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Turkey criticized for press freedom violations at European Parliament event
Turkey was criticized for cracking down heavily on independent and critical media at a seminar held in the European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday. The event, titled “press freedom in Turkey,” was...
View ArticleNigde physicians offer health screening to needy Kenyans
A volunteer team of physicians at Kimse Yok Mu Nigde chapter went to Kenya to provide health care to the needy in Malindi city, suffering from serious diseases due to undernourishment and scarcity of...
View ArticleDimensions of the Authoritarian Drift in Turkey
Alp Aslandoğan Turkey's journey of democratization toward EU membership stalled and made a U-turn during the third term of its ruling party AKP. Turkey's democratizing reforms have been both a state...
View ArticleAid organization head blasts terror probe
The president of the Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) has criticized people who accuse the organization of engaging in terrorist activities. Last week, Turkey was shocked by a terror...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu enables African girls to go to school
Kimse Yok Mu Foundation (KYM), with a record of charitable efforts in 113 countries around the world, has enabled African girls to go to school with the water wells it has established across the...
View ArticleWhen Iconic Islamic scholar wins prestigious peace award
Just last Thursday, the iconic Turkish Islamic scholar, Fethullah Gulen, was given the 2015 Ghandhi King Ikeda prestigious peace award at a very colourful ceremony at Atlanta’s Morehouse College,...
View ArticleFormer Turkish president’s son slams Ankara’s parallel conspiracy
Ahmet Özal, son of Turkey’s 8th president the late Turgut Özal, says that Ankara uses the word 'parallel' to conjure up imaginary enemies, and that his father would have been branded 'parallel' as well...
View ArticleReal judges also exist at İstanbul Courthouse, not only ‘Run İsmail’ ones
The penal courts of peace have hovered over the Turkish judiciary like a nightmare for months, operating contrary to constitutional and universal principles of law. These courts, which assess even the...
View ArticleProsecutor defies judge’s decision to release journalist Karaca, signaling...
An İstanbul prosecutor on Sunday defied a court decision to release journalist Hidayet Karaca and 63 police officers who were arrested in government-backed operations targeting police force last year,...
View ArticleCourt ruling for release of journalist Karaca, jailed police officers ignored
In an apparent result of growing political pressure on the members of Turkey's judiciary, public prosecutors have refused to comply with a court order for the release of Samanyolu Broadcasting Group...
View ArticleTurkish PM: releasing arrested media CEO was a coup attempt
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu claimed that the decision by Istanbul’s 32nd Court of First Instance to release Samanyolu Broadcast Group CEO Hidayet Karaca and dozens of prominent police...
View ArticleTurkey witnesses paralysis of justice system as court ruling not enforced
Turkey has, perhaps for the first time, seen a public prosecutor prevent the implementation of a court decision, regarding a recent ruling for the release of journalist Hidayet Karaca, the top...
View ArticleLawyer says prosecutor who blocked release of Karaca, officers cried over...
A lawyer representing journalist Hidayet Karaca, Gütekin Avcı, said the public prosecutor who refused to comply with a court ruling in favor of the release of his client and 75 police officers, cried...
View ArticleFormer European Parliament member says Karaca’s case a travesty of justice
Sir Graham Watson, a British politician and former member of the European Parliament, has described the situation of journalist Hidayet Karaca, who was not released by a prosecutor despite a court...
View ArticleLawless rule of law
Günal Kurşun Yesterday, the İstanbul 32nd Court of First Instance ordered the release of Hidayet Karaca, CEO of the Samanyolu Broadcasting Group, and some 63 police officers who had been arrested...
View ArticleTurkish charity sends team to Nepal, donates TL 100,000 to aid earthquake...
The Turkish aid organization Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) dispatched a team on Sunday to Nepal, which was struck by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that left around 2,000 people dead on Saturday, and...
View ArticlePoliticians, press unions slam delay in implementation of ruling to release...
Efforts by pro-government judicial members not to implement a Saturday court ruling for the release of Samanyolu Broadcasting Group Chairman Hidayet Karaca and 63 police officers who are being held in...
View ArticlePrisoners not released despite court order voice frustration over unlawfulness
Police officers and a senior journalist who remain behind bars despite a recent high court decision to grant their release pending trial have said that they are “captives,” as there are no legal...
View ArticleGülen’s lawyers file civil suit and criminal complaints against Prime...
The lawyers of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen filed both a civil lawsuit and criminal complaint against Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu over the prime minister's claims about their client. A...
View ArticleAfrican Union and Kimse Yok Mu sign landmark agreement to further aid efforts...
Turkish charity organization Kimse Yok Mu (KYM) has signed a landmark agreement with the African Union (AU), paving way for close cooperation between the two entities to further aid, education and...
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