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A Rare Meeting With Reclusive Turkish Spiritual Leader Fethullah Gulen
Jamie TarabayFethullah Gulen is a Turkish religious spiritual leader, some say to millions of Turks both in Turkey and around the world, and the head of the "Gulenist" movement. His network of...
View ArticleHizmet movement's role
Tuğba Aydın Currently there is a lot of baseless talk on social media and among some media circles about an alleged and growing tension between the Hizmet movement -- inspired by Turkish Islamic...
View ArticleTurkey: ‘Exclusion for all' state
Sevgi Akarçeşme No matter how many times I say, “Nothing worse or more unbelievable could happen,” Turkey never stops surprising me. Of course, as many agree, the unpredictable nature of things in...
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The Journalists and Writers Foundation’s (JWF) response to allegations...
In recent days there has been a growing campaign of defamation and misinformation against the Hizmet Movement; this campaign has been directed particularly through social media. Despite the maxim that...
View ArticleGYV praised for response to accusations about Hizmet movement
An 11-article statement released by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) on Tuesday in response to a series of controversial claims and slanderous accusations made about the Hizmet movement has...
View ArticleGülen urges Turkey to preserve, advance achievements in democratization
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has urged to preserve and advance the country’s achievements in democratization and described this as “crucial.” In an interview with The Atlantic magazine,...
View ArticleYes to both Hizmet and government!
Begüm Burak Recently, Turkey has seen important developments that will contribute to a stronger democracy. Turkish politics has, for the first time, witnessed the imprisonment of important public...
View ArticleImportance of 11-article declaration
Hüseyin Gülerce As expected, the 11-article declaration by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV), of which Fethullah Gülen serves as honorary chair, has attracted attention. The follow-up...
View ArticleGülen extends condolences to Egypt victims
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has extended condolences to victims of Egypt violence that resulted after a military crackdown on two camps housing supporters of the country’s ousted president....
View ArticleReuters on the alleged rift between the Gulen Movement and the AK Party
Reuters covers Fethullah Gulen and Gulen Movement in reference to the recent debate surrounding the alleged Hizmet Movement and AK Party rift: By Nick Tattersall - Istanbul (Reuters) - A rare defense...
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Pained by the tragedy, Izmir doctor moves to Somalia
Doctor Lokman Cam, who had volunteered for three-month periods in Somalia over the past two years, eventually said: “They need us more” and moved to the country. Cam said his wife and three children...
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“Volunteers of education can end the chaos in the Muslim world”
Republican People’s Party (CHP) former party council member, Muhammed Cakmak referred to the global initiatives by volunteers of education as “a universal movement” and shared his belief that it will...
View ArticleMcCarthy-ullah, the Spy-Catcher
İhsan Yılmaz“Sayın X Abi, please read this ‘important' email regarding the recently released article by GYV and what 'İhsan Yilmaz' has been writing in Todays Zaman to further the flames of division...
View ArticleIs the Gülen Movement a continuation of any other previous movement?
Doğu Ergil Those who are within the Gülen Movement do not consider themselves the continuation or the extension of any other movement. At a certain time and under the perfect circumstances in Turkish...
View ArticleHizmet movement and the AK Party
Nazli Ilicak The Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) has responded to a series of claims about and slanderous accusations against the Hizmet movement. Currently there is a lot of insulting talk on...
View ArticleNigerian instability not a current threat for Turkish community
Recent attacks in Nigeria, apparently targeting the country's Muslim population, have raised concerns in Turkey about the plight of Muslims in the war-torn African country, although the likelihood of...
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Saritoprak shares knowledge of Turkish traditions and Gülen movement
Fredo Villaseñor Zeki Saritoprak is the Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies at John Carroll University. At 2 p.m. Friday in the Hall of Philosophy, he delivered an Interfaith Lecture on the Gülen movement...
View ArticleTurkish medical group goes to Tanzania with largest medical personnel team
The Ufuk Doctors Association (UHEK), the İstanbul-based branch of the Marmara Health Federation (MASED), in a joint project with the Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA), will visit the...
View ArticleThe Future of Islamic Civilization in A Globalizing World
Muzaffar K Awan* The Muslim civilization was developed historically (spanning from 7th through the 17th centuries) dominating the world close to a millennium. It had transformed the world particularly...
View ArticleAK Party VP Sahin: We can only be grateful to Hizmet people
Vice President of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), Mehmet Ali Şahin remarked on the relations between AK Party and the Hizmet Movement (Gulen movement) in an interview*. Şahin said,...
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