Turkey’s Two Thugs
Erdoğan and Gülen are both dangerous—but only one of them lives in the Poconos.
23 December 2014
Photo by Allie_Caulfield
Until recently, I lived in Turkey. It seemed to me then unfathomable that most Americans did not recognize the name Fethullah Gülen. Even those vaguely aware of him did not find it perplexing that a Turkish preacher, billionaire, and head of a multinational media and business empire—a man of immense power in Turkey and sinister repute—had set up shop in Pennsylvania and become a big player in the American charter school scene. Now that I’ve been out of Turkey a while, I’ve realized how normal it is that Americans are indifferent to Gülen. America is full of rich, powerful, and sinister weirdoes. What’s one more?
More:Turkey's Two Thugs by Claire Berlinski, City Journal 23 December 2014
