One blow after another at anti-Hizmet docu’s premier
The Pennsylvania screening of the documentary “The Gulen,” targeting the Hizmet Movement and the Honorable Fethullah Gulen, was met with failure. At the follow-up session, the panelist Mary Addi said...
View ArticleWhy did Turkey seize Bank Asya?
Mehmet Çetingüleç In September 2014, in an address to the Turkish Industry and Business Association, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the following statement: “No effort is underway to cause...
View ArticleLawyer: Interim board leaked Bank Asya customer info
Interim board members of Bank Asya who were appointed after the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) took control of the lender last week have been leaking private customer information and...
View ArticleCPJ calls on Turkish government to reverse anti-press measures
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide, wrote a letter to Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on Monday to express...
View ArticleIllegal raid against Bank Asya spells disaster for Turkey, says TUSKON head
TUSKON President Rızanur Meral expressed that the illegal state takeover of publicly traded Bank Asya’s management last week has severe implications for the rest of the banking sector, financial...
View ArticleOverwhelming public response in support of Bank Asya
A public outcry against the raid and temporary management takeover of Bank Asya has seen countless customers depositing their money in support. Solidarity campaigns against the Banking Regulation...
View ArticleBanking regulator’s early deadline the basis for takeover
The Chairman of Turkey’s number one publicly traded participation bank Bank Asya, Prof. Dr. Erhan Birgili, underlines numerous injustices inflicted on the banking regulator’s management takeover of...
View ArticlePro-gov't firms scrutinized for delaying Bank Asya docs
Some of the Turkish firms that have assets in Turkey's Bank Asya may have avoided producing some documents required by the banking watchdog on time, opening the way for last week's intervention in the...
View ArticleStudy finds Bank Asya the most transparent bank
Though Bank Asya was taken over by the Turkish state this week on the pretext of lack of transparency, in fact a study from Sabancı University found Bank Asya to be the most transparent Turkish bank....
View ArticleBank Asya investors go to Turkish court in bid to regain control
Shareholders in Turkey's Bank Asya began legal action on Wednesday in an attempt to regain control of the Islamic lender after regulators dismissed the board and took over its management. Bank Asya...
View ArticlePro-gov’t media smears people affiliated with Gülen movement on Erdoğan’s...
After President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told a group of journalists from pro-government media outlets that key names in the Gülen movement -- also known as Hizmet -- in foreign countries would be revealed...
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Kimse Yok Mu’s health and education complex unveiled by Ugandan president
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the president of Uganda, attended the opening of a health and education complex built by the Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) in Jinha, Uganda's second largest...
View ArticleAfSV Statement on Chapel Hill Shootings
New York, February 11, 2015 – The Alliance for Shared Values strongly condemns the slaying of the three Muslim students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is heartbreaking to see...
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Turkey’s press crackdown worsened in spite of slight climb in rank
Reporters Without Borders discloses World Press Freedom Index for 2014 placing Turkey in 149th place, a five point climb from 154th. However the organization was quick to note that this was by no means...
View ArticleTerrorism charges against Karaca do not make sense, CHP leader says
The leader of the main opposition party has implied that the recent arrest of Hidayet Karaca, the general manager of the Samanyolu Broadcasting Group (STV), on charges of heading a terrorist...
View ArticleThe Guardian features arrested Turkish TV chief Karaca's letter
Arrested journalist Hidayet Karaca's letter detailing the threats that the media in Turkey face published by The Guardian, one of the leading British dailies. Karaca, the chairman of the Samanyolu...
View ArticlePolice raid on Bank Asya violates European Convention of Human Rights
The February 3 police raid conducted without a court order against publicly traded participation bank Bank Asya, which resulted in a management takeover by the state controlled fund, violates Article 8...
View ArticleBank Asya raid ‘entirely political’ states Turkish Bar Associations' head
Outspoken Turkish Bar Associations’ President Prof. Dr. Feyzioğlu, states political motives behind the February 3 police raid on Bank Asya and the management overhaul “are crystal clear.” Widespread...
View ArticleSpecial units established at TEM to monitor Hizmet members
Special bodies called “Parallel Monitoring Units” (PİB) have been established at the National Police Department counterterrorism unit (TEM) branches across 81 provinces to keep records of members of...
View Article30, including journalist, detained for protesting media crackdown
A total of 30 people, including the Cihan news agency's Şanlıurfa representative and 17 police officers, were detained in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa on Thursday for participating in...
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