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Ali Bulaç Those who believe that the ongoing crisis in Turkey is a clash between the government and the Hizmet movement are focusing on only a part of the big picture. If you take a look at the big...
View ArticleOfficers arrested in wiretapping probe released
Six police officers who were arrested last week as part of an investigation into claims of illegal wiretapping were released on Monday. The officers, including Police Chiefs İsmail Bilgin and Ertuğrul...
View ArticleTurkish Airlines blacklisting critical deputy violates Constitutional right
Turkey's flagship semi-public Turkish Airlines (THY) violated a constitutional right when it announced on Monday that it might not sell tickets to critical independent deputy Muhammet Çetin, who...
View ArticleThe last castle under fire
Orhan Kemal Cengiz Everything links to everything else. The government is now fiercely attacking the Constitutional Court, both for the decisions it has made and those it is highly likely to make in...
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Turkish schools help to enhance trade relations with Africa
African businessmen and ambassadors stress that they have developed trade relations with Turkey thanks to Turkish schools acting as bridges in their countries, although the ruling Justice and...
View Article55 students from 30 countries captivate İzmir residents with poems of praise
A total of 55 students from 30 countries captivated hundreds of spectators with their recitations of naats -- poems in praise of the Prophet Muhammad -- during a ceremony held in the Aegean province of...
View ArticleAK Party politician sparks hatred against Hizmet movement
In yet another example of increasing hate speech by the government, academic and member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Central Decision and Administration Board (MKYK) Mazhar...
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Turkish Olympiad finals held all around the globe in prestigious venues in a...
Though we typically only witness the Turkey leg of the Turkish Olympiad, held as a part of the International Turkish Education Association's (TÜRKÇEDER) Language and Culture Festival, the fact is that...
View ArticleHow not to lie in Brussels
Selçuk Gültaşlı European Union Affairs Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that senior Member of European Parliament Andrew Duff had been "bought" by the "parallel structure" -- a term frequently used by...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu’s Healing Hand Extended to Two Thousand Nepalis
Kimse Yok Mu Foundation is making plans to perform cataract surgery on 2,400 Nepalis. Nepal Ministry of Health is in support of this project as well. Kimse Yok Mu Foundation continues to extend a...
View ArticleWhy did France decide not to touch French religious schools abroad?
Emre Demir* Turkey these days is debating attempts by the state to have Turkish schools that were opened as a result of civil initiatives closed down across the globe. It is perhaps valuable then to...
View ArticleLegal complaint issued over Mazhar Bağlı’s hate speech
The lawyer of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, Nurullah Albayrak, filed a legal complaint in Ankara on Wednesday against ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) politician Professor Mazhar...
View ArticleMinisterial bureaucrats purged after being profiled by MİT
The government's massive purges in the police force and judiciary after a major corruption and bribery investigation was made public in December of last year has continued to spread to the ministries,...
View ArticleCommemorations for former President Özal, supporter of Turkish schools abroad
Turkey's eighth president, Turgut Özal, who left his mark on Turkish history with his exemplary personal and political character, will be commemorated with memorial services to be held in various parts...
View ArticleUS warns against damage to ties over recurring media claims
The US Embassy in Ankara has once again denied remarks attributed in pro-government media to US Ambassador Francis Ricciardone in the aftermath of a corruption probe investigating close allies of Prime...
View ArticleTUSKON key in trade with Turkey, top Russian group says
The Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) plays a critical role in cementing investment and trade ties between Turkey and Russia and is a key partner for its Russian...
View ArticleTurkey Greets Twitter Delegation With List of Demands
ISTANBUL — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has called Twitter “the worst menace to society” and a tool of foreign conspirators. For good measure, he has also accused it of evading taxes....
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu sends aid materials with 24 trucks for Syrian refugees
International charity association collected 24 trucks of aid material for the Syrian refugees living in the eastern provinces of Turkey. All of the trucks gathered in Nizip, a district in the...
View ArticlePro-gov't dailies report conflicting news on leaked audio on Syria
Pro-government newspapers have been contradicting each other about a leaked audio recording that includes an alleged conversation between some state officials about a possible incursion into Syria. The...
View ArticleConspiracy theorists vs. columnists
Begüm Burak The recent political turmoil that has been on the top of the agenda in the aftermath of the Dec. 17 corruption probe has been showing itself as an ontological problem for the media actors...
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