Accusations, references to terror organization in Tahşiye indictment are...
Büşra Erdal The Tahşiye indictment based on conspiracy allegations is legally contradictory. The indictment is a text of lies and false accusations published in the pro-government media. A review of...
View ArticleTurkish charity Kimse Yok Mu represents Turkey at 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, represented Turkey as an...
View ArticleThey have nothing
Tarık Toros If they had… They would not sue people for insulting the President based on a posted tweet or an innocent written criticism. They would not imprison so many peopleç ** If they had… They...
View ArticleTivibu under fire for dropping channels critical of gov’t ahead of election
Tivibu, an online TV streaming service provided by TTNet, has come under fire this week from both civil society groups and politicians after it stopped carrying TV channels Bugün TV, Samanyolu Haber...
View ArticleReport: Gov’t carrying out systematic human rights violations since Dec. 17...
The Turkish government has been perpetrating “systematic human rights violations” on Turkey's judiciary, security force and media outlets critical of the administration ever since two graft probes...
View ArticleTivibu and censorship
Erhan Başyurt Tivibu has set an incredible example of censorship by unilaterally deciding to banish the channels BUGÜN TV, Samanyolu News and Mehtap TV from its digital broadcasting platform. There are...
View ArticleMinistry of Education cancels circular demanding closure of dershanes
The Ministry of Education issued a circular on Sept. 18 canceling a previous circular sent to provincial governors on Aug. 12 that ordered the closure of all university preparation schools, known in...
View ArticleTurkish school sacrifices over 150 cows for Eid al Adha
More than 150 cows were slaughtered yesterday morning by the Filipino Turkish Tolerance School in commemoration of Eid al Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice. Zafer Elen, school administrator disclosed that...
View ArticleDespite obstacles, Kimse Yok Mu delivers aid to thousands worldwide
In spite of smear campaigns targeting it for two years and the government attempting to prevent it from continuing with its charitable works, the Kimse Yok Mu foundation successfully delivered aid to...
View ArticleLawyer: Indictment against Gülen based on unproven accusations
Nurullah Albayrak, the lawyer representing Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused of being the leader of an armed terrorist organization as part of a government-backed case, said the...
View ArticleErdogan vs the Gulen movement
Shannon Ebrahim A little piece of Turkey sits in Midrand, north of Johannesburg, in the form of the breathtaking Nizamiye mosque– built as a replica of the famous Selimiye mosque of Edirne, with its...
View ArticleThe country is their property
Orhan Kemal Cengiz All of a sudden and without any explanation, the online TV streaming service Tivibu removed Samanyolu TV and Bugün TV from its schedules. As you may easily guess, these TV channels...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu conducts cataract surgeries in Nepal
Kimse Yok Mu, an international charity organization operating in 113 countries of the world, helped 68 Nepalese people who cannot see due to cataract in their eyes. On the first day of Eid al-Adha,...
View ArticleMore than 60 countries attend panel organized by GYV at UN
Representatives of more than 60 countries attended a panel discussion organized by the İstanbul-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) at UN headquarters in New York. The panel titled...
View ArticleGYV holds reception for attendees of 70th UN General Assembly
Ministers, academics, bureaucrats, entrepreneurs, opinion leaders and nongovernmental organization representatives from all over the world attended a reception held by the İstanbul-based Journalists...
View ArticlePress freedom 'under attack' in Erdogan's Turkey
A Turkish judge on the European Court of Human Rights has launched a scathing attack on her country's record on freedom of the press."Turkey had the image of a country where torture was tolerated; I am...
View ArticleReflection on the Asia-Pacific Trip with the Hizmet Movement
Samuel D. Henry* People undertake travel for a spectrum of reasons that range from the economic to the voyager; journeys that are spiritual, social, aesthetic, emotional or emotional, with combinations...
View ArticleJustice is banished, law is suspended!
Erhan Başyurt They have banished “justice” from the country to avoid being called to account. They have handcuffed police officers who had caught criminals red-handed. Unlawful acts come one after...
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Only solidarity of TV stations can end censorship
Erhan Başyurt Censorship is gaining momentum ahead of the general elections. Voters are prevented from accessing correct information. Impartial media through which the opposition can get its messages...
View ArticleJournalist Keneş arrested by İstanbul court for tweets allegedly insulting...
Today's Zaman Editor-in-Chief Bülent Keneş was arrested by an İstanbul court on Saturday over tweets allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.The İstanbul 7th Criminal Court of Peace ruled...
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