Pakistan requests help from Turkey against FETÖ

Pakistan has taken action to clear the country from the Fetullah Terrorist Organization, or FETÖ, members in the numerous companies where the terrorist organization has gained key contacts who play a role in the politics and economy of the country.

"We would like to clear all FETÖ members from the institutions they leaked into. We ask for help in our fight against them," Pakistani officials wrote in a letter to Ankara.

The FETÖ organization, considered a threat by the Pakistani officials, operates tour companies, hotels and restaurants, along with non-governmental organizations, or NGOs,where they camouflage their activities and reach more people to exploit.

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.

These schools are 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 of the country via these people.

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. 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.

Gülen is also accused of a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary, forming what is commonly known as the "parallel state".