Accounts of Gulenist Turkey trips
This is a list of online accounts of, or information about, Gulenist Turkey trips.
Accounts appearing on non-Gulenist websites
http://www.clayton.edu/President/Turkey-2011
President of Clayton State University, 2011
"Yesterday in Ankara was a busy, but a highly informative day. It began with a visit to the Journalists and Writers foundation. That foundation is closely associated with the work of Fethullah Gulen, identified a few years ago in Foreign Policy magazine as one of the 100 leading public intellectuals in the world."
President of Clayton State University, 2011
"Yesterday in Ankara was a busy, but a highly informative day. It began with a visit to the Journalists and Writers foundation. That foundation is closely associated with the work of Fethullah Gulen, identified a few years ago in Foreign Policy magazine as one of the 100 leading public intellectuals in the world."
http://cnnc.uncg.edu/2013/07/turkish-delight/
Raleigh Bailey, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
"The North Carolina nonprofit that organized the trip is called 'The Divan Center.' ...North Carolina has three main clusters of Turkish immigrants who participate in the Hizmet movement through the NC Divan Center."
Raleigh Bailey, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
"The North Carolina nonprofit that organized the trip is called 'The Divan Center.' ...North Carolina has three main clusters of Turkish immigrants who participate in the Hizmet movement through the NC Divan Center."
http://www.mtsu.edu/news/Record/Rec_v19/rec1906.php
For the Record: Travel abroad widens Honors dean's perspective
Dr. John R. Vile, Middle Tennessee State Univeristy
"We visited two Turkish universities, two high schools, a hospital and media outlets (where we appeared briefly on a cooking show), many supported by M. Fettulah Gülen, about whom I am writing a paper."
For the Record: Travel abroad widens Honors dean's perspective
Dr. John R. Vile, Middle Tennessee State Univeristy
"We visited two Turkish universities, two high schools, a hospital and media outlets (where we appeared briefly on a cooking show), many supported by M. Fettulah Gülen, about whom I am writing a paper."
http://prieststurkey.wordpress.com/itinerary-2013/
L.A. Priests' Trip to Turkey 2013 (Pacifica Institute)
L.A. Priests' Trip to Turkey 2013 (Pacifica Institute)
http://www.uh.edu/socialwork/_docs/alumni/connections-newsletter/Connections_Newsletter_sum08.pdf
University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work
"During the spring 2008 semester the GCSW entered into a partnership with the Institute of Interfaith Dialog
(IID), which is part of a worldwide, Turkish-based foundation...From June 14 to June 26 [2008], Dean Colby, Professors Achenbaum, Cheung, Leung, S. Robbins, and Valdez accompanied three doctoral and eight MSW students to Turkey."
University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work
"During the spring 2008 semester the GCSW entered into a partnership with the Institute of Interfaith Dialog
(IID), which is part of a worldwide, Turkish-based foundation...From June 14 to June 26 [2008], Dean Colby, Professors Achenbaum, Cheung, Leung, S. Robbins, and Valdez accompanied three doctoral and eight MSW students to Turkey."
www.hartsem.edu/wp-content/uploads/aug05.pdf
Hartford Seminary, August 2005
"Chisolm, Robertson and Robinson were among the trustees of Hartford Seminary who spent a busy three days in Istanbul, Turkey, in May, getting to know a key international partner of the Seminary — the Gulen faith community."
Hartford Seminary, August 2005
"Chisolm, Robertson and Robinson were among the trustees of Hartford Seminary who spent a busy three days in Istanbul, Turkey, in May, getting to know a key international partner of the Seminary — the Gulen faith community."
http://carolynsvarioustravels.blogspot.com/2013/06/trip-to-turkey.html
Carolyn in Wichita KS, June 2013, Raindrop (Rain Drop) Foundation
Carolyn in Wichita KS, June 2013, Raindrop (Rain Drop) Foundation
http://larrymichaud.wordpress.com/
"Our host for the Turkey excursion is The Atlas Foundation of Baton Rouge, a member of the Fethullah Gulen movement."
"Our host for the Turkey excursion is The Atlas Foundation of Baton Rouge, a member of the Fethullah Gulen movement."
http://musegumbo.blogspot.com/
"Jerry Ortiz y Pino, a New Mexico state senator and a friend from our circles at the Newman Center Catholic community at UNM, was putting together a group of journalists to go to Turkey and learn more about the country and the activities of the Gulen movement."
