Gülenist
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editGülenist (plural Gülenists)
- (Turkey, politics) A supporter of the social movement led by Turkish Islamic scholar and preacher Fethullah Gülen.
- 2010 February 25, Soner Cagaptay, “What’s Really Behind Turkey’s Coup Arrests?”, in Foreign Policy[1]:
- The military, which opposes the AKP and the Gülenists because it sees itself as the virtual guardian of Turkey’s secular polity à la Ataturk’s vision, serving as a bulwark against religion’s domination over politics and government, has become the primary target of this round of politically motivated arrests.
- 2014, Jenny White, Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks[2], page 37:
- Their main function is to coordinate the global charity and investment activities of Gülenist businessmen and other participants, many of them teachers and students.
- 2016, Umit Cizre, The Turkish AK Party and Its Leader: Criticism, Opposition and Dissent[3], page 113:
- The movement is known to have colonized the police force as a Gülenist enclave together with some parts of the judiciary.
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editsupporter of social movement
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edit- Gülen movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia