Is Turkey’s high judiciary squirming out of political pressures?
Yavuz Baydar Did the Constitutional Court deliver a severe blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's personal ambitions of bringing all parts of the state under full control by overturning the Justice...
View ArticlePolitical Implications of the Hizmet-Gülen Movement
James C. Harrington Even though Hizmet (aka Gülen Movement) views itself as a proponent of civil society, its work certainly has political ramifications. It is a faith-based movement, although...
View Article'Pak Turk Businessmen Association actively working to enhance trade with Turkey'
"Pak Turk Businessmen Association (PTBA) is actively working to enhance bilateral trade between Pakistan and Turkey from present meager US nine million dollars to US three billion dollars in next few...
View ArticleFethullah Gülen's Views on the Western Science and Thought (1)
Enes Ergene Gülen's views differ from the Western thought in several ways. First, he objects to some ideological views that, he believes, penetrated Western science and colored its fundamentals. He...
View ArticleFethullah Gülen's Views on the Western Science and Thought (2)
Enes ErgeneThis is the second part of the article Gülen's Views on the Western Science and Thought Click here for [Part 1]2. Religion, science, and ideology Science and scientific activities have been...
View ArticleIf you are still capable of feeling ashamed
Ekrem Dumanlı Lies are being exposed one by one. But, your insolence is beyond limits. Everything is being done to make people not remember the libel and slanderous remarks made in the past. But those...
View ArticleEuropean court rules Bank Asya-like seizure of bank unfair
In a decision that could potentially set a precedent for similar cases in Turkey, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that the seizure of the country's...
View ArticleGYV condemns Suruç attack, calls for measures against terror threats
The Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) has strongly condemned what it called “a nefarious attack” near the Syrian border that killed at least 31 people, calling on authorities to take urgent...
View ArticleThe ‘other’ interview
Rushdi Siddiqui The difference between a good leader and a transformational leader is the latter’s openness to being challenged, as they get a chance to showcase their talent, thinking and tasks. Such...
View ArticleFethullah Gülen’s Perspectives on Forgiveness
Radhi H. Al-Mabuk The topic of forgiveness used to be almost the exclusive domain of philosophers and theologians. In the last three decades, however, considerable attention has been paid to...
View ArticleBank Asya shareholders vow to appeal to ECtHR after Demirbank ruling
In the wake of a recent verdict made by Europe's top judicial body in the Demirbank case, shareholders of Islamic lender Bank Asya have vowed to appeal the decision over its seizure in domestic and...
View ArticlePlot against Gülen movement put into action based on lies, false confessions
An alleged secret plot against members of the faith-based Gülen movement -- also known as Hizmet -- inspired by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, which became public last year, is being put into...
View ArticleThe increasing burden on the shoulder of regular Muslims
Sevgi Akarçeşme Given the news report coming from Turkey's border with Syria, fears have been realized. For a long time now, numerous observers have warned the Turkish government of the potential a...
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Upcoming Book: Hizmet Means Service
University of California PressHizmet Means Service examines Hizmet, a Turkish-based but global movement dedicated to human service. Inspired by Fethullah Gülen, a Sufi Muslim mystic, scholar, and...
View ArticleGülen extends condolences over terrorist attack in Suruç
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has expressed in a message his deep condolences over the victims of the terrorist attack in Suruç and over the death of a soldier in a terrorist attack in...
View ArticleFethullah Gülen’s Use of Philosophical and Scriptural Resources for Tolerance
Mark O. Webb* Of the many passages from the Qur’an that Gülen has cited as proof that tolerance is a religious duty, I have selected a few illustrative examples. First:Tell them: ‘O people of the Book,...
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Fatih College basketball court demolished despite ongoing case
Construction equipment entered Fatih College in İstanbul's Merter neighborhood on Tuesday, demolishing a basketball court in the school courtyard, despite the fact that a case regarding a decision by...
View ArticleThe press freedom issue
Ali Yurttagül It is a farce to discuss freedom of the press in Turkey. Some unrestrained criticisms can place Turkey in the same category as North Korea, China and Iran. The ongoing debate that focuses...
View ArticleThe Value of Time in Gulen’s Teachings
Time is a very important phenomenon in Islam where it is seen as an endowment from God as an important dimension of our journey in this world. Time is something relative though, abstract concept which...
View ArticleChannels through which Hizmet disseminates its core teachings
Ozcan Keles and Ismail Mesut Sezgin In this section, we cover how Hizmet movement popularizes its core teachings, which act as a positive counter-narrative to violent extremist ideologies and mindsets...
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