Gulenist non-profits and organizations
Page created June 2010; last updated July 28, 2013
by C.A.S.I.L.I.P.S. - Citizens Against Special Interest Lobbying in Public Schools CASILIPS on Twitter, Slideshare
These lists are not comprehensive. We add new organizations as we find them. Note that Gulenists constantly rename their organizations, dissolve existing ones, and form new ones, as part of their strategy of hiding their activities.
UNITED STATES (scroll further down for other countries)
Alabama
Peace Valley Foundation http://www.peacevalleyfoundation.org/
Arizona
- Daisy Education Corporation http://www.sonoranacademy.org/district/
- Foundation for Inter-Cultural Dialog http://www.fid-az.org/
- Sema Foundation http://semafoundation.org/
Arkansas
Raindrop Turkish House
California
- Accord Institute for Educational Research http://www.accordeducation.org/
- Bay Area Cultural Connections http://www.baycc.org/
- Magnolia Foundation (Magnolia Educational & Research Foundation) http://www.magnoliapublicschools.org/ http://www.magnoliacharterschools.org/
- Pacifica Institute (Global Cultural Connections) http://www.pacificainstitute.org/
- Pacifica Institute Silicon Valley Branch http://pacificasv.org/
- Tolerance Foundation http://www.tolerancefoundation.org
- West America Turkic Council (WATC) http://www.watc.org
- Willow Education Foundation http://we-team.org/
Colorado
Multicultural Mosaic Foundation, Aurora http://www.mosaicfoundation.org/mosaic/
Connecticut
- Putnam Science Academy http://www.putnamscience.org
- Turkish American Business Improvement & Development Council - TABID CT http://www.tabid.org
- Turkish Cultural Center Connecticut http://www.turkishculturalcenterct.com
Florida
- Anatolia Culture Center, Ft. Lauderdale and Miami http://www.anatoliacenter.org/
- Amity Turkish Cultural Center http://www.atccenter.org/
- Nile Foundation - Orlando Turkish Cultural Center http://www.nilefoundation.com/
- Turkish American Islamic Center of Florida
- Turkish Islamic Society of South Florida http://www.turkishislamicsocietyofsouthflorida.org/
- Magnolia Foundation of Florida (no longer active)
Georgia
- Atlanta Turkish Festival www.turkishfest.org
- Cosmos Foundation of Georgia a.k.a.Turkish American Islamic Institute www.turkishamerican.org/
- Global Spectrum Foundation www.gspectrum.org (leads to Istanbul Center site)
- Grace Institute http://www.graceschools.us/
- Interfaith Cultural Organization of Athens http://www.interfaithathens.org
- Istanbul Center for Culture and Dialog (under Global Spectrum) www.istanbulcenter.org
- Turkish American Chamber of Commerce Southeast www.taccsoutheast.com
- Turkish American Islamic Institute http://www.turkishamerican.org/
Idaho
Pacifica Institute-Idaho
Illinois
- Concept Schools http://www.conceptschools.org/
- Intercultural Dialogue Student Association (IDSA) at SIUC http://idsa.rso.siuc.edu/
- Intercultural Friendship Foundation http://iffillinois.org/
- Niagara Foundation http://www.niagarafoundation.org/
- Turkish-American Federation of the Midwest http://www.turkishfederation.org/
- Turkish American Society of Chicago http://www.tascweb.org/
Indiana
Holy Dove Foundation http://www.theholydove.org/
Iowa
- Dialog Center http://www.iowadialog.org/ (this domain appears to have lapsed)
- Turkish American Society of Iowa http://www.tasiowa.org
Kansas
- Raindrop Turkish House
- Intercultural and Interfaith Dialog Student Association (University of Kansas) http://www.iidsa.org
Kentucky
Turkish-American Association of Kentucky
Louisiana
- Raindrop Turkish House
- Atlas Foundation http://www.atlaslouisiana.org/
Maine
Turkish Cultural Center Maine http://tccme.org
