There are not real supporters of F.Gulen in Azerbaijan

Since the  General Prosecutor's Office filed a lawsuit against supporters of Fetullah Gulem, it means that the law enforcement agencies have a specific target. However, the absence of real grounds for a lawsuit  and the articles on which it has been initiated raises questions, said in an interview  with Cətin Sual  of Turan agency, the Ilham Ismayil, security expert, head of the Center for Security Studies. He said that the talks on supporters of Gülen in Azerbaijan  appeared two days later after  such a  campaign was launched in Turkey.

 Can there be the so-called "parallel state" in Azerbaijan  about which speak  the Turkish authorities? Answering this question, Ismayil said that he doubted the existence of such a structure. Although  he admits that Azerbaijan has enough followers of the teachings of Nursi and Gülen specifically.

As for the confrontation between Erdogan and supporters of Gulen, most  of Erdogan’s team members   finished schools by  Gulen, because they have long been companions. The first battle took place in December 2013, when Erdogan barely managed to recover revelations of corruption disclosed by people  of  Gulen in the  law enforcement agencies. Erdogan left  the battle weakened, but not defeated.

According to the expert, Erdogan’s difficult days  are ahead.

After a couple of months the euphoria of victory over the conspirators will pass away, and tens of thousands of laid-off from the civil service, courts, prosecutors, schools and universities will  join the opponents of Erdogan. They will be  start an open political struggle, will create  their  own party, or join  the opposition.

With regard to the presence of the supporters of Gulen in Azerbaijan, Ismayil said that they put energy and resources into education, law enforcement, the financial sector at the state level. "Therefore, the presence of  GUlen’ supporters in the Azerbaijani opposition  is something unreal,"  said Ismayil.

However, the Azerbaijani authorities   may  launch a campaign against those who studied in Gülen’s schools. The expert did not rule out that the security services can take control of the graduates of the University "Caucasus",  and those who worked in the structures associated with Gulen.—06D-