Lawyer releases new book on how FETO scams US taxpayers to finance its schools

ISTANBUL

Canadian worldwide lawyer Robert Amsterdam unveiled his second e book on the Fetullah Terrorist Group (FETO) and the way it defrauds the US training system and taxpayers to fund its community of constitution faculties within the nation throughout a presentation Thursday at a resort in Istanbul.

In “Empire Of Deceit: Vol II: Internet of Affect,” Amsterdam sheds mild on the group of the FETO-affiliated faculties within the US and the corruption surrounding them, together with monetary violations and misconduct.

“It’s completely no doubt clear that not solely have the Gulen faculties served because the important supply of funding for the Gulen group and FETO however that the corruption of US procurement is widespread,” mentioned Amsterdam, referring to FETO’s US-based chief Fetullah Gulen, who the Turkish authorities blames for orchestrating a failed coup try in Türkiye on July 15, 2016 by which 251 folks have been killed and a couple of,734 injured.

“We’re speaking about what we estimate to be $4 billion… going into FETO’s coffers on account of the general public funding and taxpayer funding of the now 250 FETO faculties all through the US,” added Amsterdam, who’s the proprietor of the legislation agency Amsterdam & Companions (LLP).

“Let me simply say that the Gulen faculties are like an important organ for the group. That is each economically necessary and organizationally. We’re speaking about an estimated $4 billion economic system. The economic system in these faculties is extra just like the American economic system. It goes out of the pockets of taxpayers and 250 faculties are financed with this cash. These deceptions of FETO are included within the 700-page e book,” he added.

Amsterdam mentioned the colleges, which pledge allegiance to Gulen, have been established and strengthened because of connections with influential foundations just like the Rumi Discussion board, whose conferences have been attended by main American political figures together with Hillary Clinton, which enabled the FETO associates to develop sturdy relations with the politicians there whereas the American public weren’t conscious of such a company’s shut ties with the phobia group.

However FETO’s operations within the US are not clean for the reason that US Division of Training took a take a look at Amsterdam’s first e book, “Empire of Deceit: An Investigation of the Gulen Constitution Faculty Community,” and now FETO should be clear in its actions, together with actual property contracts by way of which it generates income by rising its prices, based on Amsterdam.

One other spotlight of his speech on the presentation have been the relations between FETO and Enes Kanter, a former NBA basketball participant and the self-styled “adopted” son of FETO chief Gulen who now provides lectures within the US neighborhood on human rights whereas growing deep ties with American politicians.

“A human-rights activist (that’s) self-appointed, a critic of Turkey, however a person whose Gulenist credentials by no means appear to return out within the American press. He lectures the Republican Get together. He has his personal conferences in Congress. And nobody within the Republican Get together has taken the time to ask this international coverage genius about his relationship to the Gulen group,” he mentioned.

One thing “very fascinating” got here up as Amsterdam’s agency was investigating the ties of Kanter’s basis – the Enes Kanter Freedom Basis – with different institutions within the US because it simply occurs that this basis occupied the identical deal with with an organization referred to as Arlington Strategic Provides and Manufacturing LLC.

“This man (Kanter), who’s parading as a human rights determine, has lots to elucidate by way of his relationship to Gulen…the very nature of the human rights he’s making an attempt to defend. As a result of on the finish of the day, you can’t be a cult member and be an advocate for human rights, as a result of the very nature of this cult is to disclaim important freedoms for non-believers,” he mentioned.

Furthermore, the FETO constitution faculties within the US cost US taxpayers for training whereas favoring white kids and discriminating towards Black and minority-linked kids, he mentioned, underlining that this strategy totally contradicted with US rules.

Likening the terrorist group to a “most cancers,” he mentioned FETO additionally posed a risk to US safety. The group is a fancy mafia-like entity stealing from even the poorest folks and is a international coverage drawback.

Ankara accuses FETO of being behind a long-running marketing campaign to overthrow the Turkish state by way of the infiltration of Turkish establishments; notably the army, police and judiciary.

*Writing by Ali Murat Alhas

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