Disinformation Around the August 2026 Judicial Process

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Disinformation that began in August, after the operation against the Süleymancıs and because of the support given to them, and that grew sharper still with the ordered detention of Wednesday 19 August 2026.

The claim that the case file contains a FETÖ contact list

According to a claim circulated on 22 August 2026, the investigation file contains a table showing the FETÖ/PDY contacts of the movement's leadership. Two days later one of the lawyers on the case reported that he had shown the post to the prosecutor handling the file in person, and that the prosecutor said "there is definitely no list of this kind in our file".

Unverifiable

Was the file filled with evidence, or with slander?

The Furkan Movement's statement on the 2026 operation: when the searches produced no element of a crime, the file was, it says, filled with the statements of people whose hostility to the movement is known and with claims already refuted in court.

Cübbeli Ahmet's claims about the Furkan Movement on CNN Türk

On 7 September 2026, on Ahmet Hakan's CNN Türk programme "Tarafsız Bölge", Cübbeli Ahmet listed grave accusations about the Furkan Movement and Alparslan Kuytul under nine headings. The Movement rejected them all. No trial has begun, yet investigation claims were aired as a settled verdict.

Unfounded

The Claim That the Furkan Foundation Has Companies

There is no commercial company belonging to the Furkan Foundation. That there are tradespeople and company owners among those who attend the lessons does not make those companies the foundation's. Nor does the fact that measures were applied to some companies in the investigation prove ownership.

Unfounded

The Claim of Money Laundering in Germany

Money laundering is a grave and technical criminal imputation; it requires concrete evidence and a final ruling. That there are people abroad who hold the same ideas does not show that there is an unlawful financial organisation among them. There is no joint financial structure of the kind claimed.

Unfounded

The "Furkan Intelligence Organisation" and "Execution Squad" Claim

No unit set up under that name exists; the accounts of a court being set up inside the movement, of people being tried there and of punishment being applied are rejected. There is neither a final court ruling nor a single person who says they went through this.

Unfounded

The claim that Furkan volunteers blocked the path of a man conducting an interview

A member of the public who objected to a man harassing Furkan volunteers, presented as someone who "blocked his path".

Distorted

The claim that the case file contains a FETÖ contact list

Was the file filled with evidence, or with slander?

Cübbeli Ahmet's claims about the Furkan Movement on CNN Türk

The Claim That the Furkan Foundation Has Companies

The Claim of Money Laundering in Germany

The "Furkan Intelligence Organisation" and "Execution Squad" Claim

The claim that Furkan volunteers blocked the path of a man conducting an interview

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