Maryland
- Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation
- MARTI (Maryland Turkish American Inhabitants) http://www.themarti.org/
- Maryland Institute for Dialogue http://www.dialoguemaryland.org/home/
- Turkish American Community Center http://www.taccenter.org/ http://turkishcommunity.org
Massachussetts
- Ace It Education (a.k.a. Friendship Foundation, Turkish Cultural Center Boston)
- Boston Dialogue Foundation http://www.dialogueboston.org/
- Turkish American Business Improvement & Development Council - TABID MA www.tabid.org
- Turkish Cultural Center Boston http://turkishcenterboston.org/
- Turkish Cultural Center Western Massachusetts http://www.tccwesternmass.org/
- Turkish Cultural Center Worcester http://www.tccworcester.org
Michigan
- Balkan American Community Center http://www.baccmichigan.org/
- Great Lakes Society of Friendship and Culture http://www.glsfc.org/
- Niagara Foundation of Michigan http://www.nfmichigan.org/
- Turkish American Society of Michigan http://www.miturkishamerican.org/
Minnesota
- Bosphorous Dialogue Association http://www.tc.umn.edu/~bda/index.html
- Northern Lights Society http://www.nlight.org/
Mississippi
Raindrop Turkish House Jackson http://www.raindropturkevi.org/jackson/
Missouri
- Millenium [sic] Education Foundation
- Raindrop Turkish House Kansas City
- Turkish-American Society of Missouri http://tasom.org/
Nebraska
- Niagara Foundation of Nebraska http://nfon.org/default.aspx
- Sabah Foundation http://www.sabahfoundation.org
Nevada
- Coral Education Corporation http://cecnv.org/Welcome.html
- Sierra Foundation http://www.sierraf.org/index.php
New Jersey
- Apple Educational Services http://www.appleeducation.org/
- FEBA Learning Center http://febalearningcenter.org/
- Federation of Balkan American Associations, Inc. (FEBA) http://www.balkanamerican.org/
- HUTACA - Hudson Turkish American Cultural Association http://www.hutaca.org
- Peace Islands Institute http://peaceislandsinstitute.org/ formerly: Interfaith Dialog Center http://www.idcnj.org
- Milkyway Education Center, Inc http://www.milkywayeducation.org/
- Raritan Turkish American Foundation, a.k.a. Raritan Turkish American Culture/Cultural Foundation http://raritanfoundation.org/
- Turkish Cultural Center New Jersey http://www.tccnj.org/ (Formerly HUTACA – Hudson Turkish American Cultural Association http://www.hutaca.org/html/en/events/turkey-trip.aspx )
New York
- Cornell Rumi Society http://www.rso.cornell.edu/rumi/index.html
- Golden Meadow Cultural Foundation (no longer active)
- Terra Science and Education, Inc. (a.k.a. Terra Science and Education Foundation) http://www.terraed.org/
- Turkish Cultural Center (main branch, New York City) http://www.turkishculturalcenter.org
- Turkish Cultural Center Albany http://www.tccalbany.org/
- Turkish Cultural Center Binghampton http://www.tccbinghamton.org/
- Turkish Cultural Center Brooklyn http://www.tccbrooklyn.org/
- Turkish Cultural Center Buffalo
- Turkish Cultural Center Ithaca http://www.tccithaca.com/
- Turkish Cultural Center Long Island http://www.tccli.com/
- Turkish Cultural Center Queens http://www.tccqueens.org/
- Turkish Cultural Center Rochester http://tccrochester.com/
- Turkish Cultural Center Staten Island http://www.tccsi.org/
- Turkish Cultural Center Syracuse http://tccsyracuse.org
- Universal Foundation http://www.universalfoundationny.org/
North Carolina
- Divan Cultural Center http://www.divancenter.org/ http://www.divantriad.org/ http://divancharlotte.org/
- Institute of Islamic and Turkish Studies http://www.iitsnc.org
- Islam and Dialogue Student Association http://society.ncsu.edu/islam/about.htm
