Former CHP leader calls on PM Erdogan to share evidence
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan should present his evidence revealing who was behind a sex tape that forced Republican People's Party (CHP) Antalya deputy Deniz Baykal to resign from his post as...
View ArticleJapanese students assist Syrian refugees in Turkey
A group of Japanese university students and professors recently came to Turkey to provide educational assistance to Syrian refugees, according to Turkish news sources on Tuesday. The volunteer group,...
View ArticleESİDEF: Targets doubled despite intimidation
Federation of the Aegean and Mediterranean Industrialists and Businesspeople (ESİDEF) President Mustafa Çelik said anti-democratic rhetoric and intimidating speeches against the business world in...
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Deputies: Turkish Olympiads best response to voices against Hizmet
Independent deputies who attended the Pakistani leg of the annual International Turkish Olympiads, held in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Monday evening, have praised the event, stating that the...
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Turkish finance minister declines to comment on ‘color lists'
Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek on Tuesday declined to comment on a question about claims that the government recruits public sector employees using “color lists” to avoid people affiliated with groups...
View ArticleTurkish schools bear their fruits in Mongolia too
Turkish school’s alumni in Mongolia have launched the businessmen association Businessmen of the Land of Blue Sky (BASIC). TUSKON’s Mongolian partner to be, BASIC had its inauguration at Blue Sky, one...
View ArticleCountdown for community operation
Cüneyt Özdemir, Radikal We may become lost in the details if we examine one by one the MİT, Internet and Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) laws, which were included in omnibus laws and...
View ArticleTurkey's MGK says discussed organizations threatening national security
Convened under chairmanship of President Abdullah Gül on Wednesday in Ankara, the National Security Council (MGK) brought together Cabinet members and high-level military officals to discuss...
View ArticleLeaked recording deepens divisions in Turks' views of Erdoğan
Turks in the conservative Istanbul district where Tayyip Erdoğan grew up stood defiantly by their prime minister on Wednesday in the face of a voice recording [audio file on YouTube in Turkish][Full...
View ArticleLynching by the hand of the state
Adem Yavuz Arslan, Bugün Telling grandiose lies and reiterating them often is one of the best-known tactics of black propaganda. If you reiterate a lie very often, people will believe it sooner or...
View ArticleUgandan president praises Turkish schools’ success, calls for deeper cooperation
Seeking for new investments in education sector, a key element for sustainable development, Uganda has called for deeper cooperation to fulfill its potential after it praised Turkish schools’ success...
View ArticleThe Gülen movement: Advocators of interfaith activities in Turkey
Hatice Sağdıç Yıldız In the aftermath of the recent corruption scandal surrounding the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP), the Gülen/Hizmet movement, a civic movement based on Islamic piety,...
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Turkish schools in Thailand celebrate 17th commencement
The Turkish schools run by Marmara Educational Institutions in Thailand said goodbye to their 17th graduates at a rapturous ceremony. The scenes in the ceremony also stirred feelings of the guests....
View ArticleAnti-democratic practices after graft probe reminiscent of Feb. 28 era
The Feb. 28, 1997 military coup may be a thing of the past, but there are some anti-democratic practices, this time orchestrated by the government, that make people feel as though they are going...
View ArticlePM Erdoğan increases intensity of hate speech against Hizmet movement
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has increased the intensity of his hate speech against the Hizmet movement, which is inspired by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, calling on people not to...
View ArticlePhilippine House speaker receives Turkish school delegation
Feliciano Belmonte, speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives, received in his office Malik Gencer, general manager of Fountain Schools, Ferhat Kazkondu, president of Pacific Dialogue...
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Turkish entrepreneurs launch ophthalmology clinic in Senegal
An ophthalmology clinic funded by the Turkish entrepreneurs was officially inaugurated with a ceremony attended by numerous guests including the Senegalese PM Aminata Toure and Turkey’s ambassador to...
View ArticleTurkish biggest NGO chief discloses plans to extend to Gambia
The general secretary of Turkey's biggest international humanitarian non-governmental organisation – Kimse Yok Mu, (a Turkish parlance meaning in English “isn’t there anyone”) has disclosed plans to...
View ArticleSP's Kamalak: MGK should discuss gov't Kurdish policy, not Hizmet movement
Felicity Party (SP) leader Mustafa Kamalak, commenting on a proclamation made by the National Security Council (MGK) on Wednesday, has said that instead of labeling the Hizmet movement as a “threat to...
View ArticleTHY's Topçu defends embargo on papers, defamation campaign
Turkish Airlines (THY) Chairman Hamdi Topçu has confirmed an embargo on the distribution of dailies Bugün, Taraf, Zaman and Today's Zaman on THY flights and has admitted having withdrawn a huge amount...
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