About Gulen charter schools + Gulen 101 webinar video
(Video added 1/30/2014)
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About Gulen charter schools
In 1999, members of the Gulen Movement, a secretive and controversial cult-like religious group,opened their first charter school in the U.S. (in Ohio). Rapid expansion of the Gulen Movement's network has resulted in the largest charter school chain in the U.S. (See my guest article in the Washington Post, "Largest charter school network in the U.S.: Schools tied to Turkey."3/27/2012). During the 2011-2012 school year, 135 Gulen charter schools operated in 26 states.
This increasingly well-rooted network provides the Gulen Movement with daily access to the minds of over 45,000 students, and yearly access to hundreds of millions of hard-earned tax dollars. How did it come to pass that most Americans, including these students' parents, are completely
Some of the videos shown during the presentation have been deleted from the video, but you will find them online.
Portion of Gulen sermon
Portion of scholar Joshua Hendrick's talk at Gulen 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)
Portion of scholar Joshua Hendrick's talk at Gulen 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)
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About Gulen charter schools
In 1999, members of the Gulen Movement, a secretive and controversial cult-like religious group,opened their first charter school in the U.S. (in Ohio). Rapid expansion of the Gulen Movement's network has resulted in the largest charter school chain in the U.S. (See my guest article in the Washington Post, "Largest charter school network in the U.S.: Schools tied to Turkey."3/27/2012). During the 2011-2012 school year, 135 Gulen charter schools operated in 26 states.
This increasingly well-rooted network provides the Gulen Movement with daily access to the minds of over 45,000 students, and yearly access to hundreds of millions of hard-earned tax dollars. How did it come to pass that most Americans, including these students' parents, are completely
