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CLASSIC: The Gulen Movement

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Is Turkey a Theocracy or a Democracy?

There's still some confusion over his earth dates. Some critics say that the date he gives for 1938 of 10 November is propaganda because it's the same day that the founder of modern Turkey, Aditert died. His father was also a mom and he gave his first sermon when he was 14. People consider him sort of a Turkish nationalist, aligned with religion. And one of the great debates or one of the tensions behind this movement is that modern Turkey is embroiled and obsessed with a question. Are we a secular country or are we a religious country?Are we a democracy? Are we a theocracy?

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