Reverend Ficca: "Every tradition, every religious and spiritual tradition...
Fikir Atlasi*, Episode 32 (Full text) My name is Reverend Dirk Ficca. I am an ordained Presbyterian minister who for the last 20 years has worked extensively in the Interreligious Movement. I served...
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Jurists: Administrative reports like ‘Red Book’ cannot be basis for legal...
A number of jurists speaking with Today's Zaman have criticized the government's attempts to base possible legal proceedings to be launched against members of the so-called “parallel structure” upon...
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Religious leaders pray for world peace at meeting of civilizations
Religious leaders prayed for world peace at an event deemed the meeting of civilizations and organized by the Antakya Intercultural Dialogue Association (AKADİM) and Turkish aid organization Kimse Yok...
View ArticleClass-B shareholders join objection against Bank Asya decision
The lawyer representing B-type shareholders of recently seized private lender Bank Asya has filed a case against the takeover decision, demanding an injunction along with compensation for losses at the...
View ArticleIslamists’ xenophobic policies threaten Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt The assaults on Korean tourists and a Uighur chef, who were mistaken for Chinese people, in İstanbul last week have shown the extent of damage dealt to this moderate nation of Turks by...
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Guinean president thanks officials from Turkish schools for educational efforts
Guinean President Alpha Conde received representatives of Turkish schools and an association run by volunteers from the Gülen movement at his office on Monday, thanking the group for their educational...
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Cambodian PM congratulates students from Turkish high school on GENIUS...
Receiving students from a Turkish high school who won nine medals in a GENIUS Science Olympiad, an international high school competition featuring projects about environmental issues, Cambodian Prime...
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GYV highlights ‘Turkish dream’ at its traditional iftar
The traditional iftar by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) was held at the İstanbul Hilton Bosporus Hotel on Tuesday night this year under the theme “The Turkey of our dreams.”The...
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Dr. Sison: Fethullah Gülen is a pioneer of peace
Speaking at a conference held the Philippines' 400-year-old university, University of Santo Tomas, Dr. Lilian Sison, the Dean of International Relations Department of the University of Santo Tomas,...
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Students of Fatih Schools take first place in LYS and TEOG exams
Students of the Fatih Schools network -- which are inspired by the faith-based Gülen movement -- popularly known as the Hizmet movement -- were the top scorers in both the Transition from Primary to...
View ArticleBeware of the espionage case in Germany
Cafer Solgun The German magazine Focus ran a shocking story about the lawsuit launched against three Turkish citizens who have been arrested on charges of espionage. The magazine's story was very...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu reaches out to orphans in Mongolia
International charity organization Kimse Yok Mu extended helping hand to orphanages in Mongolia during the holy month of Ramadan. Along with its Mongolian partner Khen ch baikhgui distributed food...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu provides fast breaking meal to orphan students in Kenya
International charity organization Kimse Yok Mu's Kenya chapter (KYK) gave fast breaking meal to orphans in eastern African country of Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi.İftar was provided by KYK to the...
View ArticleSmear campaign against Gülen fails after new details emerge on eavesdropping
The defamation campaign against the Gülen or Hizmet movement, which the Turkish president and his political Islamist Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government accuse of illegally wiretapping...
View Article"Hizmet, to me, represents the essence and the heart of what Islam is"
Fikir Atlasi*, Episode 33 (Full text) My name is Safaa Zarzour**. I am an educator, and an attorney and a community activist in the Chicagoland area. For over 2 decades now, I have been involved in...
View Article‘This community even puts cameras in bathrooms,’ so you said
Selçük Gültaşlı Abdülkadir Selvi, a columnist for the Yeni Şafak daily, wrote an article titled "Until when was the Cabinet reshuffle postponed?" three days following the graft and bribery scandals...
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Turkey, Rwanda business forum strengthens ties
The business community under the Rwanda Active Businessmen Association (RWABA) have called on their colleagues in the sector to join the association as a way to exploit investment opportunities beyond...
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Kimse Yok Mu repeatedly prevented from offering aid in Palestine
İsmail Cingöz, president of the Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu, has said that the İstanbul Provincial Directorate of Associations and the İstanbul Governor's Office have rejected 12 proposals for aid...
View ArticleTop court annuls controversial law on prep school closure
Turkey's Constitutional Court has annulled a controversial law seeking to close down dershanes, or private preparatory schools, in a landmark ruling that will influence the lives and futures of...
View ArticleConstitutional Court overturns controversial law abolishing prep schools
The top court has annulled in a landmark ruling a much-criticized law that sought to close down privately owned prep schools, which help students prepare for standardized high school and university...
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