Current defamation campaign against Hizmet was part of Ergenekon scheme
A major campaign launched by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government and media organs to defame and discredit the Hizmet movement was among the plans of the Ergenekon network, which...
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Gülen book finds wide readership in northern Iraq
A book written by Kurdish journalist Rebwar Karim on Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen's approach to the Kurdish question has been attracting a significant amount of attention in northern Iraq. All...
View ArticleOpposition, diplomats slam gov't attempt to shut down Turkish schools
The government's attempts to shut down Turkish schools abroad which are affiliated with the Hizmet movement, inspired by the teachings of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, have been severely...
View ArticleWhy is Erdoğan hostile to Turkish schools?
Mümtazer Türköne This is Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's personal war. When President Abdullah Gül recently declared his support for Turkish schools -- which are run by Turkish entrepreneurs...
View ArticleUS envoy: Internet bans, graft charges hurt Turkey's image abroad
Turkey's ban on Twitter and YouTube has hurt Turkey's international standing, while corruption allegations implicating close allies of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have undermined its appeal for...
View ArticleFalsified documents used for Kaynak tax audits, sources say
A Finance Ministry audit team used falsified documents to carry out a tax inspection at a company close to the Hizmet movement on March 26, Zaman daily has claimed to have learned from anonymous...
View ArticleTurkish schools in US select Olympiad finalists
Many countries that are home to Turkish schools have been holding language and culture festivals this month to select the students who will compete in the 12th Turkish Olympiads in June, with one such...
View ArticleEight police officers in Adana detained over claims of illegal wiretapping
Eight police officers, including one woman and one retired officer, were detained on Tuesday in the southern province of Adana as part of an investigation into allegations of illegal wiretapping. Some...
View ArticleErdoğan pushes further polarization, hatred in Turkey in post-election era
Despite the fact that the local elections -- which saw fierce competition between the ruling party and opposition parties -- are over, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has kept ratcheting up...
View ArticleWhere is Turkey going? (1)
Denion Meidani* History, as important as it is alarming, is happening in Turkey. At the center of it all is the fate of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has presided over the Turkish political...
View ArticleWhere is Turkey going? (2)
Denion Meidani* For many analysts, the roots of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's political orientation can be found in the transnational movement of the Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in...
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Pundits: Plans to close down schools abroad arbitrary, political vandalism
Turkish intellectuals are increasingly voicing concerns about the government attempt to close down the Turkish schools that provide an education to thousands of students abroad, saying the move is...
View ArticleErdoğan's Baku visit will not close Hizmet schools
Lamiya Adilgızı After the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) won a decisive victory in the highly contested municipal elections held on March 30, considered by many to be a referendum on...
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South African, Kenyan leaders show support for Turkish schools
South African President Jacob Zuma and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta have both expressed support for Turkish schools in their country, amid the Turkish government's attempts to shut down Turkish...
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Turkic American Alliance calls on Davutoğlu to prove letter of complaint claims
The Turkic American Alliance (TAA) has called on Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu to provide evidence substantiating his recent claims that individuals affiliated with Turkish schools abroad sent...
View ArticleTurkey's Erdoğan declares war against 'parallel structure'
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to launch a massive operation against what he calls the "parallel structure," a reference to the Hizmet movement inspired by Islamic scholar...
View ArticleMisreading Turkey’s Twitter Controversy
Alp Aslandogan* I a recent article (“Trial by Twitter”), Halil Karaveli repeated the allegations of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), Turkey’s ruling party, that sympathizers of Fethullah Gülen...
View ArticleThe fear of losing power feeds insanity…
Begüm Burak The current developments that occurred in Turkey draw a rather bleak picture for democracy… And this picture is being drawn by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government. The...
View ArticleThe legacy of a professor closing down schools
Sevgi Akarçeşme Closing down schools and being a professor seem mutually exclusive, but thanks to the extraordinary conditions in Turkey we have seen them coexist. We have started the week by hearing...
View ArticleGov't bid to close Turkish schools draws ire
Many from various circles, including intellectuals and academics, have leveled harsh criticism against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government's attempts to shut down Turkish schools abroad...
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