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Synopsis
This is the first book of its kind about the Turkish Muslim scholar, Fethullah G len, since the July 2016 events in Turkey, the trauma experienced by G len, and the disruption to initiatives inspired by his teaching, known as Hizmet. Drawing on primary interviews with G len and Hizmet participants and a literature review, this Open Access book locates the clear origins of G len'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 G len and his teaching, G len 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 (2021).