Terrorist group leader Fetullah Gulen buried at Pennsylvania residence
A screen grab from a video shows members of the Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), which is designated as a terrorist group by Turkiye and accused by the Turkish government of being behind the failed 2016 coup attempt, concealing their faces with hats, glasses, and masks during the funeral of FETO ringleader Fethullah Gulen at Skylands Stadium in New Jersey, United States, on October 24, 2024. ( AA - Anadolu Agency )
The body of Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) ringleader Fetullah Gulen was buried on the grounds of his residence in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania on Thursday.
FETO’s leader Fetullah Gulen’s burial took place in the presence of a limited number of senior members of the terror group and family members.
The body of Gulen, whose death was announced on Oct. 20, had been in the morgue of the Monroe campus of St. Luke’s Hospital for four days.
Gulen had been living in US since 1999
Gulen had been living in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Turkish leaders had long sought his extradition, but U.S. judicial officials did not approve it.
He orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, in Türkiye in which 252 people were killed and 2,734 wounded.
Ankara also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary.
