For a decade, Gülen-connected companies played a widely acknowledged – and appreciated – role in Turkey’s economic growth and development, while Gülen-movement schools trained students to pursue public-service jobs. As long as bureaucrats were recruited and promoted based on merit, the AKP had no problem accepting the over-representation of Gülen followers in certain branches of government.
在十年的时间里，与葛兰有关的公司对土耳其的经济增长和发展做出了广为人知——和支持——的作用，而葛兰运动学校毕业的学生纷纷追求公务职位。只要官僚系统根据才能来招聘和升职，AKP就不会无法接受葛兰运动追随者在一些政府机构中人数过多。