Persian proverb: Let no grass grow where a Turk has been
Harmony Science Academy, Cosmos Foundation: Evidence of Affiliation with the Gulen Movement
The publicly-funded Harmony Public Schools are spread across Texas and include branches named Harmony Science Academy, Harmony School of Innovation, Harmony School of Excellence, Harmony School of Nature and Harmony School of Advancement. All are run by the Cosmos Foundation.
A re-enrollment form for Harmony Science Academy - Grand Prairie has meta-data showing the document title "Horizon Science Academy re-enrollment form."
Harmony School of Excellence in Houston has an identical mission statement to Gulen schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina (the former Yugoslavia), as well as Abramson Science and Technology School in Louisiana.
The newsletter of the Raindrop Turkish House, a Gulenist organization, states that at an opening ceremony for the Turquoise Center in Houston, a building housing Gulenist organizations, "a group of American students from the Harmony School of Innovation performed Turkish folk dances in traditional costume."
Students from Harmony and Cosmos Foundation schools participate in the Turkish Language Olympiads, and ISWEEEP, both Gulenist competitions.
Additional connections are shown by individuals with multiple affiliations across Gulen schools and organizations:
Fatih Ay
- Principal, Harmony Science Academy - El Paso
- Superintendent, Dallas area Harmony Public Schools
- Defendant in Couch v Harmony federal civil rights lawsuit
- Secretary, Rain Drop Foundation (Gulenist organization)
Resul Aksoy
- Cosmos Foundation
- Turquoise Council of Americans and Eurasians (Gulenist organization)
Veli Baysal
- Co-leader of Brian Talbott's 2007 Turkey trip along with Ozgur Ozer and Soner Tarim (Brian Talbott is with the Association of Educational Service Agencies); described in writeup of this trip as "associate" of Soner Tarim, the Superintendent of Harmony schools
- Board Member, Houston Istanbul Sister City Association (Gulenist organization)
- Rain Drop Foundation (Gulenist organization)
- Participant at Raindrop Turkish House (Gulenist organization)
- Author of article for Today’s Zaman (Gulenist newspaper)
Kaan Camuz
- Harmony Science Academy - Austin
- Dove Science Academy, Oklahoma (Gulen charter school)
- Petitioner for Dove School of Excellence – Springdale, a proposed Gulen charter school in Arkansas
Coskun Cetinkaya
- Cosmos Foundation
- Institute of Interfaith Dialog (Gulenist organization)
Volkan Cicek
- Harmony Science Academy
- Teacher, Vice President, Dove Science Academy, Oklahoma (Gulen charter school)
- Institute of Interfaith Dialog (Gulenist organization)
- Ishik University, Erbil, Iraq (Gulenist institution)
Edip “Eddie” Ercetin
- Harmony Science Academy - Houston
- Raindrop Turkish House (Gulenist organization)
- Wrote 5 star review of Jill Carroll’s book "A Dialogue of Civilizations" on amazon.com (The Gulen Movement asked Carroll to write this book; it gives a very flattering portrayal of Fethullah Gulen.)
Nihat Guvercin
- Cosmos Foundation
- Bergen Arts and Science Charter School, New Jersey (Gulen charter school)
Ismet Isik
- Harmony Science Academy
- Rain Drop Foundation (Gulenist)
- Frontier School of Innovation, Missouri (Gulen charter school)
Burnahettin Kuruscu
- Harmony Science Academy
- Raindrop Turkish House (Gulenist)
Fatih Oner
- Harmony Science Academy – Ft Worth
- Turkish Cultural Center Queens (Gulenist organization)
Mehmet Okumus
- Harmony Science Academy
- Cosmos Foundation
- Board President of Raindrop Foundation (Gulenist)
- Chairperson of Texas Turkish American Chamber of Commerce (Gulenist)
- Turkish Olympiads (competition run by the Gulen Movement)
Ozgur Ozer
- Described as "associate" of Soner Tarim in writeup on Brian Talbott's 2007 Turkey trip; co-leader of this trip along with Soner Tarim and Veli Baysal
- Wrote 5 star review of Jiill Carroll’s book "A Dialogue of Civilizations." (The Gulen Movement asked Carroll to write this book; it gives a very flattering portrayal of Fethullah Gulen.)
- Director of Education, Texas Gulf Institute (Gulenist)
- Author, Fountain Magazine (premier publication of the Gulen Movement in the US; Fethullah Gulen writes the lead article of each issue)
- North American University (Gulenist)
Hasan Sazci
- Harmony Science Academy
- Abramson Science and Technology School, Louisiana (Gulen charter school)
Ibrahim Sel
- Cosmos Foundation
- Author, Fountain Magazine (premier publication of the Gulen Movement in the US; Fethullah Gulen writes the lead article of each issue) has been a contributing writing with articles for Gulen's Fountain Magazine.
Soner Tarim
- Superintendent, Harmony Charter Schools
- Cosmos Foundation
- Leader of Gulenist Turkey trip of Brian Talbott: "With Dr. Tarim and his associates Veli Baysal (director of public relations, Raindrop Foundation, Houston, Texas) and Ozgur Ozer (principal, Harmony Elementary, Houston, Texas), we experienced the beauty of Turkey."
Hakan Yagci
- Harmony Science Academy, Grand Prairie
- Dove Science Academy, Oklahoma (Gulen charter school)
Cafer "Jeff" T. Yavuz
- ISWEEEP (organized by the Cosmos Foundation)
- Guest speaker at an AMSP camp organized by the Accord Institute (Gulenist organization affiliated with several Gulen charter schools in the western US)
- Wrote 5 star review of Jiill Carroll’s book "A Dialogue of Civilizations." (The Gulen Movement asked Carroll to write this book; it gives a very flattering portrayal of Fethullah Gulen.)
- Pacifica Institute (Gulenist)
- Coordinator of Gulen Conference in Los Angeles
- Secretary, Representative, Institute of Interfaith Dialog, Houston (Gulenist)
- Speaker at interfaith dinner, Institute of Interfaith Dialog, Little Rock Arkansas
- Lists Muhammed Cetin of the Institute of Interfaith Dialog as a non-academic reference (Cetin is a major figure in the Gulen movement)
- Studied at Yamanlar Lisesi (Gulenist high school)
- Wrote two articles for Fountain Magazine (premier publication of the Gulen Movement in the US; Fethullah Gulen writes the lead article of each issue)
Zekeriya Yuksel
- Harmony Science Academy - San Antonio
- Dove Science Academy (Gulen charter school)
