September 24, 2010

Has the Gülen movement become political?

Hüseyin Gülerce

The honorable Fethullah Gülen’s desire that a “yes” vote be cast during the Sept. 12 referendum is still being criticized by certain people. Can this movement, which is mentioned using Gülen’s name but Gülen himself insists on calling “the movement of volunteers,” become political?

There are certain people who even say, “This movement has expanded and in the end it’s bound to become political -- one day Fethullah Gülen will either become the prime minister or the president.”

Those who read Gülen’s books, those who listen to his lectures or those who are in this movement, if they happen to have a conscience and a sense of justice, will be able to say that this movement will never become political.