While some groups try to wrongly and ruthlessly defame the work of Fethullah Gulen and the Gulen Movement, others with common sense and a conscience look at things differently. The East West Institute recognized Mr. Gulen’s contributions to peace and prosperity with its Annual Peace Building Award. The EastWest Institute is a global think-and-do tank that devises innovative solutions to pressing security concerns and mobilizes networks of individuals, institutions and nations to implement these solutions.
The EastWest Institute (EWI) honored well-respected Turkish intellectual and scholar Fethullah Gulen with its 2011 EWI Peace Building Award for his contribution to world peace at an awards dinner held in New York on Tuesday.
Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) President Mustafa Yesil received the prestigious award on behalf of Gulen. In a message he sent to the ceremony, Gulen said he accepted the award not on behalf of himself but on behalf of numerous volunteers, among whom he sees himself.
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