Islamic scholar Gülen urges followers to remain calm in face of insults
Fethullah Gülen, the inspiration behind the Hizmet movement, which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues to insult and target with a smear campaign, threatening to pursue criminal proceeding...
View ArticleIs another Mideast democratic experiment over?
Turkish prime minister Erdogan is seemingly having difficulty staying disciplined, and is moving to take control of the state at a pace that recalls similar actions by former Egyptian president Mohamed...
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Daily publishes evidence of ‘color lists' used to recruit public sector...
The Taraf daily published a document on Wednesday in supports of its allegations that the government recruits public sector employees using “color lists” to avoid people affiliated with groups such as...
View ArticleBeating 'domestic enemies' in the game of 'advanced' democracy
Begüm Burak What Turkey has been going through since the Dec. 17 graft probe can be viewed as the crystallized version of how bad Turkey's so-called “advanced” democracy has turned out to be. The...
View ArticleJournalist: I was threatened over not supporting government
Seasoned journalist Cüneyt Özdemir has said he was threatened by two members of pro-government media outlets and pressured to jump on the bandwagon by lashing out at the Hizmet movement and hosting a...
View ArticleGülen's lawyer: Doctored tapes part of plans to finish off Hizmet movement
Nurullah Albayrak, the lawyer of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, released several recorded phone conversations of his client on Wednesday, saying they were illegally wiretapped in violation of...
View ArticleAccused by Erdogan of plotting a coup, Hizmet movement fears for freedom in...
Mariana Timóteo da Costa SÃO PAULO – Considered by most of the western public as mysterious and accused by the Turkish government of being behind of the political crisis that shook the country, the...
View ArticleTurkish schools holding Indonesia’s largest science olympiad
Turkish schools in Indonesia kicked off annual Indonesia Science Project Olympiads (ISPO), the largest science contest of the nation. The contest, in its sixth year, saw a huge participation of the...
View ArticleUN praises Kimse Yok Mu for aid efforts in Somalia
Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) John Ging said in an interview on Thursday that Kimse Yok Mu and other Turkish NGOs' aid efforts in Somalia...
View Article'When the last gang becomes a thing of the past'
Adem Yavuz Arslan, Bugün The headline of this column belongs to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He said it during his party's parliamentary group meeting on Tuesday. The prime minister, who has...
View ArticlePrime Ministry asks president to purge 'parallel state' in his office
The Office of the Prime Minister has submitted a list of people who are allegedly members of the Hizmet movement to President Abdullah Gül, the Taraf daily claimed on Thursday, as part of widespread...
View ArticleCould assassination attempts be made against politicians?
Emre Uslu Turkey has turned into a big mental hospital. It seems that almost all political actors have lost their minds and are acting without making rational judgments. For a long time, it was obvious...
View ArticleFormer Somali minister grateful to Kimse Yok Mu
Muallim Adem Adow, Somalia’s former naval minister and deputy, expressed his thanks to the international aid and relief foundation Kimse Yok Mu operating in his country. He said his people will always...
View ArticleNigerian President opens Turkish Hospital
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday inaugurated a $20 million Nizamiye Hospital in Abuja, seen as a remarkable milestone in the bilateral relations between Nigeria and Turkey. The 80-bed world-class...
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Fethullah Gulen: The Muslim Martin Luther?
Victor GaetanFethullah Gulen Attempts an Islamic ReformationFethullah Gulen In a video posted on his Web site last December, the Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen called on God to curse Turkish...
View ArticleGov't criticized for allegedly forcing scientific researcher to alter report
Claims by the former head of a scientific research agency that he was forced to make changes to a report that was part of an investigation into bugging devices found at the prime minister's office have...
View ArticleDeputy denies telling daily Star of Hizmet plot against him
Independent deputy İhsan Barutçu denied telling the Star daily that the Hizmet movement had plotted against him, after the daily ran a headline on Friday with a quote from the deputy. Star quoted...
View ArticleWelcome to the Mukhabarat state of Turkey
Emre Uslu The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has surely been establishing a Mukhabarat state similar to the one in Syria and Iran. The last bill introduced about the National...
View ArticleEU's Flautre says PM Erdoğan's harsh words against Hizmet not acceptable
Hélène Flautre, the co-chairwoman of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, has criticized Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's harsh rhetoric against the Hizmet movement, saying that...
View ArticlePredictability in Erdoğan's Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt The most significant damage beleaguered Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has inflicted on Turkey in a frantic effort to rescue himself, his children and close associates from legal...
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