Clash of two Islams in Turkey
Zeki Saritoprak* Turkey, an ally of the United States and member of NATO where 99 percent of the population is Muslim, is often hailed as an example of the compatibility of Islam and democracy. Recent...
View ArticleGülen says Turkey needs new constitution to save its democracy
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who has been silent in the past few months amid government moves to contain a recent corruption scandal, has urged Turkey to write a brand new constitution as a...
View ArticleAnkara forces Arbil to close Turkish schools in KRG
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan asked Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani to close Turkish schools in the autonomous region of Iraq during Barzani's visit to Turkey...
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FM Davutoğlu orders ambassadors to avoid Turkish Olympiads
With only a few months remaining before the 12th Turkish Language Olympiads, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has sent a message to Turkish ambassadors and diplomats serving abroad ordering them not to...
View ArticleReuters: Turkish cleric says Erdogan risking decade of reforms
A US-based cleric locked in a feud with the Turkish government has likened Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on power to that of the once-dominant military, and warned that political and economic...
View ArticleDespite slander, Gülen remains silent to avoid provoking gov't supporters
Osman Şimşek, editor of herkul.org -- the website that usually publishes Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen's speeches -- has said that the Islamic cleric doesn't respond to slander and insulting remarks...
View ArticleIslamic scholar Gülen offers condolences to Berkin's family
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen offered his deep condolences to the family of Berkin Elvan, the latest victim of last year’s Gezi Park protests, in a statement issued late on Tuesday. The...
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Abant Platform calls for 'respect for sacred' in Africa meeting
The 32nd Abant Platform, which took place in Addis Ababa over the weekend, confirmed its commitment to the respect for sacred values and the encouragement of freedom of religion by international and...
View ArticlePak-Turk Schools react to baseless claims
Turkish Schools in Pakistan reacted to the recent claims that the schools will be nationalized. “The claims are entirely baseless without any merit,” the schools’ officials said. Here is the full...
View ArticleWhy won't Obama extradite Gulen?
Aslı Aydıntaşbaş Last week during a TV interview, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he had complained to President Barack Obama about Fethullah Gulen in phone conversation. Erdogan...
View ArticleIntel chief first gives anti-Hizmet file to Obama, then visits Gülen, Karaca...
Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Undersecretary Hakan Fidan gave a file containing a plan to finish off the Hizmet movement inspired by Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen to US President...
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Gulen, Erdogan and democracy in Turkey
Berna Turam* Turkey has recently been shaken up by the tumultuous altercation between the globally active Muslim community-movement, the Gulen movement (GM) and the pro-Islamic Justice and Development...
View ArticleAustralian NGOs support Gülen against PM Erdoğan's insults
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's hateful and insulting rhetoric against Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and his followers is deeply wounding the Turkish community in Australia,...
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Final Declaration of the 32nd Abant International Forum “Freedom of Speech &...
African Union HQ, 08-09 March 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The 32nd Abant International Forum, in line with the recommendations of the 29th Forum with the theme “Africa: Between Experience and...
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Gulen’s books draw large interest at Indonesia’s book fair
Fethullah Gulen’s books have attracted an immense attention at the Islamic Books Fair in Jakarta, Indonesia. Republika Publishing officials selling Gulen’s books at their stalls expressed their...
View ArticleErdoğan…a factionist PM?
Rana Yurtsever Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has long been known and criticized for his offensive and “othering” language for those who do not and are not expected to vote for his party...
View ArticleReal democrats cannot politicize Islam
Begüm Burak Turkish politics has recently been witnessing an illiberal democracy. Unlike in Western democracies, pluralism, critical journalism, political opposition and the right to peaceful protest...
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Turkish schools in Romania celebrate 20th year
Schools established by Turkish entrepreneurs in Romania celebrated their 20th year during the finale of the Turkish Olympiads in Bucharest on Wednesday. Filling in the largest performance hall in the...
View ArticleOpposition CHP to take Gül-approved dershane law to Constitutional Court
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is preparing to take a controversial law closing Turkey's dershanes, or private preparatory schools, to the Constitutional Court, the party said a...
View ArticleOnce strong supporter of Turkey, Liberals now skeptical due to Erdoğan
One of the strongest indications that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's policies in the wake of the Dec. 17 corruption scandal have irked many in Brussels is the “unsurprising” change of the...
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