Harmony Science Academy, A Gulen School and it's mini Texas Empire "They Live"

GULEN ORGANIZATIONS - AUSTIN/HOUSTON, TEXAS

Austin Gulen Organizations - (all office at 12400 Amherst Dr, Suite 108, Austin, Texas 78727):

- Raindrop Foundation (Austin, Texas) - Mehmet Okumus operates this location. 7 locations in Texas. I believe the main office is the Houston branch. Locations in AR, MS, NM, LA, KS and OK

- Institute for Interfaith Dialog (Austin Branch of Houston office) - Dr. Yetkin Yildirim (Vice President) and Dr. Guner Arslan is "Founding Member"

- Turkish American Women's Association (Austin, Texas)

- Austin-Antalya Sister City Committee - the Chair is Prof. Burhanettin Kuruscu (a professor of economics at University of Texas a Austin) and seems to be managed by Dr. Yetkin Yildirim

- WhirlingDervishes.org - evidently a site run by the Raindrop Foundation of Texas. I understand their performances are booked through Austin.

- Bluebonnet Learning Center of Austin. 3-5 year olds. Summer programs at Harmony School of Science.

- Harmony Science Academy of Austin, 930 E. Rundberg Lane, Austin, Texas 78753 (K through 8)

- Harmony School of Excellence of Austin.  2100 E. St. Elmo Rd. Austin, Texas 78744 (K through 8)

- Harmony School of Science, Austin. 11800 Stonehollow Drive, Austin, Texas 78758 (K through 8)

- Harmony Science Academy of North Austin, 1421 Wells Branch Pkwy, Pfluegerville, Texas 78660 (5 through 12)

(All of the "Harmony" schools have a website at http://hssaustin.org/)

Houston Gulen organizations (most office at 9301 West Bellfort, Houston, Texas 77031):

- Cosmos Foundation, Houston - operates all Gulen-organized "Harmony" charter schools in Texas. Located in same office park at Bluebonnet Learning Center, Gulf Language School and Texas Gulf Institute. As of March, 2010 the President of Cosmos is "Oner Ulvi Celepcikay." http://www.harmonytx.org/

- Texas Turkish Chamber of Commerce, Houston - linked to Raindrop Foundation and TUSKON;

- Houston-Baku Sister City Committee (?) - linked to Raindrop Foundation which is listed as a 'Sponsor' on site;

- Gulen Institute, Houston - a venture between the University of Houston and the Institute for Interfaith Dialog; located at the UH Graduate College of Social Work, Houston;

- Houston-Istanbul Sister City Committee - President is M. Ruhi Ozgel (offices are located at 9301 W. Bellfort which also houses the Institute for Interfaith Dialog);

- Alumni of Turkey Trips (http://www.alumniofturkey.org/) - Houston? Evidently a new website created by Institute for Interfaith Dialog and Raindrop Foundation both of Houston.

- Institute for Interfaith Dialog, Houston - President is Dr. Y. Alp Aslandogan (?)

- Turqouise Center, Houston - cultural center located at 9301 W. Bellfort with IID, Houston-Instanbul, Raindrop, etc.)

- StudyTurkish.org - based at Raindrop House, Houston. Affiliated with University of Houston;

- Houston Blue Mosque - (http://www.houstonbluemosque.org/) connected to "Citadel Foundation"(?). Islamic mosque offering daily prayers and religious events. Both operate at 9301 W. Bellfort;

- Azerbaijanian American Cultural Alliance, Houston - located at 9301 W. Bellfort.

- Turkic Fest, Houston. Annual Turkic "Cultures and Children's Festival" evidently organized by the Raindrop Turkish Houston of Houston;

- Turkish Cultural Center, Houston (?) - mentioned as being housed with Raindrop and Institute for Interfaith Dialog in 2007 Texas Monthly article. Now Turquoise Center?

- Bosniaks Cultural Community of Houston - organized by Miralem Turkic?

- Citadel Foundation, Houston - Islamic charity located at 9301 W. Bellfort (see: Houston Blue Mosque, supra).

- Turkmen Young Scholars Association (Houston?)