Ohio
- Scioto Educational Foundation http://www.sefohio.org/
- Rumi Foundation of Cleveland http://www.clevelandrumi.org/
- Turkish-American Society of Ohio http://www.tasocleveland.org/
Oklahoma
- Raindrop Turkish House, Tulsa http://www.raindropturkevi.org/tulsa/
- Sky Foundation
Oregon
Rosegarden Turkish American Cultural Center (now renamed Pacifica Institute) http://www.rosegardencc.org/
Pennsylvania
- Erie Turkish Cultural Center
- Golden Generation Worship and Retreat Center (formerly Golden Generation Students Association)
- Lehigh Dialogue Center http://www.lehighdialogue.org/
- NOVA Education Foundation
- Penn State Dialog Forum
- Philadelphia Dialog Forum http://www.dialogueforum.us/index.html
- Pittsburgh Dialog Forum
- Red Rose Foundation http://www.redrosefoundation.org/
- Turkish American Business Improvement & Development Council TABID-Pennsylvania http://www.tabid.org
- Turkish Cultural Center Pennsylvania http://tccpenn.org/ (Website shows branches: Bethlehem, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh)
- Turkish Cultural Center Pittsburgh http://tccpittsburgh.org/
- West Penn Cultural Center (appears inactive; do not confuse with Western Pennsylvania Cultural Center)
- Wyoming Educational Foundation
South Carolina
South Carolina Dialogue Foundation http://www.scdialogue.org/
Tennessee
- Iris Education Foundation
- Knoxville Turkish Cultural Center (branch of S.U.C.) http://knoxvilleturkish.org/
- Society of Universal Dialogue, Nashville http://www.universaldialog.org/
Texas
- Amity Foundation (founded 2002; no longer in operation)
- Austin-Antalya Sister City Committee
- Azerbaijanian American Cultural Alliance http://www.aacalliance.com/
- Center for Turkish Studies, Inc.
- Citadel Foundation http://www.citadelfoundation.org/
- Cosmos Foundation http://www.cosmostx.org
- Gulen Institute http://www.guleninstitute.org/
- Houston Blue Mosque http://www.houstonbluemosque.org/
- Houston Istanbul Sister City Association http://www://houstonistanbul.org
- Intercultural Dialogue Association (IDA) at Texas Tech http://www.orgs.ttu.edu/ida/
- Institute of Academic Studies http://instituteofacademicstudies.org/
- Institute for Interfaith Dialog http://www.interfaithdialog.org
- Institute of International Commerce and Partnership
- New Dimension Educational Foundation
- Rain Drop Foundation (Raindrop Turkish House)
- Riverwalk Education Foundation (now renamed School of Science and Technology)
- Shanyraq Kazakh Foundation http://shanyraq.org/
- Texas Gulf Foundation
- Texas Gulf Institute (divisions: Gulf Language Institute, Ace Prep Training) http://www.tgicareer.com/
- Texas Turkish American Chamber of Commerce http://www.ttacc.org
- Turkish American Women's Association Austin http://www.tawaaustin.org
- Turkish American Women Association Dallas http://tawadallas.org/
- Turkish Olympiad Southwest US http://turkisholympiad.com/
- Turquoise Council of Americans and Eurasians http://www.turquoisecouncil.org/
Utah
- Beehive Educational Services
- Multicultural Arch Foundation (now renamed Pacifica Institute-Utah) http://www.mcarchfoundation.org/
Virginia
- ATFA - American Turkish Friendship Association http://www.atfa.us/
- Institute of Islamic and Turkish Studies http://www.iitstudies.org/
- Northern Virginia Education Foundation
- Pinnacle Education http://www.pinnacleeducation.us/
- Richmond Education Foundation http://www.richmondeducation.org/
- Society of American Turkish Academicians
- Turkuaz Foundation http://turkuazfoundation.com/
- Washington Education Foundation http://weduf.org
Washington
Acacia Foundation http://www.acaciafoundation.org/
Washington D.C.
