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“Peaceful Coexistence” – Workshop Organized Jointly by KADIP and Korean...
Intercultural Dialogue Platform (KADIP), whose vision is to set up bridges between different cultures and faiths, welcomed religious leaders from Korea in Istanbul. KADIP and Korean Conference on...
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Fethullah Gulen: "This Movement is Independent"
This is a part of an interview with Fethullah Gulen by Mehmet Gundem of Milliyet Daily in January 2005.Mehmet Gundem: Under normal conditions, for a movement of these proportions it would be impossible...
View ArticleSenior AK Party officials on alleged rift w/ the Gulen Movement
Speaking about claims of a rift between the government and Fethullah Gülen's Hizmet (Service) Movement, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's chief adviser, Yalçın Akdoğan said the AK Party does not...
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Fountain Magazine wins APEX Award for publication excellence
The Fountain Magazine has received an Award of Excellence in publication in the 25th APEX Awards. APEX awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the ability to achieve...
View ArticleGulen Movement and Culture of Devotion (*)
Sociologically, every community makes up their own language, their own style. Did this movement make up its own language and style?Fethullah Gulen: We say love is the essence of creation. We are trying...
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GYV President meets Minister of Gender Equality and Family of the Republic of...
President of the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) Mustafa Yeşil traveled to South Korea to receive the Manhae Peace Prize on behalf of GYV Honorary President Fethullah Gülen. While in Seoul,...
View ArticleGülen warns Hizmet movement against possible plots
Renowned Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has warned members of Hizmet, a social movement which is known for its cultural and educational activities across the world, against possible plots...
View ArticleMosque and cemevi in the same complex
Last year deputies from the Republican People's Party (CHP) demanded the opening of a cemevi on the grounds of Parliament, and that demand created much controversy. Now, another debate surrounding the...
View ArticleAlevi, Sunni businessmen will finance joint prayer complex
The first joint mosque-cemevi (Alevi house of worship) project in Turkey will be financed by businessmen from both parties, the head of the Hacı Bektaş Veli Culture, Education, Health and Research...
View ArticleGülen’s ideal: Building bridges between Islam and the West
Helen R. Ebaugh A major focus of Mr. Gülen’s teaching is the need to create bridges between the Muslim world and the West, along with the importance of synthesizing scientific and technological...
View ArticleCemevi project causes no concern of assimilation for Alevis or Sunnis
Head of the Alevi CEM Foundation İzzettin Doğan said on Friday that the first joint mosque and cemevi (Alevi place of worship) project will not lead to any assimilation of Alevis or Sunnis. Organizing...
View ArticleWhy so merciless on yourself?
Ali Ünal There has been no prophet who didn’t face lies or slanders about himself. All of them would be exposed to slanders and -God forbid a million times- accused of lying, self-seeking, fabricating...
View ArticleTurkish charity sends aid supplies to Syrian refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan
A truck filled with aid packages sent by Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) arrived at the Kawrgosk refugee camp in northern Iraq on Thursday, and its contents were distributed to Syrian...
View ArticleFethullah Gulen’s and Spinoza’s Ideas on Tolerance and Dialogue
Kate Kirk* Gurkan Celik**Dialogue and Tolerance: Spinoza and Gülen…In his writings and speeches, Fethullah Gülen highlights the tension between Islamophobia and the reality of Muslims in the West that...
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Groundbreaking ceremony for joint mosque-cemevi project held in Ankara
The groundbreaking ceremony of the first ever joint mosque-cemevi (Alevi place of worship) cultural center was held in Ankara on Sunday with the participation of Labor Minister Faruk Çelik, President...
View ArticleClones of Nuh Mete Yuksel?
Bülent Korucu The archive came for rescue just when I was thinking to myself “I recall what have been recently written against Hizmet from somewhere.” The people who are attracted to Fethullah Gulen’s...
View ArticleJoint mosque-cemevi project will contribute to peace in Turkey
Protests against a joint mosque-cemevi (Alevi house of worship) complex project are meaningless because the project will help alleviate tensions between Alevis and Sunnis in Turkey, Alevi community...
View ArticleCami and cemevi
Mümtazer Türköne In fact, both cami and cemevi have the same meaning. Both are of Arabic origin. Cami (mosque) means place of union and cemevi (an Alevi place of worship) means house of union. Because...
View ArticleA cami and cemevi together
A groundbreaking ceremony for the first cultural complex in Turkey that will have both a cami (mosque) and a cemevi (Alevi place of worship) was held in Ankara on Sunday with the participation of Labor...
View ArticleWill Alevis and Sunnis be able to hold religious ceremonies together?
Orhan Kemal Cengiz I was very excited when I first heard about the cami (mosque)-cemevi project that will see Alevis and Sunnis share a worship complex, having their sermons in separate buildings but...
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