An Anatomy of Copycat Blogs-2: When did Fethullah Gulen Come to USA?

Some bloggers claim that "Gulenists create confusion by putting different years" with regards to Fethullah Gulen's arrival to USA. Yet in reality, it is those copycat bloggers who mostly claim that Fethullah Gulen came to US in 1998, which is not the accurate date. Let's see what some "experts" say about this:

For example, in Sibel Edmond's blog we see this statement:

An Anatomy of Copycat Blogs-1: Fethullah Gulan or Fethullah Gulen?

When some bloggers first launched an attack on Fethullah Gulen, Gulen Movement or so-called Gulen Charter Schools, they got their inspiration and information from foreign sources, especially the ones with Islamophobic or ultra-nationalist Turkish ties. As a result, we have seen a lot of hilarious mistakes and errors in these blogs ranging from factual errors to spelling mistakes and misinformation.

A Letter Dedicated to Dani Rodrik

An Interesting Letter

"Dani Rodrik, a fervent attacker of Fethullah Gulen and Gulen Movement as well as charter schools which he calls Gulen Charter Schools, would probably be surprised to see this article. Sometimes things do not go in the way you think, Mr. Rodrik. Just take a look at the statements here and you will see that innocent looking people were actually hiding their real agenda. A very interesting read..."

Top-notch School isn’t Marred by Loose Ties to Turkish Cleric

Below you will see how the anti-charter groups' claims have been refuted.

SHOULD MASSACHUSETTS be afraid of Fethullah Gulen? That’s the question at the heart of the whispering campaign against the Pioneer Charter School of Science, a high-achieving public school in Everett whose loose connections to the influential Turkish religious figure came under heightened scrutiny when it sought state permission to expand to a second location in Saugus.

Fethullah Gulen's Poems Turned into Songs

This is interesting and good news. Apparently, some musicians from all over the world have come together and recorded an album where they sang the poems of Fethullah Gulen.  

Artists from twelve different countries composed music for poems written by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is known for his global message of peace and inter-faith tolerance, for an album titled “Colors of Peace-Rise Up” to promote peace and tolerance.

Who Conspired Against Dani Rodrik?

By Etyen Mahcupyan

When the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in the elections held in early November 2002, the military decided to take some action. In the following months, Çetin Doğan, the former head of the 1st Army, sent faxes where he made analogies between the AKP’s election victory and the Nazis coming to power; he sent these documents directly from his office.

Response to Hatchet Job on Fethullah Gulen

"Dr. Kurt's blog on Gulen Charter Schools"

When Fethullah Gulen published his article on Financial Times, I was expecting a response from the infamous Islamophobes or those who happen to be in close connection with them. My prediction came true with the latter. Stephen Schwartz, who always seems to attack the mainstream Muslims in the U.S., published a incendiary and biased article in response to that of Mr. Gulen. Mr. Schwartz was mostly busy with attacking Mr. Gulen than criticizing the content of Mr. Gulen's article. He even brought that fallacious Gulen Charter Schools concept to the table again. Anyway, a timely and nice response came from Dr. Scott Alexander.  

Gulen Charter Schools Have Hidden Agenda!

The caricature originally appeared on Get the Fact. Noticed that the Goose Network also picked up the story :)

60 Minutes, Fethullah Gulen and Gulen Charter Schools

60 Minutes created some buzz and a number of comments were made over the topic. One interesting observation came from Dr. Kurt and here is the part of his comments about Fethullah Gulen and the newly-coined phenom Gulen Charter Schools:

Fethullah Gulen Forum

Taken from Dr. Kurt.

 

Dr. Koc's recent book about Fethullah Gulen has opened my eyes about Dr. Dogan Koc. While doing some research about Dr. Koc's other possible articles, I came up with "Fethullah Gulen Forum", a website where you can find a number of articles about the Gulen Movement, including the ones from Dr. Koc. Here is what the website tells about itself:

Gulen Charter Schools: More from Islamophobia Report

Center for American Progress summarizes how ultra-nationalists are organized and funded. This draws a clear picture of actions of bloggers who attack so-called Gulen charter schools. A few years ago, the concept of Gulen Charter Schools was virtually unknown, but today, when you say Gulen Charter Schools, you could remember the fraudulent attackers of those schools.