"Jerry Ortiz y Pino, a New Mexico state senator and a friend from our circles at the Newman Center Catholic community at UNM, was putting together a group of journalists to go to Turkey and learn more about the country and the activities of the Gulen movement."
http://www.dcbuck.com/Badaliya/53.html
Dorothy C. Buck June 29,2008
"Our visit to Turkey, sponsored by the Boston Dialogue Foundation's Gulen fellowship, ..."
Dorothy C. Buck June 29,2008
"Our visit to Turkey, sponsored by the Boston Dialogue Foundation's Gulen fellowship, ..."
http://issuu.com/rochestercollege/docs/self_study_final
Rochester College
"In March of 2012, twenty students, faculty, board members, and administrators visited Turkey. … Rochester College collaborates with the Niagara Foundation, …In March 0f 2012, the foundation sponsored the trip to Turkey described above. "
Rochester College
"In March of 2012, twenty students, faculty, board members, and administrators visited Turkey. … Rochester College collaborates with the Niagara Foundation, …In March 0f 2012, the foundation sponsored the trip to Turkey described above. "
http://tacomatraveler.blogspot.com/
"The generous followers of Imam Gulen invite faith and civic leaders from around the world to visit Turkey, learn their history, share their civic engagement projects, and of course eat their tomatoes. I was privileged to be part of a cultural awareness mission this past June as a guest of the Seattle-based Acacia Foundation."
"The generous followers of Imam Gulen invite faith and civic leaders from around the world to visit Turkey, learn their history, share their civic engagement projects, and of course eat their tomatoes. I was privileged to be part of a cultural awareness mission this past June as a guest of the Seattle-based Acacia Foundation."
http://prtl.uhcl.edu/portal/page/portal/HSH/HOME/Study%20Abroad/Turkey
University of Houston Clear Lake -
The Crossroads of Civilization UHCL Summer Study Abroad Summer 2012
"The UHCL trip to Turkey is generously underwritten by the Houston-based Institute for Interfaith Dialogue which sponsors interncultural trips to Turkey to promote peace-building intiatives."
University of Houston Clear Lake -
The Crossroads of Civilization UHCL Summer Study Abroad Summer 2012
"The UHCL trip to Turkey is generously underwritten by the Houston-based Institute for Interfaith Dialogue which sponsors interncultural trips to Turkey to promote peace-building intiatives."
http://www.news-record.com/article_9cbac92b-c9eb-593d-861b-09da05f79be4.html?mode=jqm
"Divan Center promotes harmony with diversity"
"Divan Center promotes harmony with diversity"
https://mesc.osu.edu/sites/mesc.osu.edu/files/events-turkey-trip-2012.pdf
Middle East Studies Center, Ohio State University
"This author first became acquainted with Fethullan Gulen and the Gulen movement after [sic] selected by the Ohio State University’s Middle East Study Center with financial and logistical support from the Niagara Foundation to travel 10 days, March 15 to 25, 2012, to Turkey with a group of 24 professors, classroom teachers (K-16), to visit
schools, learn about Turkish culture from university professors, and meet with their counterparts and other officials in Turkish government. Each participant paid $1,200; the sponsors largely subsidized other expenses."
Middle East Studies Center, Ohio State University
"This author first became acquainted with Fethullan Gulen and the Gulen movement after [sic] selected by the Ohio State University’s Middle East Study Center with financial and logistical support from the Niagara Foundation to travel 10 days, March 15 to 25, 2012, to Turkey with a group of 24 professors, classroom teachers (K-16), to visit
schools, learn about Turkish culture from university professors, and meet with their counterparts and other officials in Turkish government. Each participant paid $1,200; the sponsors largely subsidized other expenses."
http://www.hartfordinstitute.org/sociology/Johnson-Gulen-Hizmet-Movement.pdf
D. Paul Johnson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Texas Tech University
"...the experiences of all of those with whom we talked who participated in the organized trips to tour Turkey were likewise uniformly and enthusiastically positive. This was true for all the members of the tour group of which I was a part in 2006, as well as those who had visited from Texas Tech University the year earlier. Members of these Turkey tour groups were particularly impressed by the well-organized and informative nature of the tours, the first-class arrangements, the educational value of the intercultural experience—and of course the food.
