"Rabbimden af milletimden özür diliyorum dedim. Çünkü burada hata yapmışız."
"I said that I apologize to my nation, ask for forgiveness from my god. Because we made a mistake here."
Gulen's organisation is older, they started to recruit people to state positions starting from 1970's. Erdogan and Gulen supported each other after 2002 election. Both benefited from this partnership at that time. Especially after Ergenekon trials, the army lost the ability to clean Gulen supporters. The organisation spread like a virus, capturing key positions faster.
As the remaining uneaten pie got smaller, they realized the country is not big enough for two of them(2011-2013). I think that too much centralized power is a bad thing. Something like checks and balances is needed in Turkey. However at this point it is better for a selected goverment to be in power than a secretive ponzi-scheme-like organisation(lesser evil mindset). Ironically Erdogan says now: "we were deceived". Other political parties say: "what if you get deceived again?".
If you are interested there are more info on the background of events in some wiki pages:
"Rabbimden af milletimden özür diliyorum dedim. Çünkü burada hata yapmışız."
"I said that I apologize to my nation, ask for forgiveness from my god. Because we made a mistake here."
Gulen's organisation is older, they started to recruit people to state positions starting from 1970's. Erdogan and Gulen supported each other after 2002 election. Both benefited from this partnership at that time. Especially after Ergenekon trials, the army lost the ability to clean Gulen supporters. The organisation spread like a virus, capturing key positions faster.
As the remaining uneaten pie got smaller, they realized the country is not big enough for two of them(2011-2013). I think that too much centralized power is a bad thing. Something like checks and balances is needed in Turkey. However at this point it is better for a selected goverment to be in power than a secretive ponzi-scheme-like organisation(lesser evil mindset). Ironically Erdogan says now: "we were deceived". Other political parties say: "what if you get deceived again?".
If you are interested there are more info on the background of events in some wiki pages:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledgehammer_(coup_plan)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergenekon_trials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_corruption_scandal_in_Tur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imam%27s_Army
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_government_%E2%80%93_G...