By the mid 1990s, Hodja Effendi’s reached a large enough number to be labeled a social movement, often referred to as “The Gulen Movement” or “The Fethullah Gulen Community” in the media.
Fethullah Gulen
Who is Fethullah Gulen?
Fethullah Gulen was born in a small village near Turkey’s Erzurum province in 1941. Mr. Gulen’s father Ramiz Gulen, was an imam in the region and his mother, Refia Gulen, was the…
In the past five years, through my involvement with the Rumi Forum of Old Dominion University, I’ve become intimately familiar with the work and faith perspective of the movement which emerged from the life…
In the past five years, through my involvement with the Rumi Forum of Old Dominion University, I’ve become intimately familiar with the work and faith perspective of the movement which emerged from the life of Fethullah Gulen. As both an ordained Baptist minister in the Christian tradition and as an adjunct professor who…