Turkey’s Purge Could Cause a Massive Brain Drain
Turkey is facing a new danger – brain drain. On July 15, a group within the Turkish military staged a coup. It failed. But since then, the Turkish government has restricted rights and freedoms of its...
View ArticleFethullah Gulen’s Condolence Message for the Earthquake in Italy
Fethullah Gulen I was deeply saddened by the news of the devastating earthquake in central Italy that resulted in the loss of over 200 lives and the wounding of many others. As a member of a nation...
View ArticleThe Gülen extradition
Herb Rothschild Jr. Although he’s been living in the U.S. since 1997, Muhammed Fethullah Gülen isn’t a household name here. He may soon become one. In the wake of the failed coup attempt in Turkey last...
View ArticleUS Cannot ‘Suspend’ Constitution for Gulen Extradition - Ex-Prosecutor
Earlier this week, Turkish officials admitted Ankara had yet to provide the United States with evidence linking Gulen to the July 15 military coup. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on...
View ArticleWashington unlikely to extradite Fethullah Gulen to Turkey: Mark Katz
Tension has been on the rise between Washington and Ankara after Turkey pointed the finger of suspicion at U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen for the mid July abortive putsch. Having provided evidence...
View ArticleNewly released journalist offers insider view of victims of purge
Briefly detained for taking photos of the street next to Istanbul’s Gayrettepe Police Station, journalist Tuğba Tekerek has talked about her time in detention, shedding light on what people jailed as...
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Fethullah Gülen, the preferred enemy
Turkish president Recep Erdogan blames Fethullah Gulen, the Hizmet leader, for the coup attempt on July 15, when 300 people were killed. Hizmet is an Islamic movement with activities in more than 180...
View ArticleErdoğan calls on people to report Gülen followers to authorities
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday reiterated an earlier call he made to Turkish people, calling on them to report followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in their surroundings to...
View ArticleColumnist says purge of Gülenists a move to prevent ‘future crimes’
The sacking of hundreds of university staff members, the suspension of approximately 81,000 civil servants, the arrest of more than 20,000 civilians and the detention of 40,000 others across Turkey are...
View ArticleEducation Association Defends Zaman University
The Cambodian Higher Education Association (CHEA) released a statement on Saturday defending Zaman University against calls for its closure over alleged links to a group blamed for the failed coup in...
View ArticleShould We Send A Man We Know Is Innocent To His Death Abroad?
John A. Tures* In the movie Judgment at Nuremberg, a Nazi judge has to answer for sacrificing an innocent man to appease the bloodlust of an angry crowd, swearing he had no idea how it would lead to...
View ArticleDutch FM critical of how Turkey handled attempted coup
Minister Bert Koenders of Foreign Affairs criticized the way in which Turkey reacted to a failed coup in the country in July during his visit to his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara on...
View ArticleTurkey detains more journalists in coup round-up: report
Turkish authorities detained an editor at the prominent Hurriyet newspaper in the latest round-up of journalists and others accused of links to last month's failed coup, Hurriyet's English-language...
View ArticleErdogan's purges reach heart of Europe as Gulenists in Germany say they are...
With its leafy playing fields and historic buildings on the site of a former British army barracks, the Wilhelmsdtadt School in the Berlin suburb of Spandau could easily be mistaken for a English...
View ArticleTurks Seen as Sympathetic to US-Based Muslim Cleric Say They Face Threats
More than a month after Turkey's failed coup, which its government blames on a U.S.-based Muslim cleric, many Turks seen as his sympathizers say threats from government supporters are complicating...
View ArticleCourt denies appeal for journalists’ release, claiming ‘no evidence of...
An İstanbul court has rejected an appeal submitted by columnists who wrote for the Zaman daily, which was shut down by the government in July, saying there is no new evidence that will prove their...
View ArticleHas Turkey’s Gulenist witch hunt spiraled out of control?
Kadri Gursel Turkish drivers with license plates bearing the “FG” letters have recently fallen under suspicion of being members of a terrorist organization for the simple reason that the two letters...
View ArticleErdoğan: Gülen is behind Turkey's problems in Syria and Iraq
In yet another move to make the Gülen movement, inspired by the views of US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, a scapegoat for every crime in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed...
View ArticleErdoğan: Gülenists aim to take control of world
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has renewed his call to the people to inform authorities about followers of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and said the Gülenists aim to take control not only of...
View ArticleDutch politicians outraged over new “Gulen list”
Only days after Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Foreign Minister Bert Koenders’ frantic diplomatic efforts to limit Turkish interference in Dutch society, the Turkish state news agency published a new...
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