{"id":51327,"date":"2016-07-16T01:22:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T01:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=51327"},"modified":"2016-07-18T01:29:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T01:29:50","slug":"turkey-keeping-an-eye-out-for-gulen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=51327","title":{"rendered":"Turkey — keeping an eye out for G\u00fclen"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — a substantial side-current in the coup attempt draws attention to G\u00fclen, who presently lives in the Poconos and is heavily involved in US charter schools<\/a> ]
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I don’t have anything fresh to say about the situation in Turkey beyond what others can say, but my interest in religious movements has long focused my attention on Fethullah G\u00fclen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Like his rough contemporary Harun Yahya aka Adnan Oktar<\/a> — celebrated for his Islamic creationism — G\u00fclen was a student of the late Said Nursi<\/strong>. He is reported to have been influenced by the works of Rumi<\/strong>, Ibn Arabi<\/strong>, and other sufis. G\u00fclen has strengthened one sphere of his considerable influence by encouraging academics to write about him, and I’m not sure as to how much of what has been written as a result is the flattery of courtiers, and how much reliable scholarship — but for what it’s worth, Heon Kim<\/strong>‘s G\u00fclen\u2019s Dialogic Sufism: A Constructional and Constructive Factor of Dialogue<\/a>, published in the then-G\u00fclenist newspaper, Zaman<\/strong>, discusses both G\u00fclen’ssufism and his interest in interfaith dialogue. <\/p>\n

He’s certainly an interesting fellow to watch.<\/p>\n

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From Twitter:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Erdogan has accused the Gulen movement of being behind the coup. Kristin Fabbe explains what that's about https:\/\/t.co\/b7a7j7TzXJ<\/a><\/p>\n

— Marc Lynch (@abuaardvark) July 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n