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For the first time, Gülen curses purge of police officials in emotional speech
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has cursed those responsible for a purge of police officials involved in a corruption investigation, in his first comments on the case that has struck at the...
View ArticleHakan Şükür’s resignation
Hüseyin Gülerce The resignation of İstanbul deputy Hakan Şükür from his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is not an ordinary resignation. It is the most serious incident that disrupts the...
View Article[Political Scandal a la Turca] What is happening in Turkey right at this moment?
Sedat Yusuf* Over the past two years, Turkey has been witnessing one scandal after another at such a head-spinning pace that, let alone foreign observers of Turkey, Turks themselves find it hard to...
View ArticleThe Islamic roots of the conflict in Turkey
Ömer Taşpınar The conflict between the Gülen movement and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has now taken on a very public dimension. For many in Turkey and in the West, this conflict is nothing...
View ArticleAlevi leader Kenanoğlu: Discrimination against Alevis increased in 2013
Conditions have been worsening for Alevis in Turkey, especially in recent years, as the government has taken sides in the Syrian war and demonizes Alevis, says this week's guest for Monday Talk.“When...
View ArticleWhat we learned from the operation
Mutlu Tönbekici, Vatan With the detention of the son of the environment and urban planning minister, we learned that such a ministry actually exists. This is an unnecessary ministry in a country with...
View ArticleNever without justice
Ekrem Dumanlı Look at the irony of fate! As the most important graft and corruption investigation ever seen in our country is being conducted, similar incidents are also taking place in different parts...
View ArticleTurkish Airlines discriminates against critical newspapers on planes
Turkey's flagship carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) stopped the distribution of the Zaman, Today's Zaman, Bugün and Ortadoğu dailies to business-class passengers on its planes on Monday without providing...
View ArticleCorruption scandal will consolidate Turkish democracy
Abdullah Bozkurt Right off the bat, I would like to say this: Don't let your heart be troubled much by what has been happening in Turkey recently. When all the dust settles in the aftermath of...
View ArticleGülen criticizes remarks insulting members of Hizmet movement
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has strongly criticized remarks that insulted members of the Hizmet movement, saying that these kind of behavior won't solve problems.“Those who call a Muslim a...
View ArticleOvershadowing the graft probe
Lale Kemal Though the two events -- the Gezi Park protests and the high-profile graft investigation -- are different in nature, there are many similarities in the way the government has handled both --...
View ArticlePak-Turk School donates Rs1m for victims of Philippines typhoon
Students of a Pak-Turk International Schools and Colleges have donated Rs1 million from their pocket money and savings for the children affected by the typhoon Haiyan that devastated Philippines...
View Article‘Turkish schools in Africa important for strong relations'
The first-ever Rwandan ambassador to Turkey, Lt. Gen. Caesar Kayizari, has said that Turkish schools in Africa play an important role in strengthening relations between African nations and Turkey,...
View ArticleLimits of political Islam: the other face of AKP (1)
Anwar Alam* International consensus was emerging that Turkey was fast moving toward democracy. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Gülen movement were credited with bringing a new...
View ArticleLimits of political Islam: the other face of AKP (2)
Anwar Alam* Such narratives do not hold up for long and quickly expose themselves to their multiple inherent contradictions. First, Fethullah Gülen himself has been accused of supporting the military...
View ArticleHow Erdogan is covering up the corruption scandal
Mahir Zeynalov Turkey has been rocked with a corruption scandal since Tuesday that involves many businessmen, the sons of three ministers and several public officials. It is the biggest threat facing...
View ArticleGülen's curse was misquoted, misinterpreted, GYV chief says
Mustafa Yeşil, chairman of the Journalists and Writers Foundation's (GYV) executive board, in response to criticisms targeting prominent Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, said the curse uttered...
View ArticleWho is the winner?
Mümtazer Türköne A fierce war of words is under way between well-respected Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Gülen accuses the government of trying to...
View ArticleConspiratorial minds, authoritarian politics
Mustafa Akyol In the year 2007, one of the bestselling books in Turkey was a weird title by a conspiracy theorist: “The Children of Moses” by Ergün Poyraz. The book’s cover presented Prime Minister...
View ArticleUS ambassador story concocted by gov't team, claims daily
Reports appearing in pro-government newspapers accusing US Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone of remarks regarding a major graft probe were manufactured by government teams, according to the...
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