School Children, Not Tools Of War
Shehu Yakubu AS a Nigerian who has experienced Turks and their culture both at home and in Turkey for over a decade of my life, I have come to see and feel Turkey as my second country. My first...
View ArticleGulen Movement, Civil Islam and Turkey’s Future
Ugur Kömeçoglu Over the last two decades, the Hizmet Movement has had a major influence on the ongoing transformation of Turkish political and religious life. The spread of Civil Islam has helped not...
View ArticleWhat does Fethullah Gülen say about Islamists/Islamism?
Fethullah Gülen refutes in his speeches and writings Islamist claims for an Islamic political platform: “Islam does not propose a certain unchangeable form of government or attempt to shape it....
View ArticleMr. Gülen's thoughts about political representation of Islam and democracy
What do you think about Mr. Gülen's thoughts about political representation of Islam and democracy? Saritoprak: In 2005 I had an interview with Mr. Gülen, the text of which was published in “The Muslim...
View ArticlePakistani students compete to advance to final of Turkish Olympiads
A total of 278 Pakistani students studying at Turkish schools, which have been operating in Pakistan for 19 years, competed in Pakistani leg of Turkish Olympiads to be qualified to participate in the...
View ArticleS&P underlines Bank Asya takeover harbors potential political risks
Ratings agency Standard and Poor's said on Wednesday incidents surrounding Turkey's Bank Asya, which ended in its management takeover by regulators in early 2015, showed the potential for political...
View ArticleAsya shares partially seized as S&P warns of risks
Turkey's banking watchdog, the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK), said on Wednesday regulators had taken control of a small stake in Turkey's largest Islamic lender Bank Asya over what...
View ArticleEP vice president says "parallel state" a conspiracy theory for many
The vice president of the European Parliament (EP) has said that the theory of a "parallel state," which has been forcefully endorsed by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government in the...
View ArticleFethullah Gülen extends condolences over death of Turkish literary giant
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has extended his condolences to the family and fans of Yaşar Kemal, one of Turkey's greatest writers, whose works were translated into 40 languages. Gülen said...
View ArticleYemeni authorities praise Turkish schools for persevering during hard times
Yemen's Education Ministry and scores of high-ranking officials and academics have expressed gratitude for Turkish educators and schools that have continued to offer educational services during...
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Freedom comes with a price
Hidayet Karaca* Currently, those who are concerned about the state of freedom in Turkey are paying a heavy price. Those who raise demands for democracy and transparency are being raided, arrested or...
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'Members of Hizmet (the Gulen movement) show that love truly is a verb'
Andrew Kosorok Several years ago two dozen men changed, in the blink of an eye, how an entire country viewed one quarter of the world’s population. Of course, I’m speaking of the tragic events of 9/11...
View ArticleKaynak Holding to legally challenge pro-gov’t press and regulators
Kaynak Holding condemns the pro-government press slander and the Turkish banking watchdog BDDK's overhaul of shares its subsidiaries’ held in publicly traded Bank Asya. “The March 5, 2015 reports in...
View ArticleArab bankers express concern over Asya intervention
A government intervention into a leading Turkish Islamic bank is a bad reflection on the country's banking sector, which has seen stable growth over the past decade, and the current uncertainty...
View ArticleCHP’s Oran debunks alleged plot to kill Erdoğan’s daughter via Twitter documents
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Umut Oran, who was accused by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the pro-government media of plotting on Twitter to assassinate Erdoğan's...
View ArticleWho is pro-Israel?
Abdülhamit Bilici If you want to undermine the image and prestige of those who raise views that are different from those of the government in the “new Turkey,” the best thing you can do is accuse them...
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Central African president: Turkish school will have no trouble in my country
Central African Republic (CAR) Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza has praised a prominent Turkish school's contributions to her country and assured that it will not experience any problems in the...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu provides meal for 250 Syrians each day in southeastern Turkey
Turkish charity organization distributes meal every day for 250 Syrians who took refuge in Turkish southeastern province of Gaziantep due to ongoing war in their country. Apart from food aid, Kimse Yok...
View ArticleGülen movement as creative and civil movement
Turgay Yavuz* The Bergsonian philosophy had been a sanctuary for our intellectuals who used it to dispense with the "despair and darkness" in the face of the psychology of defeat stemming from the fall...
View ArticleTurkey shies away from legal measures to provide equal opportunity in education
The recent move to close down prep schools that serve to significantly boost equal opportunity in education may be seen as yet another failure to promote equality on the part of a government which has...
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