Access to Serkan Koç's documentary 'The Gulen' is blocked in Türkiye

Director Serkan Koç's documentary titled 'The Gulen', which is about the Fethullah Gülen structuring, has been blocked from access in Türkiye.

According to Koç, YouTube made a statement regarding the documentary: "We have received a legal complaint from a government organization regarding your content."

However, the name of the institution that filed the complaint, the legal basis on which the application was based, and which part of the documentary was the subject of the complaint were not disclosed.

Koç announced that they appealed the decision to YouTube.

The documentary, prepared in 2014 and subtitled "A Gladio Project", is about the allegations that the Fethullah Gülen organization is related to the CIA and NATO-related counter-guerrilla structures.

The first screening of the documentary was held in February 2015 near Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, where Gülen lived at the time.

"FETO, BEFORE THERE WAS FETO..."

Speaking to Cumhuriyet after the access block, director Serkan Koç said that they were also trying to find out the source of the complaint.

Stating that YouTube did not provide information about the identity of the public institution that complained to them, Koç said that they wanted answers to four questions from the platform:

"Which government agency? Which decision? Which law? Which part of the movie? We are waiting for these to be announced."

Koç stated that the situation was surprising for them and said that The Gulen was not a work defending the Fethullah Gülen structure, but rather investigating the structure before it was defined by the state in its current form.

"HE ENTERED THE INDICTMENT AS A 'SOURCE'"

Koç stated that the documentary also came to the fore in official investigations and research regarding FETO in the following years:

“I did it in 2014. It was later evaluated as evidence/source in the Ankara FETO Framework Indictment, and took part in the work of the GNAT 15 July Coup Attempt Investigation Commission.”

Therefore, Koç argued that the situation that emerged today should be clarified.

"A documentary that investigates a structure that the Republic of Turkey defines as a terrorist organization today and is used in the state's own official investigations and investigations, is today again blocked from access in Turkey upon the complaint of a 'state organization'."

WHO MADE THE COMPLAINT?

Koç also underlined that he has not made a definitive assessment of the reason behind the access barrier at the current stage.

The director, who wanted the complaining institution to be disclosed, said, "I want to know which state organization made the complaint and why this organization does not want The Gulen to be watched in Turkey."

Koç stated that they are waiting for the outcome of their objection to YouTube and requested that the name of the institution and the legal justification of the complaint be disclosed to the public.