My Father, Academic, Arrested In Turkey Purge
Merve Reyhan Kayikci As the massive crackdown on critics was in full-swing across Turkey, we did not rule out that our father could be the next victim. But it was unbearable, overwhelming grief when I...
View ArticleThink Twice on Turkey: Erdogan's Purges Are a Warning to Washington
Christopher A. Preble* The abortive coup in Turkey and its aftermath are putting a severe strain on U.S.–Turkish relations. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused the United States and the West...
View ArticleBBC Hard Talk about Hizmet movement (VIDEO)
Hizmet movement is on the agenda worldwide due to political developments in Turkey. BBC Hard Talk speaks to Ismail Sezgin, director of the Centre for Hizmet Studies in the UK, an educational think tank...
View ArticleTurkey’s crisis deepens
S P Seth* The tumultuous events in Turkey are a harbinger of worst to come. The failed military coup has catapulted the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into turning the country upside down...
View Article'A responsible government would rather support the Hizmet Movement'
Prof. Paul Parker: As I look at the way the government in Turkey today has responded to the Hizmet Movement specifically, I’m disappointed. Frankly, I’m disappointed. And I’m surprised, too. I had not...
View ArticleWhat’s Friendship Got to Do With Extradition?
Nicholas Danforth America and Turkey are heading towards a slow-motion train wreck over Turkey’s demand that the United States hand over Fetullah Gülen, a Turkish cleric living in Pennsylvania who may...
View ArticleTurkish President Erdogan Wrong To Blame Man Of Prayer For Coup
Gregory Baum* I am appalled by the accusation of Turkey's president, Mr. Erdogan, singling out Hon. Fethullah Gülen as instigator of the recent military putsch. I am appalled because I am familiar with...
View ArticleTurkey Heads Toward Radical Islamic Dictatorship
Victor Gaetan* In Turkey, a failed military coup against President Recep Erdoğan on July 15, squelched in about six hours, has triggered a fierce government response: mass civilian arrests, declaration...
View Article‘Witch-hunt’ against academics continues following attempted Turkey coup
Cem Oyvat* Last week, Marxist historian Candan Badem of Tunceli University was taken into custody, accused of attending the attempted military coup in Turkey. A book by Fethullah Gulen that was found...
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Enes Kanter Changed His Twitter Handle to Include "Gulen" After Family...
Oklahoma City Thunder player Enes Kanter was disowned by his family in Turkey, according to a report from Daily Sabah Basketball, for his ties to Fethullah Gülen. Gülen is a former imam who went into...
View ArticleGülen Supporter's Expulsion Shows Primacy of Fear in Bulgarian Politics
Bulgaria on Wednesday became the first EU member state to extradite a supporter of US-based cleric Fethullah Gülen to Turkey after the latter had been denied political asylum in the last days of July....
View ArticleIn Turkey and elsewhere strongmen, blame foreign 'enemies' for their own...
The Washington Post editorial board One of the enduring rules of autocracy is that a strongman must not admit something is amiss inside the kingdom. Instead, troubles come from enemies outside. This is...
View ArticleWho was behind the Turkish Coup: Sufi Islamic Scholar Fathullah Gülen or the...
Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi* The coup in Turkey attempted by a group of middle-ranking soldiers of the country has gone down in West Asian history as an ill-designed expedition. Leaving around 265 people dead...
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Foundation lauds Nigeria’s decision not to close Turkish schools
Mr Cemal Yigit, the spokesman of UFUK Dialogue Foundation, has lauded the Federal Government’s decision not to shut the Turkish schools in Nigeria for alleged connection with the failed coup in Turkey....
View ArticleUS DoS Sees No Need to Choose Between Partnership With Turkey, Gulen Extradition
When asked specifically if the United States believes it needs to choose between Gulen extradition and Turkey, Trudeau responded: "We don’t need to.""We [the United States] would live up to our...
View ArticleErdogan's bid to close Gulen schools in Africa opposed
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Uganda and Kenya in May, he sought to stamp out the influence of the Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen. He accused the preacher, who is on a self...
View ArticleFethullah Gulen: I consider the coup attempt as a serious “terror coup”
Fethullah Gülen In the night of July 15th, Turkey has gone through the most catastrophic tragedy of its recent history as a result of the attempted military coup. The events of that night could be...
View ArticleThe Gulen Schools In Central Asia
The events in mid-July in Turkey, events Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called an attempted coup, have had implications on Turkey's relations with many countries. Erdogan blames Fethullah...
View ArticleDon’t Make a Mystic into a Martyr: Fethullah Gülen as Peacebuilder
Jon Pahl* I can’t speak to the causes of the recent failed military coup in Turkey—although there is certainly precedent for coups in the history of the Turkish Republic (1960, 1971, 1980). But I can...
View ArticleIt is unfair, unjust and politically motivated to incriminate the Gulen Movement
Dr. Shanthikumar Hettiarachchi It is with great shock and sadness I tuned into the news to learn about the recent development in Turkey, which now might be called the abortive coup, in the middle of...
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