Is Fethullah Gülen a political figure?

Mehmet Gündem, Yeni Şafak

Fethullah Gülen is neither the Calvin of Islam nor a political figure. He is neither an alternative to politics nor the state, but he is the hundreds-of-years-old interpretation of Islam that originated in Anatolia.

A Different Approach to Personal Development

Himmet Özcan

20th Century was the heyday of exalting the ego with an overemphasis on individual potential and self-development. The roots of this go back to 19th Century positivism and continue in our modern times as well. Acknowledging that this had positive spillovers in strengthening the rights granted to masses in political and economic terms by placing the humankind at the center of the picture, it nevertheless also led to inflated egos. From a creation point of view that means forgetting the reason for man’s existence on the earth by indulging in materialism.