Erdoğan urges South Africa to take action against FETÖ's activities

JOHANNESBURG

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that South Africa should take steps to stop the activities of the FETÖ claiming that the country had become one of the main bases of the group in the world.

"It is very unfortunate that South Africa is one of the countries where FETÖ is very active, I have already given documents [to South Africa] but I will give some new ones. I will tell them that the FETÖ could also pose a threat to South Africa, "Erdoğan said on July 26 during a speech at the inauguration of the new building. Embbady of Turkey in Pretoria

. with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit and will express Turkey's concerns regarding FETÖ activities in the country.

"During our meeting with the South African President, we will discuss these issues in detail, and I will bring to our attention our expectations of the orchestrators of the coup d'etat of 15 July 2016 and murderers of 251 of our citizens, "said Erdoğan

" We will not allow FETÖ to become a base, to dirty this country and exploit the generosity of our South African friends ", he said.

Turkey has long been working to stop the activities of the Gülenists in the world after the failed coup attempt of July 2016. The group still runs schools and a number of non-governmental organizations. in South Africa. Turkey wants the suspension of all these institutions and cooperation with the South African bodies concerned for this purpose.

The fight against FETÖ is not only necessary for Turkey, but all countries, said Erdoğan, claiming that the members of the group have already begun to The South African Judiciary

"Our fight will continue until the last member of FETÖ is implicated, "said Erdoğan.

Turkey raises the issue of terror at the top

The President said that in addition to economic and development issues, he will also talk about "the devastating impact of terrorism on the world".

19659004] "We will discuss the kind of formulas we can put in place to strengthen world peace and increase regional cooperation.We will also talk about the terror that threatens the whole world.It is also a problem of South Africa, "said Erdoğan

" All countries should fight terrorism without separating them one from the other, "Erdoğan said. Daesh (Arabic acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – ISIL) is no different than FETÖ. The PKK [outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party] is no different than Boko Haram or Al-Shabab.

Turkey's first BRICS participation

Turkey was invited this year to the BRICS Summit by South Africa, rotating president, in his capacity as President of The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) makes Turkey its first participation in the annual BRICS Summit, which was founded in 2009.

Erdoğan will attend a special session on global development and hold meetings He should meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit

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