Rape at Gulen Dove Science Academy- and loss of sponsorship, Dove to reinvent themselves

Dove Science Academys and Discovery Schools in Oklahoma are under the Cosmos Foundation in Texas, they are no longer under the Oklahoma public schools because of a rape(see article below and news story) at the Tulsa campus and financial mismanagement. They are now being sponsored by Langston University (which we are confident receive academic "grants" from the Gulen Insitute. Lately the Gulen Schools in Oklahoma have been beefing up their marketing with visits and photo opportunities with Rep Eric Proctor and Senator Rich Brinkly. Good Luck Dove Science Academy you will need it.

NOW THE FOX NEWS ABOUT THE RAPE ON THE CAMPUS OF DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY

Updated: 12/19/2008 10:35 pm

Published: 12/19/2008 10:18 pm

(Friday, December 19, 2008 5:00 pm by Kaci Christian, FOX23.com, Tulsa OK) – Shocking allegations at a Tulsa-area school: a high school basketball player is charged with first-degree rape. 17-year-old Donnie DeShawn Johnson is accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in a school bathroom at Dove Science Academy on S. Memorial Dr, near I-244. That’s where we find FOX 23’s Kaci Christian. Kaci—Johnson is still in jail?

“That’s right. Johnson is accused of attacking a little girl after school last Thursday, December 11^th, and that’s when he was arrested,” reports FOX 23’s Kaci Christian. “He’s still in jail tonight, being held in lieu of $50,000 bond, while the community here reacts.”

Michael Arroyo, 18, is a senior at Dove Science Academy in east Tulsa.

“Everybody’s startin’ to talk about it,” Arroyo says, referring to the rape of a sixth grade girl last Thursday. “I was pretty shocked to hear about it and pretty surprised just that it could happen or that even the thought of it happening was really hard to believe.”

Kris Stacy just dropped her son off at the school. Today is his last day, and she’s thrilled he’s graduating from high school. Like Arroyo, he takes classes in the morning at Tulsa Technology Center (TTC) and spends his time in the afternoon in class at Dove Science Academy. Stacy says her son been attending Dove since sixth grade. The charter school runs from sixth through twelfth grade, serving both middle school and high school students who want to focus on a curriculum specializing in science, mathematics and technology.

Stacy, too, has heard about the rape.

“I was shocked when I heard it. I was really shocked,” Stacy says. “That’s horrible. That’s horrible. So she must be sixth grade. See, that’s where my son started, was in sixth grade. I mean, I have never heard of anything like this happening at Dove. Ever. And like I said, my son has been going here for, for years, and I—this is the first time I have ever heard of anything like this happening here.” STORY CONTINUES AT FOX 23

http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Tulsa-High-School-Student-Accused-of-Raping-Sixth/ub6cuJPWAECG60Zp8XxRbw.cspx

Dove Science Academy, Sky Foundation, Discovery School
Evidence of affiliation with Gulen Movement

Dove Science Academy is the name of publicly-funded charter schools in Oklahoma, located in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.  Its charter holder is the Sky Foundation, which also runs the Discovery School of Tulsa.

A letter addressed to Dove Science Academy parents asked them to contribute to ISWEEEP, as a way of thanking the Cosmos Foundation for startup funds they provided for Dove.  The Cosmos Foundation is a Gulenist organization running the Harmony Public Schools chain of Gulen charter schools in Texas.

Dove Science Academy students went on a school field trip to the Oklahoma City Raindrop Turkish House, a Gulenist organization.  Another Dove field trip was to the Raindrop Turkish House in Houston, for its Annual Turkic Cultures and Children’s Festival.  This was also a Gulenist event run by a Gulenist organization.

Dove Science Academy teachers have been on Gulenist trips to Turkey.

Dove Science Academy students participate in the Turkish Olympiads, a Gulenist competition that nearly all Gulen charter schools in the US are active in.

Dove Science Academy has filed a number of H-1B visa applications for teachers and staff, following the modus operandi of Gulen schools in the US.  These have included applications for Turkish language teachers.

Dove exhibits the characteristics of Gulen charter schools listed here.  In particular, Dove has been cited several times by government officials for deficiencies in special education.  In October 2009, the Tulsa School Board ended its charter with Dove in Tulsa; special education was a deciding factor.  Dove was able to find another authorizer and continue in business.

A land deal that involved the transfer of property from the Sky Foundation to the Rain Drop Foundation (a Gulenist organization running the Raindrop Turkish House) through Yuksel Alp Aslandogan, a major player in the Gulen Movement here in the US, shows the close connection between all these entities.  The deal involved the commercial property at 4444 N Classen Blvd, Oklahoma City.  The Sky Foundation purchased this property on May 28, 2008 for $780,000, sold it to Yuksel Slp Aslandogan for $1,025,000 on August 27, 2010, and he in turn sold it to the Rain Drop Foundation just 4 months later, on Dec 27, 2010, for only $650,000.  There is no evidence that fair market land prices in Oklahoma City fluctuated to such an extent between August and December 2010.

