Turkish military only winner in current turmoil
Lale Kemal The nature of a debate a ruling party deputy triggered soon after the December disclosure of a high-profile corruption scandal that hit Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's inner circle is...
View ArticleWhy is the PKK siding with the AKP in the AKP-Gulen conflict?
Mustafa Akyol On Feb. 2, the Turkish daily Vatan published an interview with Cemil Bayik, one of the leading “commanders” of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The interviewer, Rusen Cakir, is...
View ArticleSecuritizing the Hizmet/Gulen movement
Mustafa Demir* and Ömer Şener** Turkey’s most influential and widely respected civil society organisation, the Hizmet movement, is under continual attack by PM Erdoğan who accuses it of seeking to...
View ArticleGerman intelligence did not warn against Hizmet Movement
The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution [BfV]) in Germany's Baden-Württemberg region has rejected accusations that it warned the German federal...
View ArticleShould Hizmet establish a political party?
Hüseyin Gülerce I need to underscore three points before answering the question above. First, the "parallel structure" rhetoric is being used as a slogan for extrajudicial execution. It is employed as...
View ArticleOpposition warns president not to ignore interference into judiciary
Turkey's opposition has endorsed the Journalists and Writers Foundation's (GYV) call on President Abdullah Gül to take the initiative in investigating the executive branch's recent attempts to render...
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CSOs slam ongoing black propaganda against Hizmet movement
Various civil society organizations (CSOs) from the provinces of Aydın, İzmir and Ağrı held press conferences on Tuesday slamming an ongoing black propaganda campaign being conducted by the government...
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Can Erdoğan finish off the Gülen movement?
Mahir Zeynalov The Western media has falsely portrayed the recent developments in Turkey as the latest chapter in the power struggle between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and influential...
View ArticleThe Gülen Movement and Turkish Soft Power*
Bayram Balcı For more than a decade, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has enjoyed unwavering support from the religious and social movement of Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish Islamic...
View ArticlePakistani Education Minister hails Turkish schools
The Turkish schools abroad continue to establish bridges of friendship around the world. Muhammad Baligh Rahman, the Pakistani Minister of Education, said his fellow citizens have embraced their local...
View ArticlePresident Gül dismisses calls to help tackle political turmoil
President Abdullah Gül has dismissed calls for him to be more active in tackling the political turmoil Turkey is facing due to a recent graft scandal that has implicated prominent businessmen and the...
View ArticleReuters: Gülen's followers pose biggest threat to Turkey's Erdoğan
At the FEM University Preparation School in Üsküdar, a conservative district on the Asian side of İstanbul, young men are quietly receiving specialised coaching in how to pass the exams that give...
View ArticleIs the March 30 referendum in danger?
İhsan Yılmaz Yes, I know that Turkey will have local elections on March 30, 2014, but Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has already turned it into a referendum in which the public will make a decision about the...
View ArticleWho will Gülen followers vote for?
Mustafa Akyol The current political battle in Turkey has come to staggering levels. The supporters of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Fethullah Gülen Movement attack each other...
View ArticleUNESCO Global Monitoring Report and Turkish Schools
Muhammet Mertek Education is the primary issue in the world, a recent report by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reveals. Earlier in 2000, UNESCO launched a...
View ArticleAcademics sign statement saying ‘rule of law suspended'
Academics signed a statement declaring that rule of law in Turkey has been suspended since a corruption scandal implicating various businessmen and government officials erupted on Dec. 17. Professor...
View ArticleTurkish schools very well respected and trusted, Pakistan’s Education minister
Abdülhamit Bilici Turkish schools initiated by hundreds of volunteer educators, which have been targeted by some groups, continue to build bridges between Turkey and the rest of the world. People have...
View ArticleDid they make mistake?
Hüseyin Gülerce We are experiencing a period of turmoil in which we strongly need the supremacy of law, the presumption of innocence and the individuality of criminal offenses. The government, arguing...
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40 CSOs in US slam hate speech being used by gov't officials
A total of 40 civil society organizations serving in various states of the US under the umbrella of the Houston-based Turquoise Council of Americans and Eurasians (TCAE) have criticized the hateful...
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Uplifting Romanian children in need
The Bucharest-based and Turkish-initiated Tuna Foundation and Kimse Yok Mu Foundation joined together to bring joy to the Romanian children in need. At a recent event, the children were distributed...
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