This is the first book of its kind about the Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen since the
July 2016 events in Turkey the trauma experienced by Gülen and the disruption to initiatives
inspired by his teaching known as Hizmet. Drawing on primary interviews with Gülen and Hizmet
participants and a literature review this Open Access book locates the clear origins of
Gülen's teaching in the Qur'an and Sunnah in dynamic engagement with their geographical
temporal and existential reception translation and onward communication. It argues that as
Hizmet cannot be understood apart from Gülen and his teaching Gülen and his teaching cannot be
understood apart from Hizmet while exploring the heritage of both. A more geographically
focused case study is set out in author Paul Weller's Hizmet in Transitions: European
Developments of a Turkish Muslim-Inspired Movement also published by Palgrave Macmillan
(2022).
