A/HRC/37/50/Add.2 Organization. They are highly respected within the Organization. In case a problem occurs, GÜLEN appoints these Mullahs whom he totally trusts. c) Special Service Unit: GÜLEN, also meets one-to-one with the members called “special service unit” and appoint them to do his private works/affairs General structuring of the Organization is ranked in the following chart and below: Imam of the Universe, Continent Imams, Country Imams, County Imams, Province Imams, Town Imams, District Imams, Neighborhood Imams House Imams (senior brothers/sisters) (In each special houses of FETÖ 4-5 students are invited to stay. The related Senior Brother is responsible for the students in that house. It is the first step of recruiting new members to the Organization. The Organization gives scores to students based on their loyalty and dependence to the Organization. According to the scoring system, those who get 5-4 or 5-5 can become House Imams. There is also always a senior sister responsible for female students in a house. ) Hierarchic Parallel State Structuring: Apart from geographical structuring, as referred to above, there are also Imams in each state institution responsible for the FETÖ members working there. This unit, which acts secretly even within the Organization, is not only present in Turkey, but also abroad, and tries to gain control of state institutions in countries where the Organization is present. There is also a “phantom structure” in the Organization. Only GÜLEN knows and appoints its members. The duty of the phantom structure is to monitor the high level members in order to prevent regional, provincial, town and district Imams from betraying the organization. Secret Service Imams: These units are deemed by the Organization and Fetullah GÜLEN as the most important. It is the backbone of the Organization and consists of the Imams of Judiciary, Police, Armed Forces, National Intelligence Agency Ministry of Education and other critical state institutes such as OSYM (centralized testing and placement center), TUBİTAK (Scientific Research Center), GATA(Military Medical Academy) Through this unit, FETÖ was able to extent its influence to the extent that they were able to appoint all the members of the Court of Cassation and the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors in 2010 elections. There are several examples of court decisions taken by the FETÖ linked judges advancing the interests of FETÖ by means of their members in the judiciary. By using the secret service units in the judiciary and police units simultaneously and in coordination, the Organization was also able to orchestrate large scale sham trials against hundreds of politicians, bureaucrats, civil servants, journalist and military officers who stood on their way. Similarly, a civilian “imam” is responsible for the FETÖ structuring within the Police. Below this imam comes other low ranking “imams” responsible for each 24

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