Defamation campaign against Hizmet condemned by CSOs from across country
An ongoing defamation campaign targeting the Hizmet movement -- a volunteer-based grassroots movement inspired by Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen that works in the field of education around the world...
View ArticleErzurum people call Minister Ala to apologize Gülen for his remarks
A large group of people from nongovernmental organizations representatives, academics, businessmen and lawyers made a press statement on a speech paid by Interior Minister Efkan Ala saying that such a...
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Burc Schools achieve 13 medals in AMC 8
Adana Burc Schools’ students won 5 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals in 60th Annual International AMC 8 contest, jointly held by Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and University of Nebraska....
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Dr. Soltes: Hizmet cares for Turkey and humanity
Antalya Intercultural Dialog Center (AKDIM) hosted a conference entitled “Implications of Global Rise of Democracy for Today from a Rumi Perspective” at Ramada Plaza Hotel, Antalya, Turkey. The keynote...
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Turkish women make a difference in Africa
Menekşe Tokyay In a sign of Turkey's strengthened ties with Africa, a group of Turkish women composed of artists, doctors and business leaders is building an orphanage in the southern African nation of...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu sends next party of aid to Syrian refugees
Turkish relief organization Kimse Yok Mu's Bursa branch sent it's 7th aid lorry consisting of food and clothes to a Syrian refugee camp in southern province of Kilis. Turkish government,...
View ArticleCSOs slam smear campaign against Hizmet, call on PM to stop hate speech
Further civil society organizations from across Turkey have condemned an ongoing defamation campaign being conducted against the Hizmet movement inspired by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen,...
View Article‘Well, you were saying Hizmet is a religious movement?'
Hüseyin Gülerce There is an ongoing discussion in the Hizmet-government row: “We thought the Hizmet movement was a religious movement. However, recent discussions and Fethullah Gülen's statements and...
View ArticleMeet Pakistan's real Tahirul Qadri
Naveed Ahmad* The prayer leader of yesteryear fancies himself as the savior of today's Pakistan. Brandishing himself as the sheikh-ul-Islam, clad in Turkish cap and Arabic attire, Allama Tahirul Qadri...
View ArticleTurkey: A victim of imperial overreach
Lale Kemal There are, on the one hand, the Turkish security forces and judiciary, and on the other, the government and the National Intelligence Organization (MİT), who are engaged in a bitter power...
View ArticleMinisters deviate from Erdoğan's discourse on pineapple, interest lobby
Two prominent members of the Cabinet have refused to go along with two main keywords Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has frequently resorted to in order to demonize the opposition against him...
View Article'Parallel state' and 'theft of national will'
Bülent Keneş The recent developments have demystified the millions of people living Turkey who have long been deceived by lies about the country being an "advanced democracy" and a "strong economy."...
View ArticleDeputy Bal says did not resign from AK Party on anyone's orders
Responding to speculations put forward by circles close to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) that independent Kütahya deputy İdris Bal resigned from the party on an order from Turkish...
View ArticleDeputy says AK Party tainted by corruption as he resigns
Another deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), Muhammed Çetin, slammed the party for being tainted by corruption as he resigned in protest of the government's response to a...
View ArticleOligarchic clique's devious plans
İhsan Yılmaz As I have previously written in this column, when former Interior Minister Idris Naim Şahin resigned from his party, he said in his resignation letter, “When it comes to governing, it is...
View ArticleGülen's lawyer: Systemic, illegal wiretaps taking place in Turkey over last...
The lawyer of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has said there has been systematic eavesdropping on unsuspecting citizens for the last six months which led to a smear campaign against his client...
View ArticleCSOs continue to condemn hate speech against Hizmet movement
More civil society organizations from various parts of Turkey held press conferences on Friday to slam hate speech used by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government against the Hizmet...
View Article“These schools are cultivating future’s prominent Malians”
Malian Minister of Education, Jacqueline Nana Togola, visited Turkish Horizon Schools operating in the capital, Bamako. In her address during the visit, the minister said the schools are cultivating...
View ArticlePolitical Activism for Peaceful Coexistence in Rumi and Gulen
İhsan Yılmaz Rumi strongly underlines that humans – even if they are dervishes – should not ignore the laws of the universe and doctrine of causes, not to sit around heedlessly waiting for Allah’s...
View ArticleSlanders against Hizmet Movement at highest level, which offends Anatolians
The Federation of Anatolian Businessmen (ANFED) President Rahmi Bıyık stated that slanders against the members of the Hizmet Movement, inspired by Fethullah Gülen is at the highest level of all times,...
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