All Posts Tagged With: "Gulen movement"

Subscribe subscribe what's this
Rising Islamist movements challenge secularism in Turkey

Signature Video

October 21, 2009
Rising Islamist movements challenge secularism in Turkey

Correspondent Gizem Yarbil and producer Bryan Myers report on how traditional religion and modern democracy are trying to coexist in Turkey, where growing religious groups are championing Islam's ethical and moral values. Secular critics are branding these religious groups as fundamentalist.

Do Islamist groups pose a threat to democracy in Turkey?

Q&A

October 21, 2009
Do Islamist groups pose a threat to democracy in Turkey?

Dr. Ömer Taşpınar and Worldfocus producer Gizem Yarbil discuss the role of several important conservative religious groups in Turkey, including the Gulen movement, which is the largest, and the Mustazaflar-Der, which is influential in the predominantly Kurdish Southeast.

Produced by Creative News Group LLC     ©2010 WNET.ORG     All rights reserved

Distributed by American Public Television