Fethullah Gulen and the Gulen Movement

At her visit to Fatih University in Istanbul, Turkey, Professor Denise Spriggs, then the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Records at Howard University, shares her experience from her trip to Turkey. Professor Spriggs " Your kindness, hospitality, and the education that I have gained over the last ten days has really presented me a challenge for Fall Semester, and that challenge is, for me to convey the information and the feeling and the love I have received, to my students as a part of their curriculum, in understanding the importance of maintaining good relations with other countries, understanding civil rights and human rights at the international level."

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I am the Associate Dean of Students Affairs, and I teach the first year at Howard University School of Law. Your kindness, hospitality, and the education that I have gained over the last ten days has really presented me a challenge for Fall Semester, and that challenge is, for me to convey the information and the feeling and the love that I have received, to my students as a part of their curriculum, in understanding the im-portance of maintaining good relations with other countries, understanding civil rights and human rights at the international level.

We have been on a very-very face pace trip across your country, and unfortunately by going so quickly, we probably did not do justice in being able to identify all of the wonderful places that there are to visit, and reaching out and to touch the variety of people that live in Turkey. So what you all have given us, including Rumi Forum, was an appetizer. I hope that I am able to come back and complete the meal before the end of my life. Thank you so much!