GYV Declaration: The AKP and Hizmet on democracy
İhsan Yılmaz The GYV reiterated that the Hizmet movement relies on such fundamental principles as rule of law, democracy, pluralism, universal human rights and freedoms, justice, equal citizenship,...
View ArticleDivision at home, cooperation abroad
Joost Lagendijk Last week I visited Canada to speak at a panel on Turkey in Ottawa and give a lecture on Turkey-EU relations at the Munk School for Global Affairs in Toronto. The panel was part of the...
View ArticleHow will prep school controversy influence election?
Mümtazer Türköne The Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) is a well-respected civil society organization which represents the views of Fethullah Gülen. It has clarified Gülen’s views on the prep...
View ArticleJournalists and Writers Foundation's Press Release
The Journalists and Writers Foundation The Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) has felt the need to issue the following press release as the hotly debates issues in recent days, particularly...
View ArticleCorruption prevails, education dies
Begüm Burak* The prep school issue has been a litmus test indicating how political actors and politicians in Turkey have changed and also how they have been corrupted for over a decade. The draft plan...
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"Fethullah Gulen’s understanding of dialogue and tolerance parallels Gandhi’s"
Sunheendra Kulkarni, the India-based Mumbai Observer Research Foundation President, suggested there are parallels between ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and those of Fethullah Gulen. In his address at a joint...
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Ignoring public opposition, gov't insists on closing prep schools
Today's Zaman - [Events of the week] Despite strong public opposition, the government repeated on Monday its insistence on transforming prep schools, known as dershanes, into private schools after a...
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Islamist daily published profiling story in 2010
The Islamist Akit daily published a story on illegal profiling conducted by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) that targeted religious groups back in 2010, long before the Taraf daily, which...
View Article"Our exports extended to 130 countries thanks to Turkish Schools"
Hidayet Kadiroglu, the CEO of Elvan Food, one of the major companies in the chocolate and candy industry said that their exports extended to 130 countries thanks to the Turkish schools all over the...
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Dialogslussen establishes tradition of dialogue dinner in Stockholm
Renowned for its dialogue efforts across Sweden, the intercultural and interfaith dialogue institution, Dialogslussen, recently held its dialogue dinner that has come to be a tradition in Stockholm. In...
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Daily to sue PM Erdoğan over treason accusations
Daily Taraf has announced that it will file a criminal complaint against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on charges of attempting to influence due process after the Turkish leader called on the...
View ArticleFethullah Gulen’s message in memory of Nelson Mandela
We pay tribute to the honorable life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, who devoted himself to the principles of peace, democracy, social justice and equality. Faced with extraordinary challenges and...
View ArticleErdoğan game plans have faltered
Abdullah Bozkurt The real challenge to the legacy of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Turkish political landscape now comes from Erdoğan himself as he has been rapidly moving from a...
View ArticleCHP says received no message from Fethullah Gülen
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has once more stated that its dialogue with the Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen movement had no difference from the dialogue that it has with other...
View ArticleTurkish PM on uncertain footing as elections loom
Suzan Fraser, AP After dominating Turkish politics for a decade, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is entering election season on uncertain footing - without the support of key groups that had...
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System and the facts
Tuğba Aydın The closure of prep schools continues to be on the main agenda of the country even after a month, and columnists discuss the issue and the Turkish education system in their columns.Despite...
View ArticleVotes of religious orders and communities
Mümtazer Türköne Religious orders are banned in Turkey under laws that were passed initially during the establishment of the republic. Despite this ban, religious orders are Turkey's most dynamic and...
View ArticleA little fairness, please!
Ekrem Dumanlı Please, take a deep breath and take a trip back to a short time ago. What do you remember of the "Justice and Development Party (AK Party)-Gülen movement disagreement”? Here's a brief...
View ArticleErdoğan's way worries and puzzles
Yavuz Baydar“The real challenge to the legacy of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Turkish political landscape now comes from Erdoğan himself as he has been rapidly moving from a progressive...
View ArticleAbant Platform to hold meeting on Alevi issues in Turkey
The Abant Platform, organized by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV), will hold a three-day meeting on the Alevi issue at a hotel on the shore of Lake Abant. The meeting, titled “Alevis and...
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