- Harmony Science Academy, Houston

- Harmony Science Academy of NW Houston

- Harmony School of Excellence, Houston

- Harmony School of Endeavor, Houston

- Harmony School of Ingenuity, Houston

- Harmony School of Innovation, Houston

- Harmony School of Science, Houston

(Besides the Harmony Schools in Austin and Houston, there are 14 other locations (for a total of 25, not including vocational and pre-school - 4 more than my last count in early '09) in Texas as listed on their website at http://www.harmonytx.org/schools/)

- Helix Design & Production (produces many of the Gulen websites in Houston). Located at 10700 Kingston Street, Houston, Texas 77099. Same address as Texas Turkish American Chamber of Commerce

- Rainbow Painting (http://www.rainbow-painting.com/index.html). Listed as "Rainbow Construction" on Cosmos Foundation 2006 IRS Form 990 - Cosmos paid over $2.3M that year for 'construction' services yet Rainbow Painting's website shows that it did no work in Houston until 2007. Operated from a single family residence at 12722 Ashford Meadow Drive, Houston, Texas 77082;

- Ege Construction Company of Turkey (Houston office) http://egeconstruction.org/;

- Atlas Construction Company of Turkey (Houston office) - provided construction services of over a $1M to Harmony Schools

- Karagan Law Firm, Houston. Small 2-5 person firm run by Yalcin Karagan who was licensed to practice in Texas in 2000. Although website indicates personal injury focus, did he handle labor certifications for Gulen H1B's? Received $178, 520 on 2006 Cosmos IRS Form 990 for legal work. 

Louisiana Gulen organizations (not a complete listing)

Atlas Foundation of Louisiana - locations in Baton Rouge and New Orleans (http://www.atlaslouisiana.org/)

Baton Rouge-Malatya, Turkey Sister City Committee

Gulen-affiliated Educational Institutions (not a complete listing):

Texas Gulf Institute (vocational, computer training) Houston, Texas  - located at http://www.tgicareer.com/

Gulf Language School (located with Texas Gulf Institute), Houston, Texas - http://www.gulfesl.org/

Bluebonnet Learning Center, Houston, Texas (also locations in Dallas and El Paso). For children 3-5 years of age. Located in same office park as Texas Gulf Institute and Gulf Language School (?). http://www.bluebonnetlearningcenter.com/

- ISWEEEP - Annual Cosmos Foundation science fair in Houston. 

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Gulen Schools under Federal Investigation "Somebody's watching Me"

An article exposing a federal investigation into the Gulen Movement's involvement in charter schools (>30,000 students) has just been published in Il Sole 24 Ore (considered to be The Wall Street Journal of Italian newspapers): Un imam alla conquista degli Usa.

Yet still, the U.S. public remains uninformed about this whole situation because the American press has revealed very little to them.

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Here is the translation.

http://gulenforeignmedia.weebly.com/feb-20-2011-italy.html

An imam in the conquest of the United States -
by Claudio Gatti  -  Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy)

February 20, 2011

NEW YORK -  A Muslim religious movement wants to conquer America. In fact, in a sense it has already conquered and no one has yet noticed.  Nothing to do with al-Qaeda, terrorism or Islamic fundamentalism. We speak of a sect that is rather mysterious - so much so that it has been called the Muslim Opus Dei - founded in Turkey in the 1970s by an imam named Fethullah Gülen. And noted rather for its moderation.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Gulen’s followers opened dozens of schools in Central Asia. From there, the network of “Gulenist” schools has spread across all of Asia and in many African countries with the aim of forming a new ruling class tied to Turkey and the Gulen movement. Eleven years ago, to escape the military, Gulen relocated from Turkey to a spiritual center in Pennsylvania that is two hours from New York. Since then, his movement, known among followers simply as "the Service" - Hizmet in Turkish – have opened a flurry of schools in the U.S.. The difference is that it is being done at the expense of American taxpayers.

Il Sole 24 Ore has been able to determine that for months, the FBI, Department of Justice and Department of Education have been investigating the possible illegal use of these education funds, a criminal conspiracy, extortion, and violation of immigration laws. "The suspicion is that, behind an educational effort, there is a giant conspiracy" a federal officer, requesting anonymity, explained to our newspaper. "The plan is as simple as it is brilliant: to use public funding for schools to educate a new generation of Americans favorably inclined to Turkey and thus indirectly to the Gulen movement, and also to spend some of that money to fund foundations and cultural centers."

Federal authorities have identified at least 120 schools opened in recent years by the movement in some twenty U.S. states, all charter schools, which are outside the loop of public education but financed by states and the federal government. Since each of these schools receives from 1.5 to 3 million dollars each year in public funds, it is a matter of hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

Those funds also serve to give employment to thousands of followers of the movement brought in specially from Turkey to teach scientific subjects. An analysis of work permits for teachers reveals that between just 2007 and 2009,  the "Gulen" schools requested and were granted 1,851 visas in three years, more than some major American corporations such as Motorola and Google.

