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Gulen in a sentence

Using Gulen

  • In the example corpus, gulen often appears in combinations such as: fethullah gulen, gulen movement, the gulen.

Context around Gulen

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

fethullah 6× blames 2× alleges 1× mountains 1×

Often after:

movement 2× himself 1× masterminded 1× transformed 1× run 1× focused 1×

Sentence patterns with Gulen

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

ankara blames gulen and his 2× by fethullah gulen himself 1× by mr gulen 1× cleric fethullah gulen on wednesday 1× cleric fethullah gulen who was 1× erdogan alleges gulen masterminded the 1× fethullah gulen the turkish 1× followers of gulen 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

ankara blames gulen 2× a gunshot was 1× ankara has cracked 1× erdogan alleges gulen 1× fethullah gulen the 1× gulen a muslim 1×

Common sentence endings:

2016 coup attempt 1× according to police 1× attempt in 2016 1× by mr gulen 1× fethullah gulen himself 1× fig was pursuing 1×

Words around Gulen

Just before it in the word index:

guleid 2 gule 2 guldur 7 guldiner 2 guldengroschen 3 gulden 15

Just after it in the word index:

guleria 11 gules 7 gulewamkulu 2 gulf 2.077 gulfood 6 gulfport 80

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Gulen

  • In this selection, "gulen" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fethullah, blames, alleges, movement, himself and masterminded stand out and add context to how "gulen" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ankara blames gulen and his and by fethullah gulen himself. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gulen" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gulen

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Erdogan alleges Gulen masterminded the 2016 coup attempt. (8 words)

Ankara blames Gulen and his movement for the coup attempt in 2016. (12 words)

Like Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan, Alptekin blamed the coup on followers of Gulen. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Miller did say that Rafiekian claimed the op-ed was not part of the broader project Sphere was engaged for, but prosecutors emphasized that the themes and narrative seem to be drawn directly from the Gulen-focused assignment FIG was pursuing. (41 words)

Mustafa had already been sentenced to six years in prison over links to the Gulen movement - a religious organisation that Turkey blamed for the failed coup - but he had been released at the start of the year pending an appeal. (40 words)

Gulen transformed the group into a fully fledged political movement whose followers practised a form of entryism, in which they actively recruited individuals and placed them into key state institutes such as the police, judiciary and military. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

The Gulen movement describes itself as a “faith-based non-political, cultural and educational movement” that is “composed of a cluster of religious, educational and social organisations”, inspired by Fethullah Gulen himself.

Erdogan alleges Gulen masterminded the 2016 coup attempt.

Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed.

Gulen transformed the group into a fully fledged political movement whose followers practised a form of entryism, in which they actively recruited individuals and placed them into key state institutes such as the police, judiciary and military.

He was 83. Gulen was a one-time ally of Erdogan but they fell out spectacularly, and Erdogan held him responsible for the 2016 attempted coup in which rogue soldiers commandeered warplanes, tanks and helicopters.

Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who was accused by Turkey of organising a failed 2016 coup, has died in exile in the United States aged 83, his movement said Monday.

Speaking in his gated compound in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, Gulen said in a 2017 Reuters interview he had no plans to flee the United States to avoid extradition.

Turkish intelligence services also staged multiple overseas raids in countries across central Asia, Africa and the Balkans to round up Gulen's suspected supporters.

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Gulen, a Muslim preacher who was once an Erdogan ally, has lived in exile in the United States since 1999.

Prosecutors failed to prove that Dogan, who taught in a Gulen-run school that was shuttered along with hundreds of others in 2013, took part in the plot.

They claimed they were either following orders or that the entire narrative of a coup attempt was a construct of the Erdogan government, a claim that was also made by Mr. Gulen.

Ankara blames Gulen and his followers for orchestrating a failed coup in 2016 aimed at unseating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Ankara has cracked down on suspected followers of Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Muslim cleric, since the July 2016 coup attempt in which some 250 people were killed.

Like Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan, Alptekin blamed the coup on followers of Gulen.

Miller did say that Rafiekian claimed the op-ed was not part of the broader project Sphere was engaged for, but prosecutors emphasized that the themes and narrative seem to be drawn directly from the Gulen-focused assignment FIG was pursuing.

More than 50,000 people were in pre-trial detention on charges linked to membership of the Hizmet movement, inspired by U.S.-based Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen.

Mustafa had already been sentenced to six years in prison over links to the Gulen movement - a religious organisation that Turkey blamed for the failed coup - but he had been released at the start of the year pending an appeal.

According to the indictment, Kian conspired with Turkish businessman Ekim Alptekin to illegally lobby U.S. government officials and influence public opinion in the U.S. against Gulen.

A gunshot was fired on the Pennsylvania compound of exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen on Wednesday after an unidentified man entered the property, according to police.

Ankara blames Gulen and his movement for the coup attempt in 2016.

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Common combinations with gulen

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