GREEN Charter School
Greenville Renewable Energy Education Charter School, Greenville SC
Page created August 23, 2014
GREEN Charter School opened in fall 2013 with grades K-6 and plans to add one grade a year until it becomes a K-12 school. Its address as of August 2014 is 1440 Pelham Road, Greenville SC. Its website is http://www.scgreencharter.org/ It displays the typical characteristics of Gulen charter schools (see list).
Construction/renovation of the GREEN Charter School building on 1440 Pelham Road was performed by Blue Ocean Construction, a Gulenist business that has contracted with several Gulen charter schools. Blue Ocean's principal officer, Mehmet Fahrettin Taskan, has multiple Gulenist affiliations. See this page for more.
Construction/renovation of the GREEN Charter School building on 1440 Pelham Road was performed by Blue Ocean Construction, a Gulenist business that has contracted with several Gulen charter schools. Blue Ocean's principal officer, Mehmet Fahrettin Taskan, has multiple Gulenist affiliations. See this page for more.
Closely-associated private businesses
The following 2 private businesses (which may legally be the same) share the same 1440 Pelham Road address as the GREEN Charter School:
The following 2 private businesses (which may legally be the same) share the same 1440 Pelham Road address as the GREEN Charter School:
- Green Apple Childcare Center (Oguz Tekin)
- Sprinter Education Services (corporate officer and registrant Oguz Tekin)
GREEN Charter School offers an after-school care program that parents must pay for. While the regsitration form gives no information on who actually runs this business, it is extremely probable that it is run by Green Apple or Sprinter. These businesses are thus able to use their inside connection to the school to garner clientele.
Evidence of affiliation with Gulen Movement
GREEN Charter school's ties to the Gulen Movement and nationwide chain of Gulen charter schools are evidenced by the multiple affiliations, both past and present, of the following individuals.
GREEN Charter school's ties to the Gulen Movement and nationwide chain of Gulen charter schools are evidenced by the multiple affiliations, both past and present, of the following individuals.
Abdulbasit Akif Aydin, a.k.a. Akif Aydin
- Board Member, GREEN Charter School
- Board Member, River City Science Academy
- Amity Turkish Cultural Center (Gulenist organization)
- Atlantic Foundation of North Florida (Gulenist organization)
- President South Carolina Dialogue Foundation (Gulenist organization)
- Participant, along with Abdulkadir Yildirim, in Panel Discussion, Sep 20, 2011, organized by South Carolina Dialogue Foundation (Gulenist organization)
Adem Dokmeci
- Principal, GREEN Charter School
- Principal, River City Science Academy (Gulen charter school in Jacksonville FL)
Selcuk Filiz
- Board Member, GREEN Charter School
- "Likes" South Carolina Dialogue Foundation (Gulenist organization) on Facebook
Imtiaz Haque
- Board Member and Founder, GREEN Charter School (Per website of Clemson University, Haque "was instrumental in creating the idea for a STEM school with focus on energy that resulted in the GREEN Charter School in Greenville. He currently serves as a board member.")
- Participant in South Carolina Dialog Foundation /Atlantic Institute Gulenist Turkey trip
Oguz Tekin
- Math Teacher, Math Department head, Stars Middle School (Gulen charter school in Tallahassee FL)
- Officer, Sprinter Education Services
- Green Apple Childcare Center
Abdulkadir Yildirim, a.k.a. A. Kadir Yildirim, Kadir Yildirim, Abdul Kadir Yildirim
- Board member, GREEN Charter School
- Director, Scioto Educational Foundation (Gulenist organization in Ohio later renamed as branch of Niagara Foundation)
- Member, South Carolina Dialogue Foundation (Gulenist organization)
- Concluded speech with quotation by M. Fethullah Gulen, at Oct 9, 2007 event at Ohio State Capitol organized by Scioto Educational Foundation; preeminent Gulenist Yuksel Alp Aslandogan was another participant.
- CV while at Princeton listed “Islam and Democracy in a Social Movement Perspective: An analysis of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Gulen Movement” under "Ongoing projects," and “Islamic Social Movements: Democracy and Sharia Conceptions of the Gulen Movement and the Muslim Brotherhood,” under "Conference Participation."
- Author under name A. Kadir Yildirim, Today's Zaman column Feb 2, 2011 entitled "Facade of a democratic transition in Egypt." Note that Today's Zaman is the Gulen Movement's flagship newspaper in English. http://www.todayszaman.com/news-234176-facade-of-a-democratic-transition-in-egypt-by-akadir-yildirim*.html
- Author under name A. Kadir Yildirim of 3 articles in Gulen Movement's Fountain Magazine. Article from 2008 (link) entitled "Islam and Democracy: A Critical Perspective on a Misconstrued Relationship" makes extensive reference to Fethullah Gulen
- Participant, along with (Abdulbasit) Akif Aydin, in Panel Discussion, Sep 20, 2011, organized by South Carolina Dialogue Foundation (Gulenist organization)