- MAFTAA - Mid-Atlantic Federation of Turkic American Associations http://www.maftaa.org/
- Rumi Forum Inc http://www.rumiforum.org
- Society of American Turkish Academicians
- Turkish American Chamber of Trade Industry and Commerce http://www.tacticdc.org
Wisconsin
- Turkish American Cultural Center – Madison http://www.taccmadison.org/
- Turkish American Cultural Foundation of Wisconsin
- Dialogue International, Madison http://www.dialogue-international.org/
State of incorporation not yet determined
Association of Central Asian Students http://www.turkmenscholarsusa.org/
Fatih College Alumni Association of North American http://www.fcaana.com/
INTERNATIONAL
Afghanistan
- ATSIAD - Afghan-Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Association (Turkish name: AFGAN - TÜRK SANAYİCİ VE İŞADAMLARI DERNEĞİ) http://www.atsiad.org/
Albania
- Fondacioni Sema www.sema.edu.al/
- Prizmi Dialog Center http://prizmi.com/
- Shoqata Qendra Kulturore Horizontet e Reja http://horizontetereja.org
Argentina
- Fundación de la Amistad Argentino - Turca http://www.fundargentinoturca.com.ar/
Australia
- Australian Intercultural Society http://www.intercultural.org.au/
- Affinity Intercultural Foundation http://www.affinity.org.au/
- Baris Education and Culture Foundation http://www.barisfoundation.org.au/
- Blue Horizon Foundation http://bluehorizon.org.au
- Bluestar Intercultural Centre http://www.bstar.org.au/
- Feza Foundation, Australia http://www.fezafoundation.org.au/
- Intercultural Dialogue Society http://www.dialogue.org.au/
- Intercultural Harmony Centre, Perth http://www.harmony.org.au/
- Islamic Sciences and Research Academy http://www.isra.org.au/
- Melbourne Young Businessmen Association http://www.myba.org.au/
- Multicultural Youth Education Support Services - McYess Foundation http://www.mcyess.org.au
- Queensland Education and Cultural Foundation http://qecf.org.au
- Queensland Intercultural Society http://www.qis.org.au/
- Selemiye Foundation http://www.selimiye.com.au/
- Serenity Foundation http://www.serenityfoundation.org.au/
Austria
- Wiener Unternehmer Vereinigung http://www.wuv.or.at
Bangladesh
- Turkey Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry http://www.tbcci.net/
Belarus
- Belarus Diyalog Avrasya Derneği http://www.dabelarus.by/
- Belarus-Türk İşadamları Derneği (BETİD); Белорусско-турецкая деловая ассоциация «БЕТИД» (Belarus-Turkish Businessmen's Association) http://www.betid.org
- Dostluk Eğitim ve Kültür Kurumu (Friendship Education and Culture Foundation) http://www.dostluk.by/
- BETIAD http://www.betiad.be
- Intercultural Dialogue Platform http://www.idp-pdi.be/
Canada
- Anatolian Heritage Foundation http://anatolianheritage.ca/
- Beam Education Community Center, Hamilton, Ontario http://beameducation.com
- Burc Intercultural Centre, Calgary, Alberta http://burc.ca/
- Canadian Intercultural Dialog Center http://canadianintercultural.ca/index.htm
- Canadian Institute of Intercultural Dialog http://www.ciid.ca/CIID/
- Canadian Turkish Islamic http://www.ctif.ca/
- Damla Foundation, Burnaby BC (damla = drop in Turkish) http://damlafoundation.org/
- Dialog Foundation http://www.dialogfoundation.ca/Default.aspx
- Dicle Islamic Center, Toronto http://islamicteaching.info/
- Horizon Education Centre, Calgary http://www.horizoneducation.net
- Ertugrul Education Society http://www.ertugruleducation.ca/
- Manitoba Fellowship Organization http://manitobafellowship.org/eng/
