Erdoğan gov't threatened to ‘wipe TUSKON off market map,' says chairman
One of Turkey's most influential business confederations, the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), was threatened with being "wiped off the market" by the government after...
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Abdülhamit Bilici Such incredible things have been happening lately in our country that if perchance these things were to become permanent, I fear Turkey will once more be held up as an example, but...
View ArticleCalls for stronger democracy persist on coup anniversary
On the 17th anniversary of the Feb. 28, 1997 postmodern coup, politicians and civilians renewed demands for stronger democracy and the rule of law. Independent deputy İdris Bal, on behalf of six...
View ArticleHate as a political strategy
Yasemin Aydın*, Fatih Ceran** One must be well versed in the political usage of hate to understand recent Turkish politics. It is very central to political debates, and it has almost become the...
View ArticlePakTurk School holds language & cultural festival
The PakTurk School organised a ‘Language and Cultural Festival’ as well as an Olympiad which was participated by students and their parents from different cities of Pakistan. Besides the visiting...
View ArticleGülen to file lawsuit against PM Erdoğan over defamation campaign
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen plans to file a lawsuit against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for an endless smear campaign and slander, accusing Erdoğan of pursuing a concerted...
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Turkish schools hold 4th annual Bengali Olympics
International Hope Schools in Bangladesh held the 4th annual Bengali Olympics. Mostafizur Rahman Fizar, Bangladeshi Minister of Education was among the attendees. The event kicked off with national...
View ArticleTUSKON chairman to Erdoğan: To make fortune, join business world
In a response to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's call to Hizmet movement to form a political party, the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) chairman Rıza Nur Meral...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu reaches out to tribe in Panama
International Turkish charity organization Kimse Yok Mu, which operates in many parts of the world, went to a difficult to reach tribe in Panama to distribute them aid materials. Located on Ustopo...
View ArticleThe Erdoğan-Rodrik marriage of convenience
Joost Lagendijk Under pressure and in extraordinary circumstances, people who are otherwise absolutely unsuited and unwilling to work together enter into unexpected partnerships. These days we can...
View ArticleParliament accepts prep school bill, delivers blow to education in Turkey
Controversial bill seeking to remove dershanes, schools that help students prepare for their high school and university entrance exams, was passed by Parliament late on Friday night after much...
View ArticleIs there room left on stage for the president?
Mümtazer Türköne With the government deciding to tie up the justice system in the face of rapidly unfolding corruption investigations, what has now emerged is a deep-rooted state crisis. The crisis,...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu distributes aid to Syrian refugees
As Turkey is trying to meet the needs of the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees who have taken shelter in Turkey from the war in Syria, charity organizations have scrambled to launch massive aid...
View ArticleThreats and fear used to intimidate business world
Turkey has seen a number of coups. The rule of law was suspended and political institutions were unable to perform their role. There were economic crises and the business world was turned upside down....
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Turkish Olympiad held in Philippines enchants audience
Turkish Olympiad and a culture festival, held jointly by Philippian Tourism Ministry and Turkish schools in Philippines, impressed the audience a lot with performances of the students. Students from...
View ArticleErdoğan's dream: Seizing Gülen's network
Emre Uslu The upcoming election is going to be one of the most critical turning points for the future of Turkish politics. The election results will tell us whether or not Erdoğan will continue to lead...
View ArticleEmbattled PM's way of evading allegations, protests: inventing lobbies
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seems to have a peculiar way of handling -- or circumventing, to be more precise -- allegations, protests against him, the government: to accuse those who utter...
View Article“…that’s why we are called brothers”
Muhammed Çetin is a Turkish parliamentarian who recently resigned from the ruling AK Party in protest against what he calls Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s policy of protecting the corrupt and...
View ArticleTurkey's Koç: I met with Gülen; there is nothing wrong with that
The CEO of one of Turkey's largest conglomerates confirmed on Sunday that he met with prominent Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen in May, but dismissed government claims of conspiracy plots. Mustafa Koç...
View ArticleTUSKON challenges Erdoğan to enter business, defies threats
In the strongest civil society reaction yet to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's month-long offensive tone and threats against Turkey's largest Islamic group, the Hizmet movement, a leading...
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