Mr. Gülen’s lawyer: Views other than state ideology considered a crime in Turkey
Nurullah Albayrak, the lawyer of prominent Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, has criticized the blocking of herkul.org, a website that regularly broadcasts speeches by Gülen, saying views that...
View ArticleFormer justice minister slams trustee takeovers, ’unprecedented’ pressure on...
Hikmet Sami Türk, a jurist and a renowned Turkish politician who served as a justice minister in the past decade, has denounced what he called “unprecedented” political pressure on the judiciary,...
View ArticleMafiocracy
Sevgi Akarçeşme“Turkey today is at a stage at which it is experiencing the pinnacle of its democracy.” This ambitious statement came from the prime minister of Turkey, Ahmet Davutoğlu, on Feb. 10....
View ArticleSeizure of private schools in gov’t-led move draws ire
The heads of education unions in Turkey reacted against the seizure of certain private schools after an İstanbul court ordered on Friday the appointment of trustees to the administration of 12...
View ArticleYamanlar Schools sweep medals at national science competition
İzmir's private Yamanlar Schools was awarded the most medals among secondary schools in Turkey in the 23rd National Science Olympiads, sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of...
View ArticleVirginia delegation teams up with Turkish NGO, delivers aid to Syrians
A delegation from the US state of Virginia was in the working class neighborhood of Umraniye in İstanbul on Monday, delivering food and blankets to Syrian families with the help of the charities Kimse...
View ArticleNearly 2,500 turn up for International Language and Culture Festival in Thailand
Nearly 2,500 attendees filled the Thailand Cultural Centre in the country's capital Bangkok for the International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC). Students from 21 different countries including...
View ArticleThe Sufi character of Gulen’s philosophy of education and the teacher as...
Muhammed M. Akdag Gulen suggests pursuing an ethos of self-control and self-restraint as well as a life style according to the good manners described in Islamic morality education. He describes the...
View ArticleTurkish school student wins 1st place in Cambridge’s A-level
Sanya Nasir, a Turkish schools student in Pakistan, recently won the 1st place in accounting in A-level tests by Cambridge University, one of the leading universities in the United Kingdom. Students...
View ArticleYoung Arabs to sing at festival in São Paulo
A young woman from Morocco and another from Iraq will represent the Arab world at the International Language and Culture Festival, on the 27th and 28th this month in São Paulo. The event’s 14th edition...
View ArticlePoconos-Based Muslim Preacher Addresses Catholic-Muslim Dialogue Conference
Fethullah Gülen, the prominent Muslim scholar, preacher and peace advocate, today urged people of all faiths to come together to address global conflict at the first-ever US Muslim-Catholic Dialogue...
View Article"The Hizmet Movement has been a marvelous force for good in our world."
My name is Steve Jolly**. I am a pastor at Freemason Street Baptist Church in Norfolk, Virginia. I have been in clergy work for about 40 years, but I also have an academic side. I have a PhD in...
View ArticleYeni Asya editor: Erdoğan kept strategy to finish off Gülen movement secret
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who launched an all-out war against the faith-based Gülen movement in late 2013, kept his strategy to eliminate the group a secret until he decided to sever ties with it...
View ArticleGülen’s speech broadcast live for the first time after website banned
A speech by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who lives in Pennsylvania in self-exile, was broadcast live on YouTube and a number of channels for the first time on Sunday after Turkey's...
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African Union Commission chair visits Turkish school
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, paid a visit to a Turkish school established by volunteers of the Gülen movement, which is inspired by the teachings of...
View ArticleCourt annuls blocking of 21 private hospitals to social security
The Council of State has annulled a decision made by the Social Security Institution (SGK) not to renew contracts with 21 privately run hospitals. Speaking to the Özgür Düşünce daily on Monday, Yüksel...
View ArticleFethullah Gulen: The real conquest is not the winning of territory but the...
Fethullah Gulen, the prominent Muslim cleric, has urged people of all faiths to come together to address global conflict at the first-ever US Muslim-Catholic Dialogue Conference in San Diego, CA, which...
View ArticleFormer Turkish football star charged with insulting President Erdoğan
Turkey’s former international football star Hakan Şükür risks up to four years in jail after being charged with insulting president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Twitter, reports said on Wednesday....
View ArticleGülen extends condolences for death of former deputy PM Arınç’s brother
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who inspired the faith-based Hizmet movement, has offered condolences to former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, whose elder brother, Yıldıray Arınç, was...
View ArticleCourt refuses to share investigation files with lawyers in Tahşiyeciler trial
An İstanbul court on Wednesday declined to share with defense lawyers investigation files concerning individuals who are accused of conspiring against an al-Qaeda-affiliated group, a move that has...
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