Gülen lives in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania, where he presides over a huge informal network of schools, think tanks, businesses, and media across five continents. His devotees have established roughly 100 charter schools in the United States alone, and the movement has gained traction in Europe since the first Gülen school was founded in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1995.
葛兰自我流放地生活在宾夕法尼亚州，并在宾夕法尼亚主持着一个由跨越五大洲的学校、智库、企业和媒体组成的巨大的地下网络。光是在美国，他的信徒就建立了约100所特许学校，1995年，第一所欧洲葛兰学校在德国斯图加特建立，宣告葛兰运动进军欧洲。