Fethullah Gulen

About Fethullah Gulen

Co-founder of the Gulen movement, which emphasized education and a moderate form of Islam and was particularly popular in Turkey. He has established a number of organizations dedicated to interfaith and intercultural interaction.

Muhammed Fethullah Gülen is a Turkish Islamic scholar, preacher, and a one-time opinion leader. Gülen is designated an influential Ottomanist, Anatolian panethnicist, Islamic poet, writer, social critic, and activist–dissident developing a Nursian theological perspective that embraces democratic modernity, as a citizen of Turkey he was a local state imam from 1959 to 1981. Over the years, Gülen became a centrist political figure in Turkey prior his there being as a fugitive. Since 1999, Gülen has lived in self-exile in the United States near Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.

Nationality	Turkish
Occupation	Scholar, author, preacher
Known for	Gülen movement
Born	Muhammed Fethullah Gülen, April 27, 1941, Pasinler, Erzurum, Turkey

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Moving to the U.S., possibly to escape persecution, he authored dozens of books and articles, and spoke out in favor of Turkey's membership in the EU, expanded women's roles, and meshed democracy and Islam.

Fethullah Gulen before fame

He began preaching in Turkey in the 1970s with minimal formal schooling, then moved into politics in the 1980s, where he got into issue with the Turkish government over some remarks.

Achievement of Fethullah Gulen

Moving to the U.S., possibly to escape persecution, he authored dozens of books and articles, and spoke out in favor of Turkey's membership in the EU, expanded women's roles, and meshed democracy and Islam.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Fethullah Gulen family life

He was born in the Turkish city of Erzurum.

Associations of Fethullah Gulen

He was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People, alongside American Marine Eric Greitens.

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