Fethullah Gulen expressed his condolences over the death of elderly brother of former Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc. In his message Fethullah Gulen stated the following: “When I found out about the sad death of dear Yıldıray Arınc, the brother ...
Read More »Yamanlar Ranked 1st in National Science Competition
İzmir’s private Yamanlar Schools, established and run by Gulen Movement sympathizers, was awarded the most medals among secondary schools in Turkey in the 23rd National Science Olympiads, sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), during a ...
Read More »Prep School Locked Down Despite the Decision of the Constitutional Court
Cankiri Provincial Directorate for National Education demanded Maltepe prep school to cease its operations, and locked down the door of the prep school along with the police officers. On July 13 of last year the Constitutional Court had announced a long-awaited ...
Read More »Private Dormitory Administrators Detained
Google defines the term as “dormitory (n): a university or college hall of residence or hostel”. The role of a dorm administrator is to provide security and all the other services they claim to provide. Gulen Movement has many private dorms ...
Read More »Looking Into “Love” and “Compassion” from Fethullah Gulen`s View
In his latest book, Embracing the World, Ori Z. Soltes makes distinct connections between Rumi in his time and M. Fethullah Gulen in our time. Soltes defines this link by saying that “fundamentally, the former one spoke and taught and ...
Read More »A Life Dedicated to Peace
Everyone is on board with having world peace. There are only a few people who would benefit from conflict. How do we achieve it ? There are people whose name is associated with peace like Nelson Mandela. Fethullah Gulen should ...
Read More »“Filotimo” and Gulen Movement
Since Greeks and Turks lived together over 400 years. I am not sure who get what from who. Greeks and Turks are fighting over dolma, baklava, yogurt and etc. Recently, I noticed greek word “filotimo”. Learning to live with filotimo ...
Read More »The Human Rights Watch: No Evidence of Violence
“[T]here is no evidence to date that the Gulen Movement has engaged in violence or other activities that could reasonably be described as terrorism”, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report stated. Moreover, “Turkey’s ruling party has presided over an intense crackdown, targeting ...
Read More »The Lawsuit Against Mr. Fethullah Gulen is Pure Political Theater
“The lawsuit against Fethullah Gulen is pure political theater and is completely without merit,” said Reid Weingarten of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Fethullah Gulen’s attorney. “This lawsuit appears to be the latest in a series of politically motivated attacks leveled by the ...
Read More »TIB Blocked Access to Herkul.org
Herkul.org is a scholarly website managed by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen’s students. Along with the students’ essays on various topics, it regularly broadcasts speeches of Gulen. Access to the website is now blocked in Turkey by state-controlled Internet watchdog, the Telecommunications ...
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