Weighlifter Saw 'Gülen' Name as Handicap

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(Milliyet Newspaper, 29 August 2017)


             Quite a weight off his shoulders.

Mehmet Emin Gülen (36) of Diyarbakır is the reigning European
sight-impaired weighlifting champion and is ranked second in the
world.  But after the coup attempt of 15 July 2016 he became
uncomfortable with the surname 'Gülen' (same as coup mastermind
Fethullah Gülen) and changed it to 'Erdoğan' (!).

Mehmet Bey explained that his children began to ask him "dad,
we have the same last name as the terrorist chief. Are we bad like
him?"  Consequently, Mehmet and his wife decided to apply to the
court to change their surname to 'Erdoğan', after which Mehmet
stated that "It's like I've been born again, getting the surname
Erdoğan.  I'm proud to carry the surname of our President, Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan."



Fethullah Gülen reacted to the news in his Saylorsburg PA
HQS.