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Former football star, İstanbul deputy says he is subject to hate crime
The famous former football player Hakan Şükür, who was awarded a distinguished service medal from the state due to his impressive sporting career, is also renowned in the international football world...
View ArticleSmear campaign against Gülen today harsher than in Feb. 28 era
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who has inspired a worldwide religious network that defends peaceful coexistence through dialogue and education, is currently being targeted in a...
View ArticleGülen says praying for kidnapped schoolgirls, Nigerian people
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has said he is praying for the recently kidnapped schoolgirls, their families and the Nigerian people, calling on the kidnappers to immediately free the girls....
View ArticleEx-employee files complaint against TİB head over purge
A former expert at the Telecommunications Directorate (TİB) who was recently removed from his job as part of a government-sponsored wave of purges at public institutions has filed a criminal complaint...
View ArticleTurkish PM signals to intensify state purge ahead of expected presidential bid
(Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, expected to run for president in August, has signaled that he will intensify a purge of state institutions to curb the influence of an Islamic cleric...
View ArticlePro-gov't firms label rivals in tenders part of ‘parallel state'
Certain business owners close to the government are now targeting their public tender rivals by labeling them as being part of a "parallel state” -- a veiled reference by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...
View ArticleSamanyolu high school wins gold medal in TÜBİTAK contest
Ankara's private Samanyolu Science High School picked up a gold medal on Monday in the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey's (TÜBİTAK) 45th Research Projects contest. Samanyolu...
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Young environmentalists awarded at 22nd INEPO
Young environmentalists from different corners of the world who attended the 22nd International Environmental Project Olympiad (INEPO) to find solutions to environmental problems and thus make the...
View ArticleToward a security state
Mustafa Erdoğan* The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has taken a huge step toward making the state stronger by adopting a bill that restructured the national intelligence agency. With...
View ArticleErdoğan says his gov't will carry out ‘witch hunt'
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, while defending an ongoing government-sponsored wave of purges of public officials, said on Sunday that the government will carry out a “witch hunt” if that is how...
View ArticleIf McCarthyism rises from the grave
Ekrem Dumanlı Joseph McCarthy managed to set the agenda by waving a black list in his hand. It was this way that he put fear into people's hearts. "Here's the list of traitors and spies!" he would say....
View ArticleWhy do the AKP media always lie?
Emre Uslu Since a serious graft scandal got underway on Dec. 17, the pro-Justice and Development Party (AKP) media have been publishing endless lies on a daily basis. These days, the pro-AKP media are...
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Int'l scholars discuss ijtihad, qiyas at İstanbul symposium
Around 1,000 theologians, academics and opinion leaders from more than 100 countries gathered for a two-day symposium in İstanbul over the weekend to discuss the importance of ijtihad and qiyas in...
View ArticleFethullah Gülen's message to the International symposium "Ijtihad and Qiyas:...
Fethullah Gülen Most respected scholars, intellectuals, and community leaders, who honored this symposium from Turkey and abroad; and distinguished guests and fortunate participants to this auspicious...
View ArticleTurkey's first private Arabic station starts to broadcast
Turkey's first private Arabic TV channel, Hira TV began to broadcast over the Internet this week and plans to broadcast via satellite in the coming months. The TV station aims at building better ties...
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Mothers meet in İstanbul to mark Mother's Day, see their children
One hundred eighty mothers from 63 countries whose children study in Turkey met for an event in İstanbul on Friday to mark Mother's Day. The event, now in its second year and organized by the Baran...
View Article'Humiliating people not allowed in Islam'
While responding to a question on hate speech, the Religious Affairs Directorate said on Monday that Islam does not allow its followers to use such discourse. A man identified as Mustafa Petek asked...
View ArticleWitch hunt spreads to courthouse
The government's systematic purge of members of the police force after the corruption scandal that became public on Dec. 17, 2013 has now spread to other state institutions, as 200 administrative...
View ArticleReaction mounts against PM's witch-hunt remarks
Politicians, members of the judiciary and journalists have spoken out against threatening remarks by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who stated that the government will carry out a witch hunt...
View ArticleExtraditing Gulen and other dark conspiracies
İhsan Yılmaz* Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's actions for the last two years suggest that he is taking a "Hobbesian-Machiavellian" approach to achieve his desired aims. He routinely comes...
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