- Montreal Intercultural Dialog Institute (IDI) http://montreal.interculturaldialog.com/
- Mosaic Education Centre, Edmonton, Alberta http://mosaiceducationcentre.com/links.htm
- Ottawa Intercultural Dialog Institute http://ottawa.interculturaldialog.com
- SAYGI - Turkish Canadian Academics Association http://www.saygi.ca
- Turkish Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Branches: ONTARIO: Toronto, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Kitchener, Hamilton, London, Niagara ; QUEBEC: Montreal; ALBERTA: Calgary, Edmonton; BRITISH COLUMBIA: Vancouver; MANITOBA: Winnipeg http://tcccommerce.com
- Turkish Olympiads Canada http://turkceolimpiyatlari.ca/
Chile
- Fundacion Catarata de la Amistad y Educacion Chileno y Turca http://www.catarataedu.cl
Czech Republic
- CETIAD - Çek Türk İşadamları Derneği http://cetiad.org
Denmark
- Dialog Forum - København http://www.dialogin.dk
- DATIFED http://www.datifed.dk
Estonia
- Estonian and Turkish Business Forum http://www.eesturk.ee
Finland
- Finland Dialog Förening http://www.dialogs.fi
- FITIAD http://www.fitiad.fi
France
- Fédération d'Entrepreneurs et de Dirigeants de France http://fedif.fr
- Groupement des Entrepreneurs Franco-Turcs http://fatiad.com
Germany
- Academy Verein fuer Bildungsbertung e.V. http://www.academy-ev.de/
- Akademischer Dialogkreis e.V. http://www.ad-kreis.com
- Begegnungen e. V. http://www.begegnungen-ev.net/
- Bundesverband der Unternehmervereinigungen e.V. http://buv-ev.de
- Forum fuer Interkulturellen Dialog e.V. http://www.fidev.org/
- Forum fuer Interkulturellen Dialog Berlin e.V. http://dialog-berlin.de/
- Initiative Niederrheinischer Akademiker e.V. (INA) http://www.inaev.org/
- Interkultureller Dialog http://www.ikult.com/
- Interkulturelle Dialogzentrum e.V. http://www.idizev.com
- Interkulturelles Dialogzentrum in München e.V. http://www.idizem.de
- Institut fuer Information ueber Islam und Dialog (INID) http://www.inid.de/
- Nord-Dialog e.V. http://www.nord-dialog.de
- Rumi Forum am Rhein e.V. www.rumiforum.de/
- Spektrum http://www.spektrum-ev.de
- Sueddialog http://www.sueddialog.de/
- Türkisch-Deutscher-Akademischer Bund e.V. (TDAB e.V.) http://www.tdab.de/
Hong Kong
Anatolia Culture and Dialog Center http://acdc.org.hk
Anatolia Culture and Dialog Center http://acdc.org.hk
Hungary
- Aktiv http://aktivbiz.hu/
- Dialógus Platform Egyesület http://www.dialogusplatform.hu
- Prizma Oktatási és Kulturális Alapítvány (Prism Education and Culture Foundation)
Ireland
Kazakhstan
- Northern Ireland Dialogue Society http://nids.org.uk/
- Northern Ireland Tolerance, Educational and Cultural Association http://ni-teca.org.uk/
- Turkish Irish Business Development Association http://tibda.ie
- Turkish Irish Educational and Cultural Society http://www.tiecs.ie/
Kazakhstan
- KATEV (Uluslararası Eğitim ve Kültür Vakfı Kazakistan) http://www.katev.kz/
- Association of Kazakh-Turkish Businessmen (KATIAD) http://www.katiad.kz/
Kyrgyzstan
- Kırgız-Türk İşadamları Derneği (KITİAD)
Latvia
- Baltic Education Latvia, SIA
Lithuania
- Balturka - Baltic Turkish Cultural Academy http://www.balturka.com/
Malaysia
- Malaysian-Turkish Chamber Of Commerce and Industry http://www.mtcci.org/
- Malaysian Turkish Dialogue Society (a.k.a. Malaysia-Turkish Dialogue Society) http://mtds.org.my/
Mexico
- CIMET - Centro de Intercambio Cultural y Educativo México-Turquía http://dialogoenmexico.org
Netherlands
- Cosmicus Foundation http://www.cosmicus.nl/
