Members of the transnational Gülen movement – inspired by followers of Fethullah Gülen, a Pennsylvania-based Muslim theologian – are staffing Turkey’s police, judiciary, bureaucracy, and universities. The Gülenist media now set the country’s new ideological tone, producing a steady stream of disinformation in their vocal support of the country’s show trials.
而当厄尔多安似乎登临权力之巅时，其政府的“谷兰主义者”盟友也已日渐强大。国际性的谷兰运动——由身处美国宾夕法尼亚州的穆斯林神学家法图拉赫·谷兰的追随者们所推动——在土耳其的警务、司法，政府机关和大学都拥有一批成员。“谷兰主义者”媒体如今为这个国家的意识形态定下了新的基调，用持续不断的误导性信息来声援政府的公开审判。