Gülen issues message of condolences for slain prosecutor Kiraz
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has issued offered his deep condolences to family of Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, who was killed after a deadly hostage crisis on Tuesday. During these days...
View ArticleHarms: No media freedom in Turkey right now
The leader of the Greens in the European Parliament (EP) has criticized the Turkish government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with unusually strong words, stressing several times that Turkey is...
View ArticleKaynak demands return of shares seized by watchdog
Turkish conglomerate Kaynak Holding, one of the largest shareholders of Islamic lender Bank Asya, has called on the country's banking watchdog to give back its seized bank shares. Turkey's Banking...
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Pro-gov’t troll says sympathizers of Gülen movement should be ‘wiped out’
A pro-government Twitter troll, who frequently insults using offensive language prominent political and social figures who do not embrace the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) ideals...
View ArticleIs it civil disobedience or passive resistance?
Ahmet Kurucan* Can the stance adopted by the Gülen movement in the face of the government's attempts to discredit it and ultimately wipe it out be described within the framework of “civil...
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The Hizmet Movement in Southeast Turkey: A Brief History
Mustafa Gurbuz The development of the Gülen movement, also known as the Hizmet movement, in Kurdish-populated cities goes back to the late 1980s. The first Hizmet institutions were university exam prep...
View ArticleThe AKP as a party: Is it Islamic, statist or just opportunist?
Orhan Oğuz Gürbüz The situation is tense these days in Turkey between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Gülen movement. It's no exaggeration to say that this fight has transcended...
View ArticleUnwelcome journalists challenge Erdoğan with hardball questions
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is always accompanied by a group of hand-picked journalists during his visits to foreign countries from whom he takes apparently softball questions on certain issues on...
View ArticleProsecutor lays out far-fetched charges against Gülen, US and Turkish authors
A Turkish prosecutor's charges against military officers who took part in the interception of trucks transporting heavy weaponry to Syria make heavy use of far-fetched claims that involve contributors...
View ArticleFethullah Gülen and the origins of the Gülen Movement
Mehmet Kalyoncu The Gülen movement is a faith-based civil society movement which initially comprised mostly a loose network of individual pious Muslims and is currently active in some ninety-one...
View ArticleBank Asya shareholders lodge complaint against BDDK
Bank Asya shareholders, whose management rights were transferred to the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) on Feb. 3, have lodged a complaint with the banking watchdog, accusing it of...
View ArticleThe Hizmet Movement and its contribution to the global peace and tolerance
İsmail Albayrak This article will summarize some important features of globalization briefly, and then will provide the general description of the Hizmet Movement, its main characteristics in the...
View ArticleGülen Movement's role in peace and prestige of Turkey
Doğu ErgilQ: In order for Turkey to have domestic peace and be regarded with esteem from abroad, what kind of actions does Fethullah Gülen propose and what kind of a role does he assign to his...
View Article‘Bank Asya is strong, nation will suffer if gov't sinks it'
Former central bank governor Durmuş Yılmaz, who is running for Parliament in the June 7 general election on the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) ticket, has criticized the Justice and Development Party...
View ArticleBank Asya sends information of 152 shareholders to BDDK
Bank Asya announced on Thursday that it had submitted documents regarding 152 of its 185 shareholders to the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK). The bank said the documents from its...
View ArticleProsecutor uses discredited testimony to accuse Gülen of terror charges
A scandalous indictment based on an account provided by a discredited witness, who was turned into an informant by way of a plea bargain to evade theft and misconduct charges, was accepted by an Ankara...
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Fethullah Gulen Awarded 2015 Gandhi King Ikeda Peace Award
Atlanta – Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College awarded its prestigious 2015 Gandhi King Ikeda Peace Award to Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen in recognition of his life-long...
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Fethullah Gulen Statement Accepting the 2015 Gandhi King Ikeda Peace Award
Fethullah Gülen“I am humbled by the kindness of the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College to consider me as a recipient of the prestigious 2015 Gandhi King...
View ArticleBank Asya delivers shareholder info to BDDK, pretext for seizure vanishes
Turkey's largest Islamic lender, Bank Asya, announced on Thursday evening that it has sent documents regarding a total of 152 shareholders to the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK). The...
View ArticleLaughter-guaranteed terrorist organization indictment
Bülent Korucu Have you ever bought anything from peddlers on ferries? With exaggerated details, they explain that they will sell the bottle of “miraculous” liquid they produce from their bags only for...
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