Furkan Foundation operation

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Pages on the operations targeting the Furkan Foundation and the case files opened afterwards.

The "if he wants to do politics, let him found a party" claim

Nowhere is there a requirement to found a party in order to express an opinion. The journalists, lawyers and academics who discuss the country's affairs on television have no party either.

Unfounded

The claim that the foundation's income was collected off the books

Collecting donations and holding charity bazaars are sources of income written into the foundation's deed; the alleged amount, meanwhile, rose within a few months from 350 thousand to 3 million, and from there to 80 million.

Unfounded

The claim that there is a vault and secret passages in the foundation's building

The place called a "vault" is a study centre opened in 2014 with SODES funding, with its sign hanging at the entrance, which had passed a favourable inspection a month before the operation.

Distorted

The claim of a connection with the United Arab Emirates and Egypt

The report of 31 January 2018 did not write that a connection had been found but that one "was being investigated"; afterwards no document followed, nor did the claim enter any case file.

Unfounded

The "if he wants to do politics, let him found a party" claim

The claim that the foundation's income was collected off the books

The claim that there is a vault and secret passages in the foundation's building

The claim of a connection with the United Arab Emirates and Egypt

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