Muhammed Çetin
Over the past few days Muslim scholar and social activist
Fethullah Gülen has given a measured and straightforward response to accusations that the
Gülen movement, or as it is often called, the “volunteers’ service” or
hizmet, is engaged in a conspiracy to infiltrate state institutions.
Gülen replied that all citizens have a right -- in accordance with the law -- to be employed in their own country within the ranks of state institutions, including the police and military.
Indeed, it seems to me that since the participants and supporters of the
movement number in the millions within Turkey, their presence within such institutions is a statistical certainty given that the movement is not a clandestine organization or cult.