Fethullah Gulen and the Gulen Movement

 My name is Abla Sonbol, and I am a student at the American University in Cairo, and study political science. When my mom first told me that we were going to Turkey, I thought it was going to be somewhat like Eygpt, kind of Muslim country but not so modern, and then of course we went to Grand Bazaar, as soon as we got to the hotel, I emailed my friend, you have to come to Turkey, to Istanbul the first that I went to. The one side that for me was amazing was the Blue Mosque. First of all it is the first mosque that I’ve been to. It was such a beautiful mosque. The one thing that came to me about is that Turkey is a modern country yet the family the society the religion side of it is not broken down. They understand the religion the family as first but they also have no problem with progressing as a country and going on with the modernity of the world. Thank you!