Imam of the Universe’<br />
Fethullah Gülen<br />
Continent imams<br />
Europe, Asia, Australia<br />
Country imams<br />
Turkey, Germany, US<br />
Grand Regional imams<br />
Marmara, Central Anatolia<br />
Provincial imams<br />
Ankara, İstanbul<br />
Regional imams<br />
Çankaya, Bilkent,<br />
Beşiktaş<br />
House imams<br />
Residences where<br />
students gather and live<br />
communally.<br />
GÜLEN’S USE OF SUPERSTITIONS CRITICIZED<br />
The FETO’s promotion of superstitions, sorcery and dream<br />
interpretation has been particularly criticized, as many<br />
critiques claim the movement is withdrawing from reality to<br />
avoid facing the fact that its strength is decreasing as it is<br />
economically, socially and psychologically shrinking.<br />
Last year saw leaked recordings of Gülen’s phone<br />
conversation with an official from the pro-Gülenist Turkish<br />
Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON).<br />
In the phone conversation, the official tells Gülen that<br />
Prophet Muhammad told him to double the amount of<br />
tweets, and Gülen responded: “Do whatever he tells you to<br />
do.”<br />
His followers also claimed that the prophet was present at<br />
the Turkish Olympics organized by the Gülen Movement.<br />
This claim was published in an online article, which says that<br />
Gülen received many letters about the prophet attending<br />
the Turkish Olympics. “Believe me, our beloved prophet has<br />
honored our organization,” Gülen was quoted as saying.<br />
A video of Fethullah Gülen released in 1999 shows him calling on his followers<br />
to “move within the arteries of the system, without anyone noticing your<br />
existence, until you reach all the power centers… You must wait until you seize<br />
the entire state power.”<br />
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