Blue Dome Press: 35 books
Hungry for Power
Erdogan’s Witch Hunt and Abuse of State Power
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
For much of the last thirteen years, Turkey rode a wave of political, social, and economic success. When the AK Party came to power in 2002, it pursued a progressive and democratic agenda which resulted in the advancement of democratic and human rights and widespread economic growth. Two landslide...
Fethullah Gulen
A Life of Hizmet
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2019
In this first critical biography of Fethullah Gulen in English, historian Jon Pahl takes us on a journey where we discover wisdom and controversy, from 1940's Turkey to the U.S. in the twenty-first century. Pahl tells the story of a pious Muslim boy from a tiny and remote Turkish village who on the...
Yunus Emre
The Sufi Poet in Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
One of the most famous poets in the history of Turkish literature, Yunus Emre (d. 1320) is well-known as a Sufi saint-poet who has exerted a great influence in both the East and the West. This book is an analysis on Emre's ardent, deceptively simple, yet powerful expressions of love, the musicality...
by Ilber Ortayli
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Topkapi Palace was the official and primary residence of the Ottoman sultans for almost four centuries of their 624-year reign. This illustrated guide to Topkapi Palace (the heart of a vast transcontinental empire until the mid-nineteenth century) explores Ottoman history, as it relates to specific...
Yes, I Would...: An American Woman's Letters to Turkey
An American Woman's Letters to Turkey
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Yes, I Would... comprises a series of imaginary letters written to Lady Mary Montagu, whose famous Embassy Letters were written in 1716-1718 during her stay in Turkey as the wife of the English ambassador. The author uses themes dear to Lady Mary, such as culture, art, religion, women and daily life,...
The Return of the Cavaliers
Biography of Fethullah Gulen
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Beginning with the environment in which Fethullah Gulen was raised and the dynamics that formed his character, this biographical novel captures the very essence of his exemplary life story by shedding light on the crucial events and memories that left their mark in the lives of Gulen and the dedicated...
by Cenk Enes Ozer
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
The struggle between good and evil is at the heart of the entire history of humanity, but it is also a struggle that takes place in the hearts and minds of each and every one of us. In his novel, the author chronicles this fierce battle in a way that addresses modern readers.
He skillfully...
The Last 72
Essays on Living the Last 72 Hours of Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
This book is the compilation of the best submissions to the essay contest, Last 72, organized by Everest Productions and The Fountain in 2010. As you read along, you will witness an inmate regretting his past life and taking shelter into hopes for God’s mercy, a mother ready to move the entire planet...
No Return from Democracy
A Survey of Interviews with Fethullah Gulen
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
It was rare, if not impossible, to find in ’80s and ’90s a Muslim cleric who spoke in favor of democracy, integration with the Western world, and universal human values. Fethullah Gülen was one of those. Many of his avant-garde ideas did not only earn him one of the largest and most influential...
Islam and Peacebuilding
Gulen Movement Initiatives
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
The exploration of the contributions is made with regards to the title in hand by the thought and practice of the global movement associated with the Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gulen. The importance and distinctiveness of teaching of Gulen and the practice of the movement is that it is rooted...
by Dogu Ergil
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
Understanding both Fethullah Gulen, a moderate Turkish Muslim scholar, and the Gulen Movement, a global network of volunteers, teachers, students, intellectuals and business people who are inspired by Gulen's philosophy based on dialog and peaceful coexistence, is vital to making any sort of...
Louis Massignon
A Pioneer of Interfaith Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
The root of the word Badaliya in Arabic, means to replace or exchange one thing for another. The French scholar and spiritual seeker, Louis Massignon (1883–1962), interpreted the word as a willingness to put oneself in the place of another, to give one's own life for the sake of someone else. This...
Reflections on Turkey
Turkish-American-Israeli Relations and the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
This book is a collection of the essays on Turkey that analyze the international, regional and national political developments in the last several years covering a wide variety of issues from the transformation of Turkish politics to the changing role of Turkey in its region, and from the ups and...
Time to Talk
An Exclusive Interview with Fethullah Gulen
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Time to Talk , a detailed interview of Fethullah Gulen by Ekrem Dumanli, is a defense manifesto of the Hizmet Movement which has been engaged in educational activities around the world and in Turkey for five decades. The content of the talk once again confirms that the Movement, which has never been...