Applicants affiliated with CHP, Hizmet movement face discrimination
Following the tension between the government and the Hizmet movement -- inspired by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen -- the government has based its recruitment policy on “color lists” to avoid...
View ArticleTurkish schools in Somalia won 22 medals in 2 years
Turkish schools in Somalia have shown great success within two years, winning a total of 22 medals in Olympic competitions since 2011. Attaching great importance to education in Somalia, Turkish...
View ArticleProtecting or spreading Islam?*
Hüseyin Gündoğdu Many things were said and written on the reasons of conflict between the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the Hizmet movement, but most of those alleged reasons seem not...
View ArticleYou cannot explain it!
Ekrem Dumanlı An elderly man approached me as I was walking out of the mosque. He recognized me; apparently, he wanted to tell me something. He said, “I have been voting for these people for almost two...
View ArticleLambsdorff: Turkish press intimidated, under pressure
A senior member of the European Parliament (EP), German Liberal Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, said the Turkish press is intimidated and under pressure, and also strongly criticized the new Internet law....
View ArticleThe Hizmet movement and external forces
İhsan Yılmaz When a respectable theologian recently said, "The problem is whether these entities [religious communities] will knowingly or unknowingly become part of the intervention with Turkey," this...
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Islamists lost test with power, Arab and Turkish intellectuals agree
Gathering in İstanbul at a meeting organized by Turkish Review and Hira magazines, Arab and Turkish intellectuals have discussed the role of the state in Muslim societies and agreed that Islamist...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu to send aid for Syrian refugees with 50 TIRs
Turkish charity organization Kimse Yok Mu will distribute aid materials to the Syrian refugees with a total of 50 TIRs (International Road Transport) as part of a large-scale aid campaign called Sana...
View ArticleWho is Behind the Pennsylvania Protests?
Aydoğan Vatandaş The most important message the Gezi protests gave was the message that the Erdogan’s government lost its credibility in the eyes of some sections of the society. Although some of the...
View ArticleGülen media, pro-government media, is it the same thing?
Barçın Yinanç“Alo Fatih...” could become a campaign motto for the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). Alo is the word we use when we pick up the phone. “Alo Fatih…” refers to a telephone...
View Article“Somalis will remember your aid”
Kimse Yok Mu Foundation continues its efforts to meet the water, hot meal, clothing and medication needs in Somalia, stricken with terror and famine. The foundation’s school in the capital Mogadishu...
View ArticleBrussels, Paris and Berlin
Ali Yurttagül* I think this was the first time when real progress was made in discussions over Turkish-EU ties in two weeks of meetings. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Brussels on Jan. 21,...
View ArticleToward the 'Mubarak model'
Bülent Keneş A brief look at the developments of the last two months reveals that the picture we are facing is completely new. The graft investigation which was conducted on Dec. 17, 2013 has exposed...
View ArticleMGK plan in action
Mehmet Baransu A National Security Council (MGK) plan -- dated Aug. 24, 2004, titled the “Plan to Crack Down on the Fethullah Gülen Group in Turkey” and undersigned by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...
View ArticleBaseless allegations damage publicly traded firms
Turkish Association of Capital Market Intermediary Institution (TSPAKB) Chairman Atilla Köksal said on Monday that baseless news stories circulating in the Turkish media about companies, banks and...
View ArticleWhat will emerge from March 30?
Mümtazer Türköne It is well known that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a leader who believes strongly in the importance of public research polls. For years now, he has had three different...
View ArticlePM Erdoğan continues with insults, threats against Hizmet movement
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has continued to unjustifiably insult and direct threats at the Hizmet movement, inspired by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, implicitly claiming that Hizmet...
View Article“Time to Help” launched in England
Time to Help, Kimse Yok Mu Foundation affiliate in Europe, has launched its office in England. The foundation’s officials introduced their proposed projects at a recent publicity event. Orhan Erdogan,...
View ArticlePreparations for Turkish Olympiads begin in Morocco
Preparations for the 12th International Turkish Olympiads have started in Morocco with rehearsals at a Turkish school established by the members of the Hizmet Movement, inspired by the Islamic scholar...
View ArticleTurkish-Arab forum focuses on gov’t oppression on Hizmet
Discussing the recent developments in Turkey and the Muslim world during the “Arab-Turkish Intellectuals Forum” in İstanbul on Tuesday, a scholar from Egypt likened the smear campaign conducted by...
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