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Orhan Kemal Cengiz For those of us who write columns for newspapers, there is a fundamental problem. We do not know how to categorize, how to label things in Turkey anymore. We name something and in a...
View ArticleTurkey demands end to political raids on business, education and media
Endless government-backed raids against educational institutions, media outlets and businesses on terror related allegations have drawn widespread condemnation across the board in Turkey.“A desperate...
View ArticleTÜSİAD warns gains Turkey made in last 10-15 years in jeopardy
The president of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association's (TÜSİAD) High Consultation Board (YİK), Tuncay Özilhan, has said Turkey's political and economic state of being is...
View ArticleThe economics of authoritarianism
Suat Kınıklıoğlu Not a day passes by without Turkey hearing of a raid on a school, a business group or a newspaper. It seems those who make these decisions are frantically trying to stem the growing...
View ArticleCriminal complaint filed against prosecutor accusing Hizmet of being terrorist
A criminal complaint has been filed against Ankara public prosecutor Serdar Coşkun, who prepared an indictment in which by using false testimonies as evidence he accused several people of conducting...
View ArticleTurkish Islamic lender still under political blockade
Though Turkey's largest Islamic bank, Bank Asya, has been administered by the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) since May, it is still prohibited from carrying out official transactions...
View ArticleSpinning on the Same World
Before Fatih Ozcan, the Mississippi representative for the Dialogue Institute of the Southwest, moved to the United States in 2002, he didn't fully recognize the importance of communication between...
View ArticleNewly prepared indictment for Tahşiye probe full of contradictions
The newly prepared indictment for an investigation, launched over charges that individuals defamed a deadly al-Qaeda-affiliated group known as Tahşiyeciler, has been revealed to be full of...
View ArticleDelayed indictment for Tahşiyeciler probe emerges, raising suspicion of new plot
The lawyer of Zaman Editor-in-Chief Ekrem Dumanlı, Hasan Günaydın, has said the prosecutor in an investigation launched over charges of defaming an al-Qaeda-affiliated group known as Tahşiyeciler...
View ArticleTurkey’s top administrative court annuls controversial prep school circular
The Council of State on Friday annulled a recent circular sent to every governor's office by the Ministry of Education demanding that all operating university preparation schools known as “dershanes”...
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Former US diplomat: War on Turkish schools in Africa ruining Turkey’s...
Former US Ambassador to Ethiopia and Adjunct Professor of International Relations David Shinn told Sunday's Zaman in an exclusive interview that Turkey tends to lose its credibility when it asks...
View ArticleModerate Islam has a voice if you listen
Helen Rose Ebaugh* On 9/11, I dismissed my usual 8:30 a.m. Sociology of World Religions class to accompany the students to the student center to watch the historic events on CNN. But before we left, I...
View ArticleFormer justice minister: Crime with which to charge Dumanlı cannot be found
Former Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Türk has said the prosecutor of the case cannot find a crime with which to charge Zaman Editor-in-Chief Ekrem Dumanlı, commenting on the finalized indictment on the...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu extends help to refugees trying to reach Europe
International charity organization Kimse Yok Mu delivered aid boxes to the Syrian refugees who are waiting on Edirne border through which they plan to reach European countries. The KYM volunteers gave...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu invited for consultation before UN summit
Turkey-based charity organization Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anyone There?), which has been a target of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government's unjust smear campaigns, has now been invited to...
View ArticlePolice raids on Ankara schools harshly condemned
Hundreds of police equipped with riot gear carried out raids on numerous schools in the Turkish capital of Ankara early on Monday, in yet another government-orchestrated operation targeting the...
View ArticleLegal experts and politicians condemn arrest of Bugün columnist Avcı
The outcry against the detention and subsequent arrest of Bugün daily columnist Gültekin Avcı continues to grow, with Turkey’s legal experts and opposition parties slamming the latest Ankara-backed...
View ArticleGYV says government trying to silence critics with recent attacks on media
The Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) has said the interim Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government is trying to silence its opponents by increasing pressure on the media."Recently,...
View ArticleSamanyolu graduate NBA star Enes Kanter says police raid ‘shameful’ for Turkey
Enes Kanter, a successful basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder and a graduate of a private Samanyolu school, has said Monday's police raids on the branches of the school in Ankara are a...
View ArticlePoliticians, parents condemn counterterrorism raids on Samanyolu schools
A number of politicians and parents, among others condemned Monday's raids on Samanyolu private schools, which were carried out by more than a hundred officers. Speaking to the Cihan news agency on...
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