Part of the public funds also ends up in the coffers of companies founded by Gulen to provide services to schools. Il Sole 24 Ore has identified two such companies, Concept Schools and Breeze Inc., which in various documents appear to have contracted for over 100 thousand dollars a month with each of six schools in Ohio suspected of being affiliated to Hizmet.

Gulen declined to answer our questions, but when Il Sole 24 Ore asked Beksir [sic- should read Bekir] Aksoy, chairman of the spiritual center of Pennsylvania where the onetime imam lives, if the founder has any relationship with these schools, the response was an emphatic no. And the school administrators themselves have always denied any formal relationship with the movement.

But federal authorities have documents and emails that prove the link. Not only that, they show that the Hizmet would split the U.S. territory into five regions, assigning each of these to a single responsible individual, and that each teacher "imported" from Turkey would be required to return a percentage of their salary to the movement.

The region including Ohio was to be entrusted to a Turkish imam named Veli Aslan, better known as "brother Veli.”  An email sent in June 2008 with regard to teachers who were late in making the paybacks reads: "Brother Veli wants to have all the “salary returns."  And he says to withhold future salaries from those who have not made them."

More incriminating still is an email dated June 13, 2007 and sent to the principal of a school in Ohio and copied to the CEO of Concept Schools, a board member of Breeze, and the Executive Director of the Niagara Foundation, a foundation personally headed by Fethullah Gulen. The email recommends "increasing the number of teachers from Turkey ... to acquire more money."

Federal investigators believe that proves the involvement of all the various branches of Hizmet - schools, service organizations, and the most important Gulenist foundation in the U.S. - in what they call "the Tuzuk conspiracy", namely the illegal financing of the movement at the expense of taxpayers.


The man
From Izmir to Washington

Fethullah Gulen, born in 1941 in Erzurum, Turkey, was in his youth a disciple of the Muslim leader Said Nursi. In 1966 he moved to Izmir, where the audience of faithful who attended his sermons began to widen.  In the 70s he founded the Gulen Movement, which takes its name, known to his followers as Hizmet, "the service:" an organization in no time very active in establishing schools, first in Asia and Africa, and today in the United States, with  the goal of creating a ruling class tied to Turkey and the movement.

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Harmony Science Academy- Dance a little "SIDE STEP"

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GULENISMS aka the “sidestepping”

“These are baseless claims against our charter school with no proof”

“We are not organically connected”

“Some of our teachers maybe Gulen followers but we do not teach religion at our schools”

“it is just a coincidence that some of the Turkish teachers have taught at Magnolia Science Academy, Sonoran Science Academy, Beehive Science Academy.  We all know each other because the Turkish population in America is small”

“Tim (Timur) Saka principal of Magnolia Science Academy in Santa Clara, taught for Magnolia Science Academy in Los Angeles.  Prior to that he taught at Beehive Science Academy and was a founder of the Lotus School for Excellence”

“You have no scientific proof these are Gulen Schools” (you mean like your charter applications, financial data and other numerious supporting documents?)

“It is not a Gulen School, although some of the teachers are Gulen inspired” (Is this like you are sort of pregnant?)

“This is NOT a Gulen School, however Fethullah Gulen is a good man trying to teach tolerance, love and Peace”. (It IS, It ISN’T, It IS, It ISN’T---IT IS) (NO, YES, NO ,YES)

“These are conspiracy theories and paranoia from Islamophobic people”

“These bloggers are financed by an illegal group in Turkey called Ergenekon”

“This is a myth these so-called Gulen Charter Schools” Yet here is the Gulen Movement’s own “Gulen Inspired Schools website” http://gulenschools.org/

“What is wrong with children learning about other cultures”   (nothing except it is only one culture that is pushed on them)

“Group of vicious bloggers are haters of Gulen and of Charter Schools (no we like charter schools we just don’t like liars or foreigners running our schools with an AGENDA)

“This is our (insert name of school here) family”

“We are open to suggestions on how to improve your children’s education” (this is a honeymoon phase, the Gulen charter managed schools do as THEY please according to promoting Turkey and Gulen)

“We conduct home visits” (we hand pick a few children we promote and give good grades to who have parents that defend us)

“Our staff has weekly breakfasts with the parent groups” (how long will this last? You listen but don’t hear)

“This group that is attacking us on the Internet are our enemies from Turkey Ergenekon (if you are not part of the Gulen group why would you worry about a sweet group like Ergenekon?)

