A new global soft-power, Erdogan is funding thousands of mosques

This initiative is done to seek immediate condemnation from Palestinians, peace activists and neighbouring state of Jordan. The announcement from the Ministr a weekly, said. In 2017, German authorities investigated a number of imams on suspicion that they had spied on followers of Fethullah Gülen, the Pennsylvania-based preacher whom Ankara blames for an attempted coup against Erdoğan in 2016. At the time, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency was reported to be considering placing DİTİB under official surveillance.