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The Hizmet Movement in Exile Refugees of Turkey's Purge
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Description
This ethnographic work sheds light on the stories of those exiled as a result of Turkey's purge against followers of the Hizmet (Gulen) Movement - a purge which began after the failed coup against Erdogan in 2016.
In this book, Sophia Pandya gives voice to the experiences of these political refugees while analyzing the forces behind their displacement and highlighting the powerful process of experience narration and the creation of meaning after trauma. The study is informed by the author's longstanding contact with figures in the Hizmet/Gulen Movement over the past 26 years.
The book features 71 interviews with exiles, collected during fieldwork in Greece between 2018 and 2021. These narratives serve as a historical record of the individual human rights violations in Turkey since the failed coup but also provide a framework for understanding the human cost of this authoritarian crackdown. By integrating fieldwork, personal narratives, and academic theoretical grounding, this book offers a multifaceted view of the refugee experience.
Table of Contents
2. Hiding
3. Crossing
4. Jail
5. Greece
6. Insight
Index
Product details
Published | Feb 19 2026 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 240 |
ISBN | 9780755654963 |
Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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This powerful book gives voice to the often-overlooked Gulen refugees in Greece, blending personal narratives with thoughtful analysis to reveal the human cost of political upheaval. A deeply moving and essential contribution to understanding forced migration and resilience
Nikos Christofis, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
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The plight of refugees throughout the world is heart-breaking, and the tragic accounts of the middle-class professionals and other followers of the Hizmet movement in Turkey are no less so. This book tells their stories with empathy and accuracy, and gives hope that the movement in diaspora will endure. It is an account of hardship and oppression, but also of survival and hope in difficult times.
Mark Juergensmeyer, author of Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State