December 22, 2011

About Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Movement

Why do Gülen Movement participants set up institutions?

The Movement deals with human needs at the cultural and spiritual level. This provides help and support for individuals against

About Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Movement

How are the different parts of the Gülen Movement connected?

The institutions and service projects are formally independent of one another; however, they are informed of each other’s activities through

About Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Movement

How do the service networks of the Gülen Movement diffuse themes and experience, and organize circulation of volunteers?

Any service-network may initiate a project or brainstorm around a particular theme.Different service-networks set up committees to study the feasibility

About Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Movement

What facilitated the institutionalization of SMOs in the Gülen Movement?

Prosperity in a society increases the availability of a wide range of resources that facilitate participation in social movements or

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The Journalists and Writers Foundation’s suggestions for a constitution

Several civil society organizations have been presenting their suggestions for a new constitution to a parliamentary sub-committee. A few days

About Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Movement

Do service-networks in the Gülen Movement ever select short-term projects?

If specific issues are connected with universal values (peace, human rights, poverty relief, and so on), short-term projects can be

About Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Movement

Are the resources of the Gülen Movement allocated among the SMOs by a central authority?

No. No single individual in the Movement or in any SMO has the right to distribute power or resources.However, that

About Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Movement

Why did Fethullah Gülen stop lecturing and preaching to the masses after the 1980s?

In 1989, Fethullah Gülen was approached by the Directorate of Religious Affairs and asked to resume his duties. His license

About Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Movement

Is there a covert system of regulations within SMOs of the Gülen Movement?

With legal constitutions, SMOs have obvious internal differentiation, functional division of labor, and limits to the area of influence; they

About Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Movement

If participants’ control of authority and resources is limited in the Gülen Movement, how do individuals manage to carry out their duties?

People in the Gülen Movement tend to belong to many networks at the same time and each of these networks

A Civilian Response to Ethno-Religious Conflict: The Gülen Movement in Southeast Turkey

About Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen Movement

Academic Articles

Why do Gülen Movement participants set up institutions?

How are the different parts of the Gülen Movement connected?

How do the service networks of the Gülen Movement diffuse themes and experience, and organize circulation of volunteers?

What facilitated the institutionalization of SMOs in the Gülen Movement?

The Journalists and Writers Foundation’s suggestions for a constitution

Do service-networks in the Gülen Movement ever select short-term projects?

Are the resources of the Gülen Movement allocated among the SMOs by a central authority?

Why did Fethullah Gülen stop lecturing and preaching to the masses after the 1980s?

Is there a covert system of regulations within SMOs of the Gülen Movement?

If participants’ control of authority and resources is limited in the Gülen Movement, how do individuals manage to carry out their duties?