Gulen Chair Holder Praises Movement's Focus on Education

I have found this piece of news on a website. It is not something directly related to Ergenekon issue, but I find it useful in terms of understanding the motives of people why they have chosen Fethullah Gulen to attack. As you remember, one way to attack Gulen is to label some charter schools as Gulen Charter Schools in the US. Then they start digging on this false term called Gulen Charter Schools. After a while, I would not be surprised if those people start believing their own tales: Gulen Charter Schools..  

"The Gulen Chair holder at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, Prof. Johan Leman highly values education and the Gulen Movement is the right partner for him to work with.

Social and cultural anthropology Professor Leman heads the Fethullah Gulen Chair for Intercultural Studies, which was established at the Catholic University of Leuven, one of Belgium's most prestigious universities, with the efforts of the Brussels-based Intercultural Dialogue Platform (IDP). As part of an agreement signed between the IDP and the university, the chair will carry out academic research and organize conferences for five years.


Stating that he thinks interreligious dialogue, which is also promoted by the Gulen movement, is vital in promoting coexistence, he said the fact that the movement is based on education is what makes it a perfect partner for him.

Gülen is a Turkish Islamic scholar well known for his teachings that promote mutual understanding and tolerance between cultures. Now residing in the US, Gülen has pioneered educational activities in a number of countries along with efforts to promote intercultural and interfaith activities around the world. He has written nearly 50 books in Turkish, some of which have been translated into several languages. One of the world's most influential Islamic scholars, Gülen was placed at the top of the list of "The World's Top 20 Public Intellectuals" by the Foreign Policy and Prospect journals in 2008."

Ergenekon Report

A detailed critical analysis on Gareth Jenkins’ Ergenekon report… Yıldıray Oğur, columnist at Taraf daily, contextualizes the report and points its inconsistencies and material errors.

Only one fourth of the report relates to the indictments

“There is concern that the case may turn into a big step taken towards an authoritarian single party administration, not a big step in the direction of institution of pluralist democracy in Turkey as claimed.” The introductory part of the Report by British Journalist Gareth Jenkins, who has become the last hope of the opponents of Ergenekon Case, titled: “Between Fact and Fantasy: Turkey’s Ergenekon Investigation, concludes with a quite familiar allegation, which has become a motto of a segment in the political debate in Turkey.

Contrary to what is thought, only 22 pages of the 83 page report relate to the initial two indictments for Ergenekon, one of which is 2455 pages and the other, 1909 pages. Still, the report appears to provide a solution to the need for “reading” by the Turkish opinion leaders and journalists, which put out substantial resistance as to the issue of not reading the Ergenekon indictments.

The global public opinion, which is unable to have first hand information on the issue of Ergenekon Case having its entire proceedings in Turkish, is the basic target of the report, which would serve as “Ergenekon for Beginners” for an ordinary Turkish reader.  It has the qualification as the first source containing initial assessment for the world not knowing Turkish about the issue of Ergenekon. And it is highly unfortunate for the world to learn about Ergenekon through this report in the beginning.

Myth of objectivity

Certainly, the fact that the report has been penned by a British journalist, who is thought to be ‘objective’ on Ergenekon Case, which has divided Turkey into supporters and opponents in Turkey, underlies the substantial interest enjoyed by the report both locally and internationally. 

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The Confessions of an Ergenekon Fanatic

A couple of days ago I received an interesting comment from an “anonymous” user. In his/her message s/he openly declares his/her connection with Ergenekon terrorist organization. I will summarize his/her message and add my own comments in parenthesis. I am sure that this guy or lady is one of the attackers of Gulen Charter Schools. S/he is also probably the webmaster of those junk amateur websites on so-called Gulen Charter schools. After Ergenekon's plans were revealed in Turkey and their leaders were put under arrest, those terrorist guys started to bark everyone including the Turks in the United States. In order to divert attention to somewhere else, they have started defaming people giving strange names such as Gulen charter schools.

