Contribution of the gulen movement in educational reforms
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Date
2015
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UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
Abstract
Fethullah Gulen is a Muslim scholar of Turkey who is a preacher, philosopher who have clear and effective concepts about the need and value of education in progressing societies. He is the motivating force behind a very original and humanistic movement called Hizmet Movement' which is a Turkish word meaning service movement. This emphasis of Gulen on education and selfless social service soon took the form of a movement commonly known as the Hizmet movement. This Hizmet Movement is thus a social movement. The name Hizmet in Turkey means self-less service. The Movement grew from a small group of people associated with Gulen in the late 1960s to millions of his fans and followers at the end of the century. The Hizmet movement's success is based on volunteer efforts on the part of people inspired and motivated by the elite vision of Fethullah Gulen. It began as a local service by a group of parents, teachers and students, and small business owners who gathered around the Turkish social philosopher Fethullah Gulen in the city of Izmir in Turkey. Since then the movement has continuously grown so much so that over the last 40 years it has become a transnational educational service program with hundreds of professional associations.
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Supervised by: Dr. Humaira Ahmad
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MS Thesis, Fethullah Gulen, Education, Gulen emphasis on education