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74 US senators urge Kerry to back media freedom in Turkey
Seventy-four lawmakers from the US Senate have sent a letter to US Secretary of State John Kerry to express concern over what they called "an affront to the basic principles of democracy" in Turkey,...
View ArticleConfidence lost
İbrahim Türkmen It was first claimed by famous whistleblower fuatavni on his Twitter account, and then the rumor spread. The Finance Ministry's Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) is said to...
View ArticleParallel Council of Europe
Günal Kurşun“Nils Muiznieks concerned about arrest of journalists in Turkey,” “Nils Muiznieks concerned with Turkey's ‘chilling message' to journalists and dissenting voices,” “Muiznieks declares:...
View ArticleCompensation case filed against Erdoğan for targeting Gülen-affiliated schools
Fetih Educational Operations (Fetih Eğitim İşletmeleri), which run schools affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement, has filed a compensation case against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for...
View ArticleYGS results announced, top scorers from Gülen-affiliated schools
Turkey's Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) on Thursday announced the results of the Transition to Higher Education Examination (YGS), revealing that students from Gülen-affiliated schools,...
View ArticleIs everyone else wrong except Erdoğan’s dictatorship?
Bülent Keneş Here is a famous anecdote. You must have heard it. Our hero, Temel, enters the freeway in the wrong direction. As a warning to drivers, a traffic cop makes an announcement on the radio....
View ArticleGlobal Doctors Movement goes to Africa, performs 65 cataract surgeries
Doctors with the Global Doctors Movement (Küresel Doktorlar Hareketi) and medical students from the Healing Hands Club of Şifa University have treated 65 cataract patients in Cameroon, Mali, and...
View ArticleErdoğan’s skullduggery
Abdullah Bozkurt In a classic textbook style of how an authoritarian leader behaves, Turkey's “dictator-wannabe” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan employs tactics ranging from blackmailing of his...
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Report: Erdoğan's anti-Turkish school rhetoric damages Turkish-African ties
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's unrelenting denunciation of schools affiliated with the Gülen community and calls for the closure of the schools over the past two years have been harshly criticized in...
View ArticleThe letter that united America
Gültekin AvcıThe letter 74 American senators wrote to John Kerry is a critical turning point for both the USA and Turkey. 74 members of the Senate, which has a total of 100 members, signed a document...
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Kurdish theologian: Gülen’s ideas best antidote to ISIL
Jafar Gwani, an Islamic theologian based in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, has said the ideas of Fethullah Gülen, an Islamic preacher who lives in self-imposed exile in the US, are the best...
View ArticleDifferent faces of Turkish Islamic nationalism
Senem Aslan* On Dec. 17, 2013, Turkish prosecutors started a corruption investigation into the activities of the sons of three ministers of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government,...
View ArticlePM Davutoğlu sues Today’s Zaman editors over tweets
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has sued two journalists from Today's Zaman over tweets they wrote, the latest in a series of similar cases filed against journalists in Turkey. Editor-in-Chief of...
View ArticleMinistry of Education shuts down 2 schools abroad
The Ministry of Education, which proposed offering the same services provided by Turkish schools established around the world by entrepreneurs inspired by the views of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah...
View ArticleBank Asya shareholders lodge complaint against Ernst & Young Turkey
Bank Asya shareholders have lodged a complaint with the global headquarters of independent auditing firm Ernst & Young, accusing the Turkish branch of the company of avoiding commenting on improper...
View ArticleTwitter blocks access to tweets by Today’s Zaman editors for ‘insulting’ PM
Twitter has blocked access two tweets by two top editors of Today's Zaman daily over Turkish court decisions which ruled that the posts contained “insults” at Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. Davutoğlu...
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US gov’t says shares concerns over Turkey’s poor press freedom record
The United States administration has said it shares the concerns of US lawmakers over Turkey's worsening press freedom record and encouraged Ankara to further its democratic ideals in its response to a...
View ArticleKPSS operation full of contradictions, claimed to target Hizmet
The investigation into alleged cheating in the 2010 State Personnel Examination (KPSS) was restarted recently, amid claims that it is politically motivated after many discrepancies were noted regarding...
View ArticleGülen’s lawyer says client has nothing to do with KPSS scandal
The lawyer of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen criticized on Wednesday the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for involving his client in a case involving allegations of cheating in the 2010 State...
View Article"Fethullah Gülen has inspired many Muslims to be engaged in interfaith dialogue"
What do you think about Gülen's works and his contribution on interfaith dialogue and humanity? Archbishop Fitzgerald: Fethullah Gülen has inspired many Muslims to be engaged in interfaith dialogue,...
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