Egyptian professor impressed with Fethullah Gulen
Mohamed Sharkawy, the prominent Egyptian professor of philosophy at Cairo University, was at a TV program aired on Mehtap TV. Sharkawy spoke on his encounter with the Hizmet Movement and Fethullah...
View ArticleHow does the Hizmet movement fare with democracy?
Abdülhamit Bilici Ruling elites of this country, unfortunately, have targeted different groups at different times. Thus, religious people, Kurds, Alevis, nationalists (ülkücüs), leftists, non-Muslim...
View ArticleAbant Platform convenes to discuss problems of Turkish education system
Tens of educators, bureaucrats, civil society organizations and private education foundations from Turkey and 15 other countries have come together to discuss the problems of Turkish education system...
View ArticleTunisia was able to make constitution because of concessions of all parties
A Tunisian politician from the Islamist Ennahda Party said in İstanbul on Tuesday that his country was able to agree on a constitution thanks to concessions from all parties and a policy of political...
View Article'Portraying Hizmet against settlement process groundless'
Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) Vice President Cemal Uşak traveled every inch of Central Anatolia as part of the Wise People Commission for two-and-a-half months last spring to hold meetings...
View Article'All religious groups and communities face great danger'
Religious sociologist Muhammet Çakmak is of the view that the logic of, “You are either with us or you are nothing," threatens all religious groups and communities in Turkey. He also holds that this...
View ArticleGuinea-Bissau minister pay visit to Turkish school
Alfredo Gómez, Guinea-Bissau Education Minister visited International Ufuk College, one of the Turkish schools in the country established by entrepreneurs affiliated with the Hizmet movement. The...
View ArticleThe view from Brussels
Şahin Alpay I was in Brussels last week. On Wednesday, I spoke on the current state of affairs in Turkey during a “Turkey Debate” roundtable meeting organized in the European Parliament (EP). It was...
View ArticleWhat a shame, what a pity
Mustafa Ünal, Zaman Tension has risen not only in Parliament but also in public squares. Deputies will apparently have to work for at least another full week. Parliamentary commissions have recently...
View ArticleNeither conservative nor democrat
İhsan Dağı The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), in its early years of government, claimed to be a conservative and democratic party. At times it acted as such, demonstrating that a reformed...
View ArticleSaudi scholar finds what he has been looking for in Gulen
At this week’s show, Mehtap TV’s “Tefekkur” had Nevzat Savas, Hira Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, and Prof. Muhammad Babaammi, director of Al-Manahidj Institute, Algeria. Nevzat Savas spoke on the...
View ArticleAK Party provincial board member resigns after insults
Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) İzmir provincial board member Emine Yenen has resigned from the party after being subjected to insults and discriminatory treatment by party members,...
View ArticleUS-based Turkish NGOs launch aid campaign for Syrian refugees
Various Turkish nongovernmental organizations in the U.S. affiliated with Hizmet Movement carried out a project to distribute aid material for the Syrian refugees living in Turkey. The Mid-Atlantic...
View ArticleWhat is Erdoğan's battle for?
Cafer Solgun Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is growing increasingly bellicose and ill-tempered. He is having rows not only with other political parties, but with everyone. We need to make a...
View ArticleGülen’s lawyer dismisses wiretapping claims
Lawyer of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen Nurullah Albayrak has released a written statement on some slanderous allegations against the Hizmet Movement which is held responsible for wiretapping around...
View ArticleReports of en masse wiretappings denied by prosecutors
Pro-government newspaper reports claiming thousands of people were wiretapped by prosecutors as part of an investigation into an unfamiliar terrorist group have been denied by both prosecutors who...
View ArticleHeadlines or weapons of mass destruction?
Begüm Burak The Dec. 17, 2013 graft and corruption probe will most probably be regarded as a milestone in Turkish politics for researchers in the future. The Dec. 17 operation and its aftermath have...
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Turkish press council condemns false reports on Gülen movement
The High Committee of the Press Council in Turkey, following an appeal by the lawyer of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, has examined certain articles from the Sabah and Takvim dailies and condemned...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu heals wounds in the Philippines
Having earlier delivered Turkey’s relief aid to the Filipino flood victims, Kimse Yok Mu Foundation now gears up for a polyclinic and an orphanage as a part of its permanent aid initiatives in the...
View ArticleFrom republic to al-mukhabarat state
Mehmet Baransu, Taraf On Jan. 20, 2014, I wrote a column with the title “Welcome to the mukhabarat state.” We have now reached the point at which words fail. Let's read an excerpt from that column:...
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