“Turkish Olympiads are good, the kids have fun and earn awards” (Repeat this) Cleveland, Atlanta, Florida, Washington DC, Texas, Arizona, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Germany, etc., etc., to the big Gulen Turkish Olympiad in Ankara, Turkey

“Yes we sponsor Children’s International Festivals in the USA”   “But we have nothing to do with the Gulen schools” (So why are Sonoran Science Academy, Magnolia Science Academy, Memphis School of Excellence, and OTHER Gulen charter Schools busing in the American children to attend these Gulen sponsored events? )  P.S. We have the photos. 

Harmony Science Academy - Texas Tea Party jumps on the saddle and comes out shooting

by Donna Garner on updated Friday, February 11, 2011 at 1:18pm

The Texas Senate passed SR 85 on Jan. 25, 2011.  Guess who was honored:  Fethullah Gulen.   “WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to recognize Fethullah Gulen for his ongoing and inspirational contributions to the promotion of global peace

http://texasteapartypac.ning.com/profiles/blogs/texas-senate-resolution-sr-85

Here is the link: 
 http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SR00085F.pdf#...
 The authors of SR 85 are Senators Lucio, Fraser, Huffman, Nelson, and Van de Putte:  http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=82R&...

Buying more awards!!!!

PLEASE LOOK BELOW UNDER TEXAS POLITICANS FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY CONTRIBUTED FROM HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY / COSMOS FOUNDATION ET AL
TO LOCAL TEXAS POLITICANS AND ALL.
http://harmonyparenttruth.blogspot.com/2011/02/harmony-science-academy-winning-over_7256.html

Look out Gulen Guys, the Texas Tea Party is on duty.
Back at you Texas style.

HERE IS THE PHOTO OF THE TEXAS SENATE AND RESOLUTION.  TEXANS LETS NOMINATE MICKY MOUSE FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF CONTRIBUTION TO CHILDREN
AND SEE IF WE GET ANY OPPOSING VOTES.

How many humanitarian awards did con artist Bernie Madoff recieve?

Harmony Science Academy the inflated waiting list.....9,000 to 21,000

http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/Charter-schools-looking-for-more-help-1006177.php

This article says 17,000 waiting list for ALL CHARTER schools in Texas.

Soner Tarim in December 2009 stated in a board meeting "there are 9-14,000 for Harmony Science Academy."

In January 2011, PBS Documentary the Gulen Guys from "Raindrop Turkish House and Turquoise Council "state that Harmony has a waiting list of 21,000"

Come on Soner, crack open the books and show the SBOE and TEA the 21,000 names!  

 More on the latest Charter School inflatable waiting list in Texas

UPDATE DALLAS MORNING NEWS CLAIMS THERE ARE 40,000 STUDENTS WAITING IN TEXAS FOR A PLACE AT A CHARTER SCHOOL
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20110222-editorial-legislature-should-help-texas-charter-school-movement-grow.ece

"About 97 percent of the students in the San Antonio Can High School charter are considered at-risk students. // “These kids are dropping out of (traditional) public schools. They have nowhere to go,” said Jennifer Leighton, a development coordinator for TexansCan, which runs charter schools in San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth."

She should talk.

From her school's 2009-2010 report card:
San Antonio Can High School
4-year completion rate   class of 2009    10.9% graduated     57.5% dropped out

It took only one minute to look that up, but the reporter couldn't be bothered.

Additional the people interviewed in this article state there are 17,000 students on waiting lists for a Charter

 School;

http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/Charter-schools-looking-for-more-help-1006177.php

This is a "Sales job" that charter schools frequently lie about to create a sense of urgency:

For instance:

On December 2009 with the Texas Public Finance  in Texas, Soner Tarim, superintendent of Gulen Harmony Science Academies states "there is a 9,000- 14,000 waiting list  (by the way look up Umit Pecen the CFO of Cosmos Foundation)

http://www.tpfa.state.tx.us/csfc/minutes/CSFC%20minutes%20121409.pdf

January 2011, The PBS did a documentary on Islamic Imam Fethullah Gulen, They admitted that the Harmony Science Academies which where in the PBS footage (without permission) were connected to the Gulen Movement.  PBS also interviewed teachers from Harmony School of Innovation.  They also interviewed Gulen NGOs that are layered on the Harmony Science Schools (Raindrop Turkish House and Turquoise Council)

They state in their article the waiting list for Harmony is 21,000

Author Severson:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/january-21-2011/gulen-movement/7949/

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