D. Paul Johnson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Texas Tech University
"...the experiences of all of those with whom we talked who participated in the organized trips to tour Turkey were likewise uniformly and enthusiastically positive. This was true for all the members of the tour group of which I was a part in 2006, as well as those who had visited from Texas Tech University the year earlier. Members of these Turkey tour groups were particularly impressed by the well-organized and informative nature of the tours, the first-class arrangements, the educational value of the intercultural experience—and of course the food.
http://bennettlawfirm.typepad.com/abraham_dialogue_society/2009/06/2009-turkey-trip-log.html
http://bennettlawfirm.typepad.com/abraham_dialogue_society/2009/06/muslims-jews-and-christians-travel-to-turkey-on-a-mission-of-faith.html
http://bennettlawfirm.typepad.com/abraham_dialogue_society/2008/06/reflections-fro.html
Attorney Robert S. Bennett, 2009
"A brief tour of the school and discussion of Gulen schools. ....Four local couples from the Gulen movement were at dinner with their photogenic children. .... Lunch at the same restaurant from which our sack suppers came, private dining room with an MP, Mr. Mehmet Sahin, along with some other local hosts from Gulen."
http://bennettlawfirm.typepad.com/abraham_dialogue_society/2009/06/muslims-jews-and-christians-travel-to-turkey-on-a-mission-of-faith.html
http://bennettlawfirm.typepad.com/abraham_dialogue_society/2008/06/reflections-fro.html
Attorney Robert S. Bennett, 2009
"A brief tour of the school and discussion of Gulen schools. ....Four local couples from the Gulen movement were at dinner with their photogenic children. .... Lunch at the same restaurant from which our sack suppers came, private dining room with an MP, Mr. Mehmet Sahin, along with some other local hosts from Gulen."
http://www.clal.org/cms/node/2538
Rabbi Brad Hirschfield's trip to Turkey with The Institute of Interfaith Dialog, August 7, 2012
Rabbi Brad Hirschfield's trip to Turkey with The Institute of Interfaith Dialog, August 7, 2012
http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=6751&category=events&referredBy=todayRSSFeed
Kansas State University
"The College of Human Ecology and the office of international programs will have an information session regarding a 10-day trip to Turkey, partially funded by Institute of Interfaith Dialog, or IID."
Kansas State University
"The College of Human Ecology and the office of international programs will have an information session regarding a 10-day trip to Turkey, partially funded by Institute of Interfaith Dialog, or IID."
http://www.njslom.org/letters/ml060210-trip.html
New Jersey League of Mayors - 2010 invitation letter to mayors on behalf of Interfaith Dialog Center NJ (now renamed Peace Islands Institute)
New Jersey League of Mayors - 2010 invitation letter to mayors on behalf of Interfaith Dialog Center NJ (now renamed Peace Islands Institute)
http://www.constable5.com/info/antayla2.html
Travis County Constable 5
Austin Area Officials Visit Antayla, Turkey (Institute of Interfaith Dialogue, now renamed Dialogue Institute of the Southwest)
Travis County Constable 5
Austin Area Officials Visit Antayla, Turkey (Institute of Interfaith Dialogue, now renamed Dialogue Institute of the Southwest)
http://www.patersondiocese.org/hpage.cfm?Web_ID=2716
Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson NJ, Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli
"In each city we visited, we were welcomed into the homes and lives of Muslims who, like our host and guide, are spiritual sons and daughters of the teacher Gulen."
Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson NJ, Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli
"In each city we visited, we were welcomed into the homes and lives of Muslims who, like our host and guide, are spiritual sons and daughters of the teacher Gulen."
http://soulofthegarden.com/Turkey1.html
Tom Spencer, Austin TX
"In June of 2009, I had the opportunity of participating in a remarkable journey to Turkey sponsored by the Institute of Interfaith Dialog, a Turkish Muslim group that the organization I lead, Austin Area Interreligious Ministries (AAIM) often partners with."
Tom Spencer, Austin TX
"In June of 2009, I had the opportunity of participating in a remarkable journey to Turkey sponsored by the Institute of Interfaith Dialog, a Turkish Muslim group that the organization I lead, Austin Area Interreligious Ministries (AAIM) often partners with."
http://njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/030107/njJewishMuslimStudents.html
New Jersey Jewish News - Middle East Coexistence House at Douglass College
"Two nonprofit organizations — the Interfaith Dialog Center in Carlstadt and Newark, a Turkish-American community organization, and the Princeton-based Karma Foundation — subsidized the trip, according to Josephs."
New Jersey Jewish News - Middle East Coexistence House at Douglass College
"Two nonprofit organizations — the Interfaith Dialog Center in Carlstadt and Newark, a Turkish-American community organization, and the Princeton-based Karma Foundation — subsidized the trip, according to Josephs."
http://www.juancole.com/2014/04/victorious-authoritarian-credentials.html
Comment to the article by Don Utter, 2014
"I usually read the Gulen linked on line newspaper, Todayszaman and find the multiple columns well written and informative. It is obvious that Erdogan has cast them as a parallel organization and will continue to attack them. I took a trip to Turkey sponsored by a US branch of the Gulen inspired organizations and was very impressed with their work on interfaith, dialog and culture."
