The December 14 operation clearly illustrated what Turkey was going through – a war of influence and power. The freedom of the press just spices up the mix.Those who defend the Gülen Movement admit this. The lineup is clear – the political power represented by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan versus the bureaucratic influence of the Gülen Movement supported by former power brokers in Turkish politics.One may ask why the Gülen Movement is involved in a power struggle. Isn't it strange? Those who are on the side of democracy, freedom of the press and civil politics should first answer this question.Such a matter should not be hidden behind the excuse of press freedoms and the foreign links of movement can be ignored; its internal associations are serious enough, and political parties should be the first to take a stance against it.Many parties, especially the Republican People's Party (CHP), are blind to this fact despite the many traps set against them. The same is true for some intellectuals and journalists. They seem to ignore the fact that this movement was responsible for jailing thousands of innocent people with falsified evidence under the guise of facing the past injustices caused by coups.They ignore the fact that the group is complicit in the death of Ali Tatar. The same group accused Hanefi Avcı of being a member of a leftist group. It jailed journalists Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık and dozens of young military officers. Members of the Gülen Movement also falsely imprisoned members of the Tahşiye group, which is the cause of the Dec. 14 operation. Şener explained their deception in plain words on a television show on Dec. 16, 2013, before the Dec. 17, 2013 coup attempt."On March 6, a letter of complaint was sent. The letter stated that Hakan Altınay, Binnaz Toprak and I are planning an assassination attempt against the prime minister's son. They did not physically do anything against me but used the letter to get approval to wiretap my phones. Later on, they arrested me."Şener also named the group behind the operation. "The group that arrested us is the religious movement [Gülen Movement]. The prime minister didn't know." So why do political parties and the popular media refuse to see the truth, Şener so plainly voiced? We face an organization above and beyond a religious community, or in their words, a "nongovernmental organization."This is a movement that has infiltrated the state. It forges documents to exploit its influence within the police and judiciary. It plants bombs wherever it wants and uses its media power to shape the public agenda anyway it wants. We also know that the same movement wanted to infiltrate the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the Chief of General Staff's electronic system (GES). Should we ignore what they did just because they attempted a coup against the government on Dec. 17 and Dec. 25, 2013? The nation has seen how dangerous the movement is. Now the judiciary needs to take action. The movement does not threaten only the government, military, media or religious groups opposed to it, but also ordinary people with its influence in the judiciary, media and police.I wrote about the dismissal of Çorlu Social Services Manager Ebru Usta a while ago. They use the same method in almost everything. First the target is acquired, then a negative media campaign is initiated and then an operation begins with an anonymous complaint letter.The media is exploited even when they want a state official to be dismissed. Usta said: "It seems like they have a computer program. They just change the name and then press 'run.' "How can we tolerate this? A group wiretaps dozens of people illegally, tampers with recordings, forges documents, plants bombs and other weapons and tries to topple an elected government. Will we call it a religious community or a criminal organization?Moreover, we should never forget that every operation began with a vilification campaign in their affiliated media outlets.