Gulen: Smear campaign targets those promoting Turkish culture

Fethullah Gulen warned the public opinion of a defamation campaign against the righteous work of Turkish volunteers around the world. This smear propaganda consists of a vicious circle of lies as Kerim Balci of Today’s Zaman put it in his recent article. It appears that some groups believe they have a monopoly over doing “good” so no one else can act righteously without their permission; and if you try to do your part to help humanity in any way you can, then they’ll show you who the boss is. They don’t have to have proof or any sort of evidence against your work, they can just accuse you of “infiltrating” or “undermining” and wait for masses to believe their lies. You, meanwhile, have to proof that you are innocent.

Turkish intellectual and scholar Fethullah Gulen has said a smear campaign – with accompanying propaganda — is under way against people who exert the utmost efforts to introduce Turkish culture to the rest of the world, calling for common sense in reaction to the makers of the campaign and the propaganda.

“We can resort to self defense in the face of ruthless smear campaigns, accusations and attacks or make explanations or refutations against them. If there are people who insist on wrongdoing, then we can sue them for damages. These are our legal rights. But we will never act in a violent manner as they do. We will not show them our fists as they do to us. Even if they threaten to slap us, we will not respond to them with slaps,” Gulen said on Monday in his latest speech broadcast on website Herkul.org.

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