News
Event “Rooting Out Violent Extremism”
Gulen’s Op-Ed in Le Monde: “Muslims, we have to critically review our understanding of Islam”
Words fall short to truly express my deep sadness and revolt in the face of the carnage perpetrated by terrorist groups such as the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). I share profound frustration with a billion-and-a-half Muslims around the world...
“Renewing Islam by Service” Book Launch
Fethullah Gülen Statement on Paris Terrorist Attacks
14 November, Brussels
I strongly condemn the brutal terrorist attacks across Paris, France in the evening of Friday, November 13th, that resulted in the deaths and dismemberment of hundreds of innocent people.
Legal Report Reveals Systematic Human Rights Violations by AKP Government Against Hizmet Movement
Written by former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales the Rt Hon The Lord Woolf CH, the Director of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Sir Jeffrey Jowell KCMG QC, former Solicitor-General the Rt Hon Sir Edward Garnier QC MP, and human rights and media law barrister Sarah Palin, the report identifies supporters of the Gülen movement and the media, as the principal targets of the AKP government’s abuses.
Fethullah Gulen’s op-ed in WSJ: Muslims must combat the extremist cancer
Denounce terrorism, defend human rights and promote education. As the group that calls itself Islamic State, known as ISIS, continues to produce carnage in the Middle East, Muslims must confront the totalitarian ideology that animates it and other terrorist groups....
Event “Turkey’s Kurdish Question”
Turkey’s Kurdish Question and The Hizmet Movement
An exclusive lunch roundtable discussion titled ‘Turkey’s Kurdish Question and the Gulen Movement’ with Dr Mustafa Gurbuz.
DEMONIZING THE HIZMET MOVEMENT THROUGH MEDIA IN TURKEY
In Turkey in 2013, President Erdogan violently crushed the Gezi Park protests, while propagating an “underdog” narrative for himself and his supporters through pro-government media. He claimed the protests were orchestrated by the “international interest lobby” in...
Conference “The Hizmet Movement: Inspiration, Mindset and Controversy”
Book Launch “Islam’s Jesus”
Gülen movement discussed at EP in light of recent political developments in Turkey
A panel discussion was organized by Intercultural Dialogue Platform in the European Parliament (EP) to give information about the faith-based Gülen movement, also known as the Hizmet movement, especially within the framework of recent developments in Turkish politics....