Gülen supporters or those having a link with his movement, are under increasing pressure, it can be heard. Now, it turns out that parents are withdrawing their children from Lucerna schools. They are afraid Erdogan supporters will verbally intimidate their children and accuse them of being traitors.

A real hate campaign has been started against Gülen-supporters and the network of Lucerna schools, explains Özkan Cetin, the general director of Lucerna in Flanders. "How big the impact will be? This we will only see on 1 September." Cetin adds: "We are not into politics in our school."

The school management is considering legal action to stop the hate campaign. They also asked police to monitor things at the start of the school year. There are 5 Lucerna schools in Flanders and 2 in Brussels, offering some 1,500 pupils in secondary education.