An article in the newspaper Oklahoman that appeared on May 1, 2011 discusses Dove's ties to the Gulen Movement.

The connection with the Gulen Movement is further shown by the multiple affiliations of the following individuals, both past and present.Yalcin Akyildiz, a.k.a. Yalcin White

• Principal, Dove Science Academy Oklahoma City  
• Harmony Public Schools, South Cluster Superintendent  (Gulen charter schools)

Bayram Annanurov

• Teacher, Dove Science Academy
• Teacher, Brookside-Frontier Math and Science School, Kansas City, Missouri (Gulen charter school)

Ergin Bostanci

• Dove Science Academy
• Institute of Interfaith Dialog  (Gulenist)

Kaan Camuz

• Principal, Harmony Science Academy Austin
• Dove Science Academy CEO, Superintendent
• Petitioner, Dove School of Excellence Springdale, Arkansas (proposed Gulen charter school)

Kamil Celik

• Board Member, Dove Science Academy
• Institute of Interfaith Dialog  (Gulenist)
• Raindrop Turkish House  (Gulenist)

Kazim Cicek

• Teacher, Dove Science Academy
• Teacher, Chesapeake Science Point, Maryland  (Gulen charter school)

Volkan Cicek

• Dove Science Academy
• Board Member, Sky Foundation d.b.a. Dove Science Academy
• Harmony Science Academy  (Gulen charter school)
• Institute of Interfaith Dialog  (Gulenist)
• Interfaith Dialogue Student Association  Oklahoma State University  (Gulenist)
• Dean of Faculty of Education, Isik (Ishik) University, Iraq  (Gulenist)

Bilal Erturk

• President, Board, Dove Science Academy
• Institute of Interfaith Dialog, Tulsa OK  (Gulenist)
• President of Texas A&M's Institute of Interfaith Dialogue chapter  (Gulenist)

Birol Furat

• Board Member, Sky Foundation d.b.a. Dove Science Academy
• Dove Science Academy principal
• Principal, Lisa Academy, Arkansas  (Gulen charter school)
• Turkish Cultural Center New York  (Gulenist)
• Turkish Cultural Center Queens  (Gulenist)
• Turkish Olympiads judge  (Gulenist competition)

Ilker Gure

• Dean of Students, Dove Science Academy
• Assistant Superintendent, Cosmos Foundation  (Gulenist)

Mustafa Guvercin a.k.a. Mustafa Dove  (note: dove=guvercin in Turkish)

• Principal, Dove Science Academy
• Cluster Superintendent, Harmony Science Academy Austin  (Gulen charter school)
• Petitioner, Pelican Math and Science Charter School, Louisiana  (proposed Gulen charter school)
• CEO, Abramson Science and Technology Charter School, Louisiana  (Gulen charter school)
• Executive Director, Bluebonnet Learning Center, Texas   (Gulenist business)

Yusuf Kandir

• Dove Science Academy
• Harmony School of Nature and Athletics   (Gulen charter school)
• Brookside Frontier Math and Science School   (Gulen charter school)

Ihsan Kara

• Board Member, Sky Foundation d.b.a. Dove Science Academy
• Harmony Science Academy Brownsville  (Gulen charter school)

Gultekin Kaya

• Dove Science Academy
• Harmony Science Academy Lubbock TX  (Gulen charter school)
• Harmony Science Academy College Station TX   (Gulen charter school)

Orhan Kucukoskan

• Dove Science Academy
• Sky Foundation
• Raindrop Turkish House  (Gulenist)

Asil Oztekin

• Board Member, Sky Foundation d.b.a. Dove Science Academy
• OSU Interfaith Dialog Student Association  (Gulenist)
• Institute of Interfaith Dialog  (Gulenist)

Birol Ozturk

• Board Member, Sky Foundation d.b.a. Dove Science Academy
• Institute of Interfaith Dialog, Oklahoma  (Gulenist)
• Board Member, Turkish Cultural Center of Syracuse  (Gulenist)

Fevzi Simsek

• Principal, Dove Science Academy
• Principal, Discovery School of Tulsa  (Gulen charter school)

Hasan Suzuk

• Dove Science Academy
• Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School  (Gulen charter school)

Can "John" Topuz

• Dove Science Academy
• Curriculum Consultant, Sky Foundation; paid $52,836 in 2006
• Texas Gulf Foundation   (Gulenist)
• Institute of Academic Studies   (Gulenist)
• North American College  (private Gulenist post-secondary institution)

Muhammet Turkay

• Teacher, Dove Science Academy
• Vice Principal, Memphis School of Excellence  (Gulen charter school)

Hakan Yagci

• Board Member, Sky Foundation d.b.a. Dove Science Academy
• Principal, Harmony Science Academy College Station  (Gulen charter school)
• Principal, Harmony School of Nature and Athletics  Dallas  (Gulen charter school)

Zekeriya Yuksel

• Principal/Executive Director, Dove Science Academy
• Board Member, Sky Foundation d.b.a. Dove Science Academy
• Harmony Science Academy San Antonio  (Gulen charter school)
• Regional Superintendent, Harmony Public Schools  (network of Gulen charter schools)