March 30, 2013

Turkish Schools leading actors in foreign policy

Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Naci Koru, speaking highly of the Turkish schools around the globe, said that the volunteer-initiated Turkish schools are instrumental in foreign policy of Turkey.

How Does the Gulen Movement Contribute to the Women Question?

Gulsum Gurbuz-Küçüksari*

Women in Islam
Fethullah Gülen’s perspective is different from those modern solutions to women’s problems. Although the function of women should never be diminished to their roles as mothers or wives, Gülen does not dishonor these roles to be insignificant. Rather, he calls for a reconciliation of duties of social and family life, but not to the extent to overburden women. Women in the Gülen movement vary. My paper proposes how Gülen’s ideas offer some avenues to solve the challenging problems facing today’s women in modern settings.