Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Insight: Reclusive cleric's followers pose biggest threat to Turkey's Erdogan | Reuters

Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen is pictured at his residence in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania September 26, 2013. Born in Erzurum, eastern Turkey, Gulen built up his reputation as a Muslim preacher with intense sermons that often moved him to tears. From his base in Izmir, he toured Turkey stressing the need to embrace scientific progress, shun radicalism and build bridges to the West and other faiths. The first Gulen school opened in 1982. In the following decades, the movement became a spectacular success, setting up hundreds of schools that turned out generations of capable graduates, who gravitated to influential jobs in the judiciary, police, media, state bureaucracy and private business. Picture taken September 26, 2013. REUTERS-Selahattin Sevi-Zaman Daily via Cihan News Agency



(Turkey's future will impact prophetic events in the Middle East)



Insight: Reclusive cleric's followers pose biggest threat to Turkey's Erdogan | Reuters
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