“Free Speech, Religious Freedom, and Democracy in Turkey: The Political Trials and Times of Fethullah Gülen”

Tuesday October 16

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Room Information

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Tue Oct 16 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 208N, North House

Speakers

James Harrington
Speaker
Director of the Texas Civil Rights Project and Adjunct Professor at the School of Law in the University of Texas

Contact Info

Daria Dumbadze

Description

Dr. James Harrington will talk about the political trial of Fethullah Gülen, a moderate Turkish religious leader, helped to greatly expand civil liberties and strengthen democracy in Turkey. The trial began in 2000 in an Ankara state security court and ended in 2008 in an appeals court in Gülen's favor. He will also talk about the Hizmet (Gulen) Movement, which originated in 1970s' Turkey as a faith-inspired initiative to improve educational opportunities for a local community; and which since then, has grown into a transnational educational, inter-cultural and interfaith movement...

http://www.toronto.interculturaldialog.com/recent-upcoming-events/public-lecture-by-james-harrington-political-trials-of-fethullah-gulen-oct-16th-2012/