Comment to the article by Don Utter, 2014
"I usually read the Gulen linked on line newspaper, Todayszaman and find the multiple columns well written and informative. It is obvious that Erdogan has cast them as a parallel organization and will continue to attack them. I took a trip to Turkey sponsored by a US branch of the Gulen inspired organizations and was very impressed with their work on interfaith, dialog and culture."
http://samirselmanovic.typepad.com/faith_house/2007/11/my-discovery-of.html
"During my visit to Turkey with a group sponsored by the Gulen movement..."
http://samirselmanovic.typepad.com/faith_house/2007/11/my-discovery--1.html
Dr. Mark Carr of Loma Linda University
"The Pacifica Institute is one of some fifteen associations of Gülen supporters in the U.S. and around the world..."
"During my visit to Turkey with a group sponsored by the Gulen movement..."
http://samirselmanovic.typepad.com/faith_house/2007/11/my-discovery--1.html
Dr. Mark Carr of Loma Linda University
"The Pacifica Institute is one of some fifteen associations of Gülen supporters in the U.S. and around the world..."
http://blog.ednewscolorado.org/2010/06/08/we-get-what-we-deserve/
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/the_myth_of_separation/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApSyqk0PyNY
http://www.mysanantonio.com
/news/MYSA20060820_01Q_NZ_State_Turkey_Tours_0820T_10c58f1_html14555.html?showFullArticle=y
http://www.southalabama.edu/ida/turkeytrip.htm
http://thedotsconnector.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/edpayton/1/tpod.html
http://romanfool.blogspot.com/
http://www.plts.edu/stortz_turkey_archive.html
http://www.qgazette.com/news/2007-06-27/features/063.html
http://alangot.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/spreading-the-word/
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/the_myth_of_separation/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApSyqk0PyNY
http://www.mysanantonio.com
/news/MYSA20060820_01Q_NZ_State_Turkey_Tours_0820T_10c58f1_html14555.html?showFullArticle=y
http://www.southalabama.edu/ida/turkeytrip.htm
http://thedotsconnector.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/edpayton/1/tpod.html
http://romanfool.blogspot.com/
http://www.plts.edu/stortz_turkey_archive.html
http://www.qgazette.com/news/2007-06-27/features/063.html
http://alangot.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/spreading-the-word/
Accounts on Gulenist websites
http://www.fethullahgulen.org/press-room/columns/2268-a-rose-in-the-hand.html
http://www.fethullah-gulen.org/turkey-impressions/sheryllsiddiqui.html
http://www.hutaca.org/html/tr/events/turkey-trip.aspxhttp://www.baycc.org/pacificasv/newsletter/current/article0.html
http://www.dialogueforum.us/TripJuly0716.html
http://www.fethullah-gulen.org/turkey-impressions/leo-d-lefebure.html
http://www.atlaslouisiana.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=121&Itemid=252
http://turkeytrip.org/turkeytrip/DailyDiary.htm
http://www.fethullahgulen.org/press-room/columns/2268-a-rose-in-the-hand.html
http://www.fethullah-gulen.org/turkey-impressions/sheryllsiddiqui.html
http://www.hutaca.org/html/tr/events/turkey-trip.aspxhttp://www.baycc.org/pacificasv/newsletter/current/article0.html
http://www.dialogueforum.us/TripJuly0716.html
http://www.fethullah-gulen.org/turkey-impressions/leo-d-lefebure.html
http://www.atlaslouisiana.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=121&Itemid=252
http://turkeytrip.org/turkeytrip/DailyDiary.htm
Participants from outside the U.S.
http://newlotus.buddhistdoor.com/en/news/d/30705
Raymond Lam, Buddhistdoor International, 2012-11-16
Raymond Lam, Buddhistdoor International, 2012-11-16
http://outlookafghanistan.net/topics.php?post_id=9197
AFGHANISTAN
Daily Outlook Afghanistan, Jan 23, 2014
"During my trip to Turkey we visited numerous schools that have been founded by the Gulen movement....(In arrangement with The Fountain Magazine)"
AFGHANISTAN
Daily Outlook Afghanistan, Jan 23, 2014
"During my trip to Turkey we visited numerous schools that have been founded by the Gulen movement....(In arrangement with The Fountain Magazine)"
http://tribune.com.pk/story/383204/a-study-tour-of-turkey/
PAKISTAN
A study tour of Turkey By Dr Tariq Rahman Published: May 24, 2012
PAKISTAN
A study tour of Turkey By Dr Tariq Rahman Published: May 24, 2012