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The Gülen Community: Who to Believe – Politicians or Actions?
Thomas Michel On July 15, 2016, while President Erdoğan was vacationing in the Mediterranean coastal town of Marmaris, Istanbul and Ankara were shaken by an attempted coup d’état carried out by certain members of the Turkish armed forces. About seven years before...
The Turkey I No Longer Know
Fethullah Gulen Turkey that I once knew as a hope-inspiring country on its way to consolidating its democracy and a moderate form of secularism has become the dominion of a president who is doing everything he can to amass power and subjugate dissent. Turkey, my...
Erdoǧan’s Most Vulnerable Victims: Women and Children
by Sophia Pandya Human rights violations in Turkey have increased exponentially in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 attempted coup. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan blamed the plot on the Hizmet (Gülen) movement, and seized the opportunity to throw many of...
Roundtable on “Responsibility”
Fethullah Gulen’s Message on the Anniversary of the Coup Attempt in Turkey
https://dialogueplatform.eu/fethullah-gulens-message-on-the-anniversary-of-the-coup-attempt-in-turkey/http://admin.dialogueplatform.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Gulen-message-15-July.pdf
Muslims’ unique responsibility to fight terror
Muslim's have a responsibility to strengthen their immune system against violent extremism writes Fethullah Gulen, honorary president of Dialogue Platform. SAYLORSBURG, Pennsylvania — The brutal, deadly attacks in London and Manchester on innocent civilians are the...
Roundtable on “Salafism and Jihadism”
Fethullah Gülen’s Statement of Condemnation on the Bombing in Manchester
I am deeply saddened by the bombing that took place at a concert at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England on May 22. I condemn this brutal assault in the strongest terms, and extend my deepest condolences to the 22 victims – some of whom, unthinkably, are innocent...
The Turkey I no longer know
The honorary president of Dialogue Platform, Mr Fethullah Gülen penned an opinion-editorial titled as “ The Turkey I no longer know” published in The Washington Post. In the opinion piece, Mr Gülen made a call on the West to help Turkey return to a democratic path. He...
17,000 women, 515 babies in Turkish prisons: new report revealed
Thousands of women in Turkey, many with small children, have been jailed in an unprecedented crackdown and subjected to torture and ill-treatment in detention centers and prisons as part of the government’s systematic campaign of intimidation and persecution of...
Event “Brides of ISIS”
Fethullah Gulen’s Video Message for International Women’s Day
VIDEO LINK I expressed my views on women’s rights in an interview to the Muslim World journal shortly after arriving in the United States. [00:16] I view woman and man as the two sides of a unity. I view them as two different sides of a whole. Indeed, God has created...