Grace has not come yet.

As near as we can tell, it had nothing whatsoever to do with that solar eclipse, but by then my grandmother had already gone to her grave thinking it was her fault.

TG Well thank you so much. Thank you.

Grace looked angry.

Gülenist commentators preach about the rule of law and human rights, even as Gülenist media champion flagrant show trials. The movement showcases Fethullah Gülen as a beacon of moderation and tolerance, while his Turkish language Web site peddles his anti Semitic, anti Western sermons.

For a decade, Gülen connected companies played a widely acknowledged and appreciated role in Turkey s economic growth and development, while Gülen movement schools trained students to pursue public service jobs. As long as bureaucrats were recruited and promoted based on merit, the AKP had no problem accepting the over representation of Gülen followers in certain branches of government.

TG Well, first of all, you've got to look at age.

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He said, It's Billy Graham, the preacher.

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And Grace's friend asks for some sugar in her coffee.

But, of course, hindsight is 20 20.

Back home, Gülen s followers have created what is effectively a state within the Turkish state, gaining a strong foothold in the police force, the judiciary, and the bureaucracy. Gülenists deny that they control the Turkish police, but, as a US ambassador to Turkey put it in 2009, we have found no one who disputes it.

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The Gülen movement operates at least one quarter of these schools, which form a key component of the movement s multi billion dollar education network and help it recruit new members. The movement s members thus viewed the debate over cram schools as a direct challenge to their influence.

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The recent developments reflect the widening rift between Erdoğan s government and the Gülen movement, led by Fethullah Gülen, a self exiled Islamic preacher currently residing near Philadelphia. The Gülen movement was an important backer of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its efforts to establish civilian control over the military during the AKP s first two terms in office.

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The powder is still sugar, but what's different is what Grace thinks.

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But in the case of a failed attempt to harm, where Grace thought that it was poison, although it was really sugar, people now say it was more okay, she deserves less blame for putting the powder in the coffee.

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Once their common enemy, the secularists, were out of the way, Erdoğan had less need for the movement. The breaking point came in February 2012, when Gülenists tried to bring down his intelligence chief, a close confidant, reaching perilously close to Erdoğan himself.

On the left there, Julia Platt, the mayor of my little hometown in Pacific Grove.

The new line is that these trials were marred by irregularities, that there had been a plot against the military, and that the Gülenists have established a state within the state. The reason for the conversion is clear Erdoğan needs to isolate and embarrass the Gülenists, with whom he is now engaged in a bitter struggle for power.

The ultimate goal seems to be to reshape Turkish society in the movement s own conservative religious image. Gülenist media have been particularly active in this cause, spewing a continuous stream of disinformation about defendants in Gülen mounted trials while covering up police misdeeds.

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NN This is about the oil pan, or the oil filter and all that.