“Ergenekon is the best (that is wrong; east or west, home is the best), we are protecting the rights of Turkey (I really wonder how you are protecting the rights of Turkey) and making us a strong nation. (Turkey is already strong nation. I believe you are undermining Turkey) You Gulen fools (first of all I am not a Gulen fool) are attempting to make other countries strong and you will fail. (If what you are saying true, then it is something good to work for the good of other countries, isn’t it?) Americans on to you (another contradictory sentence... If somebody is working for the good of America, then why should America be on to him/her?). The states in America do a poor job of inspecting your schools (which schools? I ain’t have any school! Besides, please don’t insult state institutions), but they are now catching on (Who? Whom? Where? How?) because the American charter schools are turning you in (any proof please?). You can manipulate in Turkiye (you mean Turkey, right? A sudden turn in an English sentence my fascist friend) but not in America. The Americans will take your free trips to Turkiye (if there is any free trip going on, please let me know. I love free trips) and your fake awards (A nice term: fake award… “Google” it please) but in the end they will also take their schools back (schools already belong to Americans, because all public and charter schools are the property of the government) and send Fethos (a classic Ergenekon fanatic’s way of using “strange” vocabulary. Most Americans are wondering what this word means) back to us to he can (grammar mistake, learn some English instead of training yourself with fascist ideas, my friend) finally stand trial like a man instead of hiding like a little girl (If you mean Fethullah Gulen, as far as I know he has already officially been acquitted from all his cases that were groundless enough to make a real accusation. If he wants to return Turkey today, there is no legal obstacle. Looks like too much fascist training keeps you away from the news.) Allah blesses Ergenekon (God won’t bless the terrorists who hang their prime minister and who plan to organize a military coup by creating havoc in the country). We (who do you mean? The Ergenekon guys?) will win (that means you are losing now?) and we will be in power. (Work hard, don’t give up my friend. YOU, the Ergenegon terrorist organization, might be in power by the year 2100)”

What is left to say? Looks like nothing… Only two pictures that could tell everything about those Ergenekon guys...

 HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY HANGED THEN-PRIME MINISTER ADNAN MENDERES!

ERGENEKON GUYS, NEXT DAY, REQUESTED HIS WIFE THE PRICE OF THE ROPE AND THE WAGE OF THE HANGMAN!!!

Sledgehammer Coup Plan: Another Ergenekon Plot

Sledgehammer is the name of a Turkish secularist military coup plan which dates back to 2003. Reports of the alleged plot first surfaced in the liberal Taraf newspaper, which said it had discovered documents detailing plans to bomb two Istanbul mosques and provoke Greece into shooting down a Turkish plane over the Aegean Sea . The plan was to stir up chaos and justify a military coup.

The army said the plans had been discussed but only as part of a planning exercise at a military seminar.
The plot is similar, and possibly linked, to the reported Ergenekon Organization, in which military figures and staunch secularists planned to foment unrest, leading to a coup.

On 22 February 2010, more than 40 officers were arrested and then were formally charged with attempting to overthrow the government. They include four admirals, a general and two colonels, some of them retired, including former commanders of the Turkish navy and air force.

Three days later, the former commanders of the navy and air force were released. On 31 March and 1 April 28 suspects in the investigation were released. A judge released 19 of the suspects due to the “existence of serious doubt regarding the crime”. 9 others were released due to their “social standing.”


On 5 April an additional 95 people (including 86 military personnel, 70 of them on active duty), were detained in 14 provinces on the same day. 9 released earlier were rearrested on 6 April.

Retired Gen. Cetin Dogan (above) was arrested twice earlier this year on coup charges -- he stands accused of penning the Sledgehammer document -- but was later released from prison for reasons of health. 

Now you see the real face of the attackers of Gulen Charter Schools. Most of them are so scared that they decided to attack others. Those attackers are the enemies of Christians and Jews, therefore they attack those who are striving to be in good terms with Christians and Jews. Fethullah Gulen is one of those who have excellent relationships with Christians and Jews and that is why they decided to get him back to Turkey. But how are they going to do that? By constantly defaming him and other religious people who are getting on well with Americans. For the very same reason, they decided to put pseudo Gulen Charter Schools under pressure in the name of tax money. Wake up America! Those so-called Gulen Charter Schools attackers don't care about the tax money. What they care about Fethullah Gulen and alleged Gulen Charter Schools, who are actually owned by the state and regularly inspected and audited by the state and government officials.