- Dialoog Academie http://www.dialoogacademie.nl/
- HOGIAF http://www.hogiaf.nl/
- Stichting Witte Tulp (White Tulip) http://www.stichtingwittetulp.nl/
New Zealand
- Pearl of the Islands Foundation http://www.pif.org.nz/
Nigeria
- Ufuk Dialogue Foundation http://ufukfoundation.org/
- Association of Investors and Businessmen of Turkey and Nigeria http://abinat.org
Norway
- OKUF (Oslo Kultur og Utdannigsforening = Oslo Culture and Education Association) http://www.okuf.no
- Sirius Kultur Og Utdanningsforening
Pakistan
- Rumi Forum, Pakistan http://www.rumiforum.pk
Peru
- Centro Cultural Turco, Instituto Baran http://www.baran.org.pe
Philippines
- Turkish Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines http://www.tccp.com.ph/ http://www.turkishchamberph.com
- Pacific Dialogue Foundation http://pacificdialogue.org.ph
- Integrative Center for Alternative Development (ICAD) (website now defunct
Poland
- Polonya Türkiye İşadamları Derneği http://www.potiad.org
Portugal
- Associação de Amizade Luso-Turca (Portuguese-Turkish Friendship Association) http://www.turquiaportugal.com
Russia
- Diyalog Avrasya Platformu http://www.daplatform.ru/
Senegal
- L'Atlantique Turquie-Sénégal association
Singapore
- Turkish Cultural Centre http://www.turkishcentre.com/
Slovakia
- Turkish - Slovak Alliance for Education and
Development (TSAFED) http://tsafed.org/
Somalia
- Nil Organization
South Africa
- Fountain Educational Trust
- Horizon Education Trust http://horizonedu.co.za/
- Turquoise Harmony Institute http://www.turquoise.org.za/
Sri Lanka
- Interfaith Dialogue Foundation Sri Lanka http://idflanka.org/
Sweden
- Dialogslussen http://www.dialogslussen.se
- FEDESTA - Federation of Swedish Turkish Associations (İsveç Türk Dernekleri Federasyonu) http:://fedesta.org/
- Föreningen Kulturpunkten http://kulturpunkten.org/
- Helsinborg Business Forum http://www.hbforum.se/
- Platform for Creative Idea and Dialogue http://plattformen.nu/
- Svensk Turkiska Företagarföreningen http://sturf.se/
- Swedish-Turkish Business Cooperation http://www.stbc.se/
- Swedish-Turkish Business Network/Federation http://www.sweturk.org http://sweturkfed.se
Switzerland
- Dialog-Institut http://www.dialog-institut.ch/
- Sera Stiiftung http://www.stiftung-sera.ch/
- Unternehmer Club Schweiz http://ucschweiz.org/
Taiwan
- Anatolia Formosa Association http://www.afa.org.tw/
- Formosa Institute http://www.formosainstitute.org
Tanzania
Ishik Medical and Education Foundation
Ishik Medical and Education Foundation
Turkey
- Antalya Intercultural Dialogue Center (AKDIM; Antalya Kültürlerarası Diyalog Merkezi) http://www.akdim.org/
- Bosphorus- Association of Cultural Cooperation & Friendship (BAKIAD; Boğaziçi Atlantik Kültürel Dostluk ve İşbirliği Derneği) http://www.bakiad.org.tr/
- Journalists and Writers Foundation (Gazeteciler ve Yazarlar Vakfı) http://www.gyv.org.tr/
- Fatih College Alumni Association http://www.fkmd.org/
United Arab Emirates
- Universal Future Education http://ufeducation.com
- Polaris Schools http://polarisschools.com/
United Kingdom
- Anatolia Cultural and Educational Society http://www.anatolia.org.uk
- Axis Educational Trust http://www.axisschools.org
- Business Network http://biznet-uk.org
- Dialogue Society, London http://www.dialoguesociety.org/
- Education and Dialog Charity, Leeds http://www.educationdialogue.org.uk/
- Fellowship Dialogue Society http://www.fellowshipdialogue.org/
- Mevlana Rumi Mosque and Dialogue Centre http://www.rumicentre.org.uk