Prison sentence for someone else’s tweet
Sevgi Akarcesme We've known for a long time that Turkey is an “arbitrocracy,” as I call it, in which everything depends on the decisions and mood of one person alone, no matter who seems to occupy...
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Whose side are you on
Paul Pape* There is a story in folklore about father Abraham. Surrounded by fires of evil, his fate appeared certain. Into this scene flew a little bird, with a beak full of water to drop on the fire....
View ArticleBaşkent University: YÖK’s decision to shut down private university hospitals...
Başkent University, whose several outpatient polyclinics in İzmir were shut down last week over a circular released by Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK), lambasted the decision, saying in a...
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Seattle-area imam takes on religious radicalism, prayers of ‘Death to America’
One Seattle-area imam’s attempt to call out extremism continues Tuesday, Dec. 15, in a public dialogue titled “Combating the Cancer of Extremism.” He says, “I have to categorically reject...
View ArticleTurkey sees unprecedented pressure on media since Dec. 14 operation
Monday marks the first anniversary of a government-backed operation against prominent media groups in the country that resulted in the detention of dozens of individuals, mostly high ranked media...
View ArticleReaction mounts as court orders detention of theologian Yıldırım
Theologians and academics have spoken out against a detention order issued for Suat Yıldırım, a professor of Islamic theology who is over 70 years old, part of a government-led operation targeting the...
View ArticleParis attacks, New Turkey and oppressing Hizmet
Şerafettin Pektaş* After the barbaric terrorist attacks in Paris, daily life in many European cities has been substantially challenged. The level of threat is still high. Soldiers and police continue...
View ArticleJudge says ruled on Digitürk case in face of consequences
The judge who faced an inquiry after he ruled for a temporary injunction on the decision by satellite platform Digitürk to stop broadcasting seven TV stations critical of the government has said he...
View ArticleWhat’s been done to Yıldırım is tyranny, retired mufti says
Backlash against a detention warrant issued for Suat Yıldırım -- a professor of Islamic theology who is over 70 years old – continues as retired mufti Yahya Akın says Yıldırım has been subjected to...
View ArticleTurkish charity Kimse Yok Mu drills 1,396 wells in Africa
A total of 1,396 wells have been drilled in 13 African countries since Nov. 1, 2014, as part of a project called “Selsebil Water Wells,” which was launched by Turkish charitable organization Kimse Yok...
View ArticleINTERPOL and U.S. reject baseless charges against US-based Turkish Islamic...
Clients often ask if a INTERPOL member country can request another Red Notice after it has been rejected or deleted already by INTERPOL. This concern arises when the Red Notice request is motivated by...
View ArticleIntersections of Ways Towards Tolerance and Coexistence: From Daoism and...
Richard K. Khuri* Abstract Fethullah Gülen's crucial insistence on the need to distinguish between the Hidden and revealed aspects of Oneness has favourable repercussions for the deepening of...
View ArticleReactions grow against YÖK’s decision to close private university hospitals
Reactions have continued to mount against a circular released by Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK) that ordered all private universities with hospitals to close their supplementary outpatient...
View ArticleGraft scandal swept under rug but lingers on with own lexicon
Thursday marks the second anniversary of when the infamous corruption probes of Dec. 17 and 25, 2013 first became public, making history as the biggest alleged government graft scandal in the country's...
View ArticleThe Hizmet movement, bureaucracy and tutelage
İhsan Yılmaz From time to time, our friends and colleagues, influenced by Justice and Development Party (AKP) propaganda, ask us if there are some Hizmet volunteers in the state bureaucracy who have...
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Muslims, we have to critically review our understanding of Islam
Fethullah Gulen Words fall short to truly express my deep sadness and revolt in the face of the carnage perpetrated by terrorist groups such as the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...
View ArticleYıldırım: The last person who should be accused of terrorism is İşbilen
Reactions continue to mount over the recent arrest of former Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy İlhan İşbilen, as Hasan Hami Yıldırım, another former AK Party deputy, said he is the last...
View ArticleBringing Erdoğan’s witch hunt to the US
Emre Uslu On Dec. 11 I penned a column sharing my general view about a lawsuit in Pennsylvania filed against Fethullah Gülen. In that article I argued the lawsuit filed by attorney Robert Amsterdam to...
View ArticleMongolia’s Elite Schools sponsor reading halls at pediatric hospital
The Turkish-initiated Elite International Schools in Mongolia provided a state pediatric hospital at the capital city Ulaanbaatar with new reading halls for its young residents. At the ribbon cutting...
View ArticleFirst chairwoman appointed at Kimse Yok Mu
The former chairman of the Kimse Yok Mu foundation, İsmail Cingöz, announced on Friday that Ayşe Özkalay will take the reins of the charity, making her the first female at the helm of the organization....
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