Fethullah Gulen & Gulen Movement's Soft Power Approach - Lessons for Arab Political Reform

(Video Duration: 6 mins. 14 secs.)

Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Ph.D.

This presentation is based on field observations and readings of Fethullah Gulen. The goal is to draw lessons from the ideas and practices of the Gulen Movement that can inform political reform in the Arab world.

In a panel discussion held at Georgetown University's Berkeley Center, Mohammed Abu-Nimer of American University points out that one important character of Fethullah Gulen and the Gulen Movement is the movement's refusal to engage in partisan politics.

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Abant Platform discussed Democratization in Turkey

(Video Duration: 1 min. 19 secs.)

Members of the Abant Platform met for a two-day meeting in the mid north province of Bolu in Turkey. Supported by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF), a civic organization championing the principles of diversity, multiculturalism and dialogue, the meeting brought together scholars, writers, intellectuals and community leaders, who brainstormed on the subject of “Democratization: Political Parties from 12 September to the European Union.”

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Boyd: Fethullah Gulen describes how Islam may contribute to democratization

(Video Duration: 46 secs.)

Tom W. Boyd, Ph.D.

Dr. Tom W. Boyd: "Gulen makes a serious statement about how democratization process, which is inevitable, can be contributed to by Islam, if Islam would carefully reinterpret its own self understanding... He is fairly critical of Islam from an insiders position, but he is critical in a creative way; nothing destructive at all..."

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CBS 60 minutes: Fethullah Gulen promotes democracy

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Fethullah Gulen discussed in 60 Minutes

CBS 60 minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl (hereafter LS) interviews Abdulhamit Bilici (hereafter AB), the director of the Cihan News Agency in Istanbul:

AB: "Fethullah Gulen is one of our columnists, he explains his point of view, especially about how to interpret Islam in modern age."

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Gulen and Gulen Movement are Transforming People

(Video Duration: 6 mins. 10 secs.)

Özcan Keleş, the Executive Director of Dialogue Society in London, explains how Fethullah Gulen and Gulen Movement are transforming people. At the reception of the following conference titled Peaceful Coexistence: Fethullah Gülen's Initiatives for Peace in the Contemporary World in Erasmus University of Rotterdam he shared his personal experience:

"There is commons about conferences and that is the theme of “Gulen and the Gulen Movement,” and why are we looking at this?

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Gulen Endorses Reform Package, Calls for 'Yes' Vote

(Video Duration: 1 min. 32 secs.)

Among other things, the reform package includes changes to the structure of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors. The package also repeals Turkish Constitution’s Article 15 which gives immunity to the generals responsible for the September 12, 1980 coup.

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Fethullah Gulen: No Return from Democracy

(Video Duration: 36 secs.)

Fethullah Gulen

Fethullah Gulen speaks at the commencement reception of Journalists and Writers Foundation:

As with the entire world, people in Turkey are also heading towards democracy. To date, majority of the people in Turkey have lived only with the ten percent of democracy; they were able to get only one tenth of it, and have survived up to this date with that.

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