Top court rules RTÜK’s halting of broadcast violates freedom of expression
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) violated the freedom of expression of the owner of a radio station by halting its broadcasts on the grounds that...
View Article‘Removal of Gülen’s books from NT shelves offends the public’
Former Culture and Tourism Minister Ertuğrul Günay has condemned a recent decision made by the new trustees of Kaynak Holding to have all copies of books written by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah...
View ArticleGov’t attack on philanthropists in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt The evil coalition formed among the corrupt political Islamist rulers and their xenophobic neo-nationalist partners has set its sights on rooting out the culture of individual...
View ArticleFethullah Gülen on Acts of Terrorism – in light of Paris and Beirut
Ozcan Keles* and Ismail Mesut Sezgin** Once again terrorists have struck out at innocent people in Paris and Beirut. To add insult to injury, as if that were possible at this level of depravity, the...
View ArticleTurkish judiciary has turned into gov’t tool to crack down on critics
A growing number of judicial acts targeting critics of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government has shown that the country's judiciary has been turned into a government instrument to...
View ArticleLocal TV becomes platform for independent journalism amid growing pressure
Journalists Turan Görüryılmaz and Fatih Akalan, who lost their jobs after government-appointed trustees took over the management of the İpek Media Group in October, continue their fight for independent...
View Article‘Hizmet Movement needed to be seen more of in society’, says Juergensmeyer
World-famous sociologist Professor Mark Juergensmeyer described ‘Hizmet Movement’ as dedicated to a vision of a more progressive, integrated, multicultural society (see video below). He stated that,...
View ArticleA Turkish Recluse Bridges the Western and Muslim Worlds
A free global and interconnected citizenship might be the pathway to foster a non-violent and peaceful culture within societies. This is the main objective of a grassroots movement that advocates...
View ArticleErdoğan is helping Hizmet community in three ways
Emre Uslu 1. If President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had given an assurance to the world, saying, "The Hizmet movement never resorts to violence and it is an antidote to Islamist violence," people would...
View ArticleProsecutor’s office fails to find evidence of alleged Sümeyye murder plot
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has not found any evidence to support reports published in several pro-government media outlets about an alleged assassination plot targeting the daughter of...
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Zaman daily launches news portal in Kurdish language
The Zaman daily has broken new ground by launching a news portal that will present reports in the Kurdish language. The Kurdish news portal zamankurdi.com, which is expected to contribute to peace in...
View ArticleTerrorists not true Muslims, says scholar
It is impossible for a Muslim who has fully learned and understood Islam to become a terrorist, Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has said. While condemning the Paris terror attacks in which 127...
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The roots of Fethullah Gulen’s theory of education and the role of the...
Muhammed M. Akdag, PhD. [2]AbstractFethullah Gulen is an important and widely renowned Sunni-Muslim scholar and preacher, whose fellows and sympathizers share his ideas and through that put new...
View ArticleHizmet and countering violent extremism
İhsan Yılmaz The Hizmet movement is in trouble in Turkey because of the increasingly despotic Justice and Development Party (AKP) regime's persecution of its volunteers. But, ironically, this may be...
View ArticlePII Awards Law Enforcement in New Jersey
The outstanding contributions of law enforcement were recognized at an award ceremony in Morristown, New Jersey. The program started with a moment of silence for the victims of the San Bernardino,...
View ArticleIs Hizmet-Gulen Movement Liberal?
Jeremy F. Walton Hizmet institutions in contemporary Turkey achieve creative commensuration of liberal and Islamic discourses and practices. This commensuration is evident on two levels:...
View ArticleThe Hizmet movement, social democracy, the religious left
İhsan Yılmaz I have been attending a conference on “Transnational Religious Movements, Dialogue and Economic Development: The Hizmet Movement in Comparative Perspective” at the University of Turin in...
View ArticleClash of Wills
Hakan Yesilova The histories of nations are shaped by countless stories, both real and fictional; in most cases, the line between the two blurs. Having been exposed to the same discourse over the...
View ArticleLegal action against Gülen in the US: A golden opportunity for Gülen
Emre Uslu Last week, I wrote about how Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was helping the Gülen movement in three ways. What Erdoğan is doing has intentionally or unintentionally played into the hands of the...
View ArticleŞifa University rector says gov’t move to shut down hospitals won’t affect...
İzmir-based Şifa University Rector Professor Mehmet Ateş has said a recent decision by İzmir Governor’s Office to shut down the university’s additional outpatient polyclinics in the province will not...
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