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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Webinar video of Gulen Movement 101: Session One



 
Gulen 101 Session One With Sharon Higgins from Tim Furman on Vimeo.
Some of the videos shown during the presentation have been deleted from this video, but you will find them online.

Portion of Gulen sermon
Portion of scholar Joshua Hendrick's talk at conference sponsored by the Rumi Forum 
Portion of Dr. Oz from Faces of America
Portion of Turkish Language Olympiad Missouri Finals
Portion of 4th New York Turkish Olympiads (student "whirling dervishes")
Portion of Actual Sema Ceremony (real "whirling dervishes")
Portion of TMSA Festival Students Dancing Semmame (Greensboro) 
Portion of TMSA Festival Turkish Song "Soyleymedim"(Greensboro)


Much more information is contained in my posts labeled “Gulen Movement” as well as at my Charter School Scandals blog.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2015 at 11:34 AM

    Ankara is the capital of Turkey, not Istanbul.

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  2. The Perimeter PrimateFebruary 16, 2015 at 12:40 PM

    Thank you for adding that comment and for watching the video. I knew that at the time, of course, but misspoke during the presentation. I was annoyed at myself when I reviewed the video and heard my mistake! Oh, well...

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  3. JackMarch 25, 2016 at 10:36 PM

    Thank you The movement doing very well job thanks to Fethullah Gulen

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  4. AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 7:39 PM

    Thank you for the well documented and very informative postings.

    I worked for one Gulen school in southern California for three years. About half of the teachers were from Turkey, on H1 work visas. The principals were all men,who treated women "like Turks do". For the most part schools were run with an iron fist, and staffs` opinions were not valued or listened to, especially women`s.

    The curriculum is absolutely secular, in accordance with TH state guidelines. Good programs overall, with emphasis on math and science. Apparently the whole model for the charter schools in the US was conceived by a handful of smart Turks, Harvard graduates an such.

    There was a hidden "Turkish agenda": the Turkish language is mandatory in these schools. When parents and students complained and asked for other languages, of international circulation, the answer was " this is one of our requirements. If don't like it, you are free to take your child anywhere else", that sort of thing...

    Thank you again four your unbelievable work!

    MB

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