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Deputy speaker: 'FETÖ presence in Korea upsets Turkey'

Deputy Parliament Speaker Ahmet Aydın calls for end of FETÖ activities in South Korea

Ersin Çelik
16:56 - 16/03/2018 Friday
Update: 17:00 - 16/03/2018 Friday
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Deputy Parliament Speaker Ahmet Aydın calls for end of FETÖ activities in South Korea
Deputy Parliament Speaker Ahmet Aydın calls for end of FETÖ activities in South Korea

Turkish Deputy Parliament Speaker Ahmet Aydın called for an end to Fetullah Terrorist Organization's (FETÖ) activities in South Korea.

In a meeting with his Korean counterpart Park Joo-sun in Ankara on Friday, Ahmet Aydin drew attention to the presence of FETÖ-linked schools in South Korea.

"We found out that some FETÖ members settled in South Korea following the [2016] coup attempt," said Aydin, adding that the presence in Korea of some schools and associations affiliated with the terrorist FETÖ upset Turkey.

Aydin reiterated Turkey’s request from "its brother country Korea to take measures" against FETÖ and "to end its activities" in the country.

He also touched on the brotherly relations between the two countries maintained since the Korean War in the early 1950s.

In response, Joo-sun said that his country would be closely monitoring FETÖ's activities in South Korea.

"We are aware of them," said Joo-sun, adding that they prevented FETÖ's participation in events organized by the South Korean state in consideration of “our blood brother Turkey”.

"As a former prosecutor, I will evaluate their [coup] plot and their coup attempt [in Turkey]. I will do my best to prevent them from carrying out similar activities in Korea."

FETÖ and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 250 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.

Ankara accuses FETÖ of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.

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