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Why is Fethullah Gülen so influential?
Şahin Alpay In 2008, the American Foreign Policy magazine and the British Prospect magazine asked their readers to vote for the world's top public intellectual. Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülenwon in a...
View ArticleThe Gulen Movement: A Shared Bridge between the U.S. and Islam
Peter J. Mehl *Life is a shared bridge of “passing over” and “coming back.” It is a passing over to other cultures and faiths, not to disown one’s own heritage, but to come back to incorporate new...
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Fethullah Gulen Movement as a Transnational Phenomenon (2)
Bill Park*(Cont’d from part 1)The Gülen Movement’s Transnational Educational Activities ...Fethullah Gülen propagates a kind of ‘educational Islamism’ as opposed to a ‘political Islamism’ (Agai, 2003...
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Turkey and Australia exchange views on multiculturalism
Turkish and Australian perspectives on multiculturalism and diversity differ according to experts talked at a workshop on Tuesday in Akçakoca. Discussing at the second day of the first...
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Fethullah Gulen’s longing for Turkey, after 15 Years Away from Home (1)
Though Fethullah Gulen has been living outside of Turkey for so many years now, it would not be quite accurate to say that he is far away from Turkey for the very fact that not only does Turkey live...
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Mother’s Day takes on a new meaning with Kimse Yok Mu
“Mother’s Day”, originated abroad in 1908, has been celebrated annually on the second Sunday of May in Turkey since a proposal by Association of Turkish Women in 1955. Modest celebrations and gifts for...
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Fethullah Gulen’s longing for Turkey, after 15 Years Away from Home (2)
(cont'd from Part 1)Fethullah Gulen’s Longing for His Native Country“I have had to live here for more than ten years. I would sacrifice my life fifty times for only one handful of my country’s soil,...
View ArticleOil-rich Nigeria seeks Turkish energy, construction partnerships
Turkish-Nigerian mutual trade could grow by leaps and bounds in the coming years as businesspeople from the two countries begin to show signs of greater interest in building partnerships and mutual...
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Fethullah Gulen’s longing for Turkey, after 15 Years Away from Home (3)
(cont'd from Part 2) Why did he go to America and why isn’t he going back to Turkey? Fethullah Gulen explains why he went to America and why he is not able to go back to Turkey, despite his great...
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Fethullah Gulen’s longing for Turkey, after 15 Years Away from Home (4)
(cont'd from Part 3)The Most Bitter Years of My LifeFethullah Gulen describes the years he has spent away from and longing for Turkey, as the “most bitter years of my life”:“These past 5 years may have...
View ArticlePKK attacking Hizmet Movement
...the PKK-affiliated youth movement the Revolutionary Patriotic Youth Movement (DCGM-H) has still been conducting activities in the eastern cities. The DCGM-H issued a declaration in front of a...
View ArticleGo tell your father
Ekrem Dumanli An 84-year-old father, an experienced and grieved man, says, meaningfully: "Look, son. Most of the time, I pray to God to help Fethullah Gülen Hocaefendi more than you do.” Ignoring the...
View ArticleFethullah Gülen: Despite differences in method, peace should be supported
Yet another show of support for Turkey's ongoing settlement process -- aiming to end the decades-old bloodshed in the country -- has been voiced, this time from Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen,...
View Article'We examined the Central African minister of health'
The two members of Association of the Kadirli Medical Professionals (a district of the province Osmaniye in Turkey), general surgeon Cem Oruc and anesthesiologist Ali Ihsan Atac are back from the...
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Fethullah Gulen’s longing for Turkey, after 15 Years Away from Home (5)
(cont'd from Part 4)I Will Return to Turkey as Myself Gulen rejects the claims that, “Fethullah Gulen’s return to Turkey will be a glorious kind of return.” He expresses that his return will be quiet...
View ArticleYazici Visits Turkish Schools in Yemen
Customs and Trade Minister Hayati Yazıcı visited International Turkish schools on the second day of his Yemen visit. Yazıcı watched a performance by students going to Turkish schools. Yazıcı gave...
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We need the Hizmet Movement example in Tunisia
Tunisia, where the civil uprisings in the Arab world originated, recently discussed the Hizmet Movement and ideas of Fethullah Gulen. The symposium jointly organized by Hira magazine and Fadil bin Asur...
View ArticleHizmet contribution to global peace discussed in Addis Ababa
Participants at a forum organized by the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, have discussed the contribution of the Hizmet movement, inspired by well-respected Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah...
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What if they were Grundtvig followers?
Ufuk Guvenc previously wrote a master thesis on the well-respected Danish scholar Nikolai Frederik Grundtvig (1783-1872). As argued in the thesis, Grundtwig is among the most influential figures having...
View ArticleReport: 'Fethullah Gulen not considered an extremist in Russia'
In the 2013 annual “International Religious Freedom” report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, which conducts extensive research on religious freedoms worldwide and publicizes it...
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