A/HRC/37/50/Add.2 Students trained in these houses are brainwashed to give priority to “the Service” instead of “homeland”, “capturing the political power” instead of “democracy”, They are thought on “the Grand Nobles ruled by GÜLEN; an oligarchic administration where sovereignty is exercised by aristocratic class” instead of the “sovereignty of people”. The expert personnel called “mentors”, who are assigned to provide human resources for the Organization act in line with a pre-detailed method especially in bigger cities. After the first contact is established with the targeted student, “TREAT” is put in process meaning: family visits, picnics, meals in beautiful and distinguished places, social and cultural activities, and every kind of financial aid. GÜLEN emphasizes the importance of “Treat” in recruiting new members: “The methods of infiltrating the soul of the students must be searched. This is a humanitarian way of approach. It is like giving presents or solving their problems. Every legal way to win the heart of the students must be tried and it must be achieved. I mean: the targeted person should accept our personal friendship. This is an important factor in their acceptance of thoughts that will be conveyed by us, and this issue must not be neglected”. A specific monetary fund under the title “Treat and Guidance Expenses” is allocated for student imams from the central cash deposit safe of the Organization to cover such kind of expenses. The first method of recruiting new members to the terrorist organizations is approaching to a person from a low income family, or a family that does not care about their offspring; or a broken family. These students are then convinced that they are not alone, they belong to a group and gradually their brains are washed with the Organization ideology. FETÖ benefits from this need of belongingness through heavenly light houses for recruitment. In this view; FETÖ uses similar methods in obtaining new members with other terror Organizations. During the process of “treat”, necessary notes about the target students are taken. This is the step just before the youngsters who fall in FETÖ trap are invited to the FETÖ houses. GÜLEN said; “We have to know the belief and cultural level of the students very well. For example; we should not read even the Quran, if this is going to scare them and make them run away from us. (…) sometimes this kind of arrangement is not made, the words uttered for the sake of showing the true path will create a reaction on them and it is of no use to make an explanation later”. The most distinct characteristics of these houses are that they are far from being transparent, secret, uncontrolled and unknown places. Code names are given to the houses in question, to the “elder brothers” of each house and to the students staying in these houses in order to ensure confidentiality. GÜLEN describes the functioning of Enlightenment Houses as follows: “These houses may also be called as charging houses. Plans and projects are produced in these houses. The persons who are trained in these houses set sail to conquer the world. They try to enter the hearts of the people. These houses are the places of loading and discharging. The residents are loaded here and then they go and discharge themselves in empty spaces and in empty bosoms. These houses are functioning like a work station, like a Muslim theological school, and like a school to prosper and equip the template generations who are instable, corrupt and irregular. At a time, when everywhere is closed and every door is locked, these houses shoulder a greater mission than the one in the past. These houses are not the ones that have just a minaret on it and where everybody goes in when the Azan is recited, as you are accustomed to. The word “uncharted” is chosen as word to characterize these houses. These houses are unspecific....(....). I mean, you will not know when these houses will appear." 28

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