It would come as no surprise that people with vested political interest may (and do) use defamation as a tool to further there own cause. Such is the case that J Harrington discovered upon research the desires of those that were using the law to attack Gulen. This article introduces the reader to the story behind Gulen's trial in Turkey.
James C. Harrington, director of the Texas Civil Rights Project and a law professor at the University of Texas, wrote a book titled “Wrestling with Free Speech, Religious Freedom, and Democracy in Turkey: The Political Trials and Times of Fethullah Gülen” on the trial of renowned Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen in Turkey, which ended with his acquittal being upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeals in 2008.
