Turks in exile
Ihsan Yilmaz Last week an Economist article was discussing Russian exiles in London. Several big businessmen have fled Russia after prosecutors targeted them in politically motivated investigations....
View Article2 FEM prep schools closed on orders from Education Ministry
Acting on orders from the Ministry of Education, police officers from the Elazığ Municipality locked the doors of two FEM preparation schools in the eastern province of Elazığ early on Wednesday as...
View ArticleCriticism mounts as court oversteps authority to seize schools in Erzurum
An Erzurum court has ruled to seize properties and real estate belonging to four education institutions in the eastern province of Erzurum in a government-initiated move against the faith-based Gülen...
View ArticleRights and freedoms in Turkey regressed further in 2015, Amnesty says
"It is unfortunate but it is impossible to say that 2015 has been a progressive year for Turkey," Amnesty International Turkey Campaigns Advocacy Director Ruhat Sena Akşener noted in her opening...
View ArticleCan we say Turkey protects its citizens’ lives and property?
Cengiz Aktar One of the main responsibilities of every state is to ensure the protection of the lives and property of its citizens. The current Constitution entrusts the state with this task. Its...
View ArticleGov’t criticized for closure of private schools in Erzurum
Political figures and nongovernmental organization representatives have strongly criticized the closure and seizure of properties belonging to four schools in the eastern province of Erzurum in a...
View Article5th Bangla Olympiad award distribution ceremony held
The award distribution ceremony for the 5th Bangla Olympiad of International Turkish Hope School was held on Tuesday in the capital’s Dhaka Regency Hotel. This year, a total of 938 students from 44...
View ArticleThe Roots and Praxis of Fethullah Gülen’s Educational Discourse*
Anwar AlamAbstract This paper attempts to locate Gülen’s thought beyond the framework of tradition and modernity and argues that his philosophy of education provides an alternative to both the...
View ArticleHuman rights in Turkey continue to nosedive
Amanda Paul On Friday Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar and the paper's Ankara bureau chief, Erdem Gül, were released from prison, following Turkey's Constitutional Court ruling that their rights...
View ArticleBank Asya shareholders dismiss fund’s statement on possible sale
A statement from the deposit insurance fund that Islamic lender Bank Asya would either be sold or liquidated by the end of May has no legal basis and its shareholders will never agree to such forced...
View ArticleRising despotism on 20th anniversary of Feb. 28
Bülent Keneş Democracy is a lifelong struggle. It is essential to remain alert for dangers and threats targeting democracy, which cannot possibly be separated and isolated from laws and fundamental...
View ArticleFeb. 28 victims accused of applying worse forms of oppression today
İbrahim Asalıoğlu The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), which sprang from a political movement that was the target of a military coup in 1997 that had introduced widespread restrictions...
View ArticleSelective justice is no justice at all
Sevgi Akarçeşme Amid the depressing newsroom agenda of our “lonely and beautiful country,” to use the words of award-winning movie director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, something good happened in the wee hours...
View ArticleHizmet Movement: Partners We Want
Editorial A Turkish political, non-governmental, civil society organisation, Hizmet Movement, has made commendable contributions in Nigeria’s socio-economic life. The movement, which began in the late...
View ArticleI thought they had learned to respect democracy during the Feb. 28 period
Abdülhamit Bilici The postmodern coup of Feb. 28, 1997 haunted Turkey's religious groups like a nightmare. Girls wearing headscarves were expelled from universities. Graduates of imam hatip schools...
View ArticleTMSF denies rights of shareholders in seized lender
Control of Bank Asya cannot be returned to its shareholders according to current regulations, Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has said, and plans for a possible sale of the...
View ArticleAnother critical TV channel goes off air amid increasing gov’t pressure on media
Bengü Türk TV, a private TV channel known to be close to the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), was taken off the air by the state-owned Turkish Satellite Communications Company (Türksat)...
View Articleİpek Media Group trustees could face legal action over losses, lawyer argues
After Koza İpek Holding had its media companies closed due to financial losses on Monday, the trustees appointed by the government to run the conglomerate could face legal action for failing to...
View ArticleWhy Nigerian Journalists Don't Welcome Turkey's President Erdoğan
Suleiman Uba Gaya* With the frontline role the Nigerian press played in bringing about democracy in Nigeria and in defending and sustaining this, the last thing it values is having on this shores a man...
View Article’Official statement proves no discrepancy in Koza’s gold production’
A recent statement made to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) by Koza İpek Holding proves its mining company has no discrepancies in gold production as previously argued by the pro-government media...
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