Gülen movement

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The Gülen movement or Hizmet movement (Turkish: Gülen hareketi) is an international social, educational and Islamic fraternal movement founded by Fethullah Gülen in Turkey in the late 1970s and based in Pennsylvania since 1999. It is institutionalised in estimated 160 countries through STEM focused schools, universities as well as media outlets, interfaith dialogue organisations, charities, finance companies, health clinics that have a combined net worth in the range of 20–50 billion dollars as of 2015. After Gülen's death in October 2024, the New York based Alliance for Shared Values, stated that Gülen had not been actively involved in its operations in the last few years and his work would be carried forward by a group of close associates who had been advising him. Its followers are mostly Sunni Muslims based on a Nursian theological perspective as reflected in Gülen's religious teachings. Its teachings are considered conservative in Turkey but some have praised the movement as a pacifist...

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