NSW Governor Margaret Beazley's defiant support for the Gulen movement not good for business, may discourage business from MÜSIAD (Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association)

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

MUSIAD Melbourne recently opened a new branch in South Melbourne.

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MUSIAD's history has been described by  Caroline Tee: 

In 1971, TÜSIAD (Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association), a staunchly secularist business confederation dedicated to the principles of Kemalism, had been established by members of Turkey’s old industrial class. In 1990, MÜSIAD (Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association) was founded by a new group of pious Turkish businessmen. It served as a religiously-minded alternative to TÜSIAD and has focused particularly on cultivating closer trade links with the Muslim countries of the Persian Gulf and the wider Middle East. Industrialists who were followers of Gülen later established their own Gülenist collective known as TUSKON (Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists in Turkey) in 2005. The Gülenists thus separated from MÜSIAD, and TUSKON became a transnational organisational umbrella under which the businesses affiliated with the Gülen Movement came together for regular trade summits and networking (Hendrick 2013).

Meanwhile, in NSW, NSW Governor Margaret Beazley persists with her defiant support for the Gulen movement. That cannot be good for business, for it may discourage business from MÜSIAD who are clearly aligned with the Government of Turkey, who have declared the Gulen movement a terrorist organization. 

Saturday, August 27, 2022

NSW Governor Margaret Beazley affirms support for Gulen movement despite Turkey designating Gulen a terrorist organisation

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley, AC QC, Governor of New South Wales attended a ceremony today renewing an historic tertiary education agreement between Charles Sturt University and the Islamic Sciences and Research Academy (ISRA).

NSW Governor Margaret Beazley has  affirmed her  support for the  Gulen movement by officiating at the Charles Sturt-ICRA ceremony to mark the continued working relationship between CSU and ICRA. ICRA is part of the international Fetuulah Gulen movement, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by Turkey.

The Gulen movement's influencing activities are well documented, and well within Australia's foreign interference laws, but Beazley has chosen to ignore this issue as well. 

Many have sought to portray Gulen and his movement as innocent victims but even The Economist had to admit:

Fethullah Gulen shares blame for Turkey’s plight

The exiled imam did much to cripple democracy

Governor Beazley has openly supported the Gulen movement, and continues to do so despite the designation of that group as a terrorist movement. 

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