FETÖ not helping poor children, but systematic malignity: Turkey's Görmez

Turkey's head of Presidency of Religious Affairs Mehmet Görmez has said that the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) headed by Fetullah Gülen has nothing to do with providing free education to the children of poor families.

"The terrorist organization's only target is that it's known to be used as tools to reach the children of the richest families of the country, provide them education and intervene in the politics and make them become a part of this systematic malignity," Görmez said.

"The representatives of the global malignity focused on the Middle East and Balkans along with Europe to serve their dirty targets," Görmez said.

"The terrorist organization has been conducting its activities in Africa, and the geography where the Soviet Union collapsed to take advantage of the situation there," he said.

Turkish officials repeatedly warned countries of the threat of the FETÖ formation in many countries, which may trigger possible coup bids there, similar to the recent coup attempt in Turkey.

The FETÖ is known to have 24 schools across Pakistan; six of them in Islamabad, five of them in Lahore, three of them in Karachi, three in Quetta, two in Peshawar, two in Multan, and one each in Haripur, Hyderabad and Amshoro.

Another country that FETÖ has the largest number of schools in is Kyrgyzstan where the terrorist organization is known to have 23 schools.

Also, another FETÖ center is the African country Chad, which has dealt a blow to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization that attempted the coup in Turkey on July 15.

A violent coup bid was witnessed on July 15, mostly in Turkey's cities, when the terrorist group headed by Fetullah Gülen attempted to topple the democratically-elected government.

Turkey's government says the deadly plot, which martyred at least 246 people and injured more than 2,100 others, was organized by followers of U.S.- based Fetullah Gülen.