Gulen: Issuance of arrest warrant changes nothing about my views
A court Istanbul has issued on Thursday arrest warrant against Fethullah Gulen for a coup attempt on July 15, 2015; the Islamist scholar lives in the US as legal resident on self-imposed exile. The...
View ArticleReligious freedom threatened by Turkey’s response to coup
Civil service purges and mass arrests in Turkey since a July 15 failed coup attempt are bad news for religious freedom in what has been one of the Muslim world’s most open and democratic societies,...
View ArticleAbuses rampant in wake of Turkish coup
Chris Heavner* There is much we don’t know about last week’s attempted coup in Turkey. We don’t know who was behind the coup; we don’t know why it was so quickly discovered and put down; we don’t know...
View ArticleUS says first batch of docs does not constitute extradition request for Gülen
United States (US) Spokesman Mark Toner has said that the first batch of documents sent by the Turkish government did not constitute a formal extradition request for US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah...
View ArticleTurkey’s Erdogan: Opportunism and falsehood
Hani Raslan* In December 2014, the Turkish writer and activist Abdul-Rahman Dilibak, who was one of the close associates and defenders of now-President Erdogan, announced shocking testimony about the...
View ArticleCleric’s Lawyers: Gulen ‘Should Not and Will Not Be Extradited’
Lawyers representing U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen said that Turkey has not provided evidence of his involvement in last month's failed military coup attempt, and he "should not and will not...
View ArticleWhy Turkey's Demanding Extradition Of Fethullah Gülen Is Frivolous Grandstanding
Kevin Snapp* On Tuesday, August 2, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan asserted in an interview on Italian television that Italy should be investigating the Mafia, not his son Bilal, and that the...
View Article[VIDEO] Gulen speaks to NRT on Kurds, human rights and Erdogan
NRT correspondent Huner Anwer interviews Fethullah Gulen in his Pennsylvania residence. Published on NRT English, 4 August 2016, Thursday
View ArticleGazi Warrior vs. Sufi Mystic: Turkey’s Erdogan-Gulen Breakup
Sophia PandyaYesterday, they stabbed us in the back. Tomorrow, they will stab their current colleagues in the back if they get the chance. I call on those who are still silent in the face of this vile...
View ArticleThink over [Turkey's] extradition request [for Mr. Gulen] with care
Pocono Record Editorial U.S. authorities should think long and hard before extraditing Fethullah Gülen, the reclusive Islamic cleric who lives in Saylorsburg, to Turkey. Gülen has done nothing visibly...
View ArticleTeachers, parents oppose Pak-Turk Schools takeover
A group calling itself the Pak-Turk International Schools and Colleges Parent-Teacher Association expressed concern on Saturday over reports that the government was going to hand over the school...
View ArticleCoup in Turkey, Turkish Schools in Nigeria, and Implications for Nigeria’s...
Democracy is quite better than dictatorship mainly because it has more merits, more advantages in the areas of protection of human rights. Amongst the advantages is the peace and security. However,...
View ArticleFeds don't see extradition for Turkish cleric
The extradition of an elderly cleric living in Pennsylvania who Turkish officials allege orchestrated last month’s failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not drawn serious...
View ArticleTurkey’s Erdogan takes cue from Hitler, Stalin and Khomeini
Paul Monk* There is something deeply disturbing about the direction in which Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party are taking Turkey. Writing in this newspaper last week, John...
View ArticleQuestions on a Coup - Did Erdogan engineer it himself?
Joseph Puder It is not clear yet whether the July 15, 2016 failed coup in Turkey was an authentic coup by frustrated military officers, and conceived by the Turkish U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen,...
View ArticleFethullah Gulen has been making relentless efforts in propagating peace: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday rubbished rumors of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen being responsible for attempting the coup in Turkey and said that the latter had spent his whole life...
View ArticleMonday Talk with Ramazan Guveli on Gulen Movement and Recent Coup Attempt in...
Ramazan Guveli*Vocal Europe: What sort of link does Intercultural Dialogue Platform have with the movement in general and with Mr Gulen in particular? Ramazan Guveli: Intercultural Dialogue Platform...
View ArticleHere’s Why Turkey Will Have A Hard Time Extraditing Alleged Coup Leader
Before the night of July 15, Suat Sari was a fresh-faced 20-year-old conscript in the Turkish army. He was fulfilling his mandatory military service at a garrison near the district of Kartal, at the...
View ArticlePharoah Rises: The Tragedy of Turkey’s Failed Coup
On Friday, July 15 2016, the world stood still as a coup was attempted in Turkey. Tanks rolled into the Turkish Capital, Ankara, with soldiers blocking the popular Bosphorus Bridge. The state-run TV...
View ArticleTeacher held in custody over Gülen links falls ill, dies in Istanbul hospital
A teacher who was being held in custody over suspected links to the July 15 failed coup attempt has fallen ill and died in hospital. Gökhan Açıkkollu, 42, who was detained for 13 days, initially showed...
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