Gülen lawyer denies claims of shooting movie about Erdoğan family
Lawyer of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, Nurullah Albayrak, has denied claims that the scholar or his sympathizers are shooting a movie about the prime minister or his family. Recep Tayyip...
View ArticleThe Pigeon, The Finger, and Hizmet’s ‘Inevitable Ambiguity’
Özcan Keleş Like ‘beauty’, ambiguity can be in the eye of the beholder. While there are Hizmet-related reasons for some of Hizmet’s ambiguity, there are even more reasons to do with the outsider...
View ArticleYeni Şafak report reveals conspiracy against Hizmet put into action
A news report published by the pro-government Yeni Şafak daily on Wednesday claiming that elements of the so-called “parallel state” in the Telecommunications Directorate (TİB) had wiretapped the...
View ArticleColumnist sees Gülen ‘conspiracy' in ruling against Israel
The government has refrained to date from a clear statement on how it plans to respond to a court ruling this week to issue arrest warrants for top Israeli generals for a bloody raid on a Turkish aid...
View ArticleAfrican queen promises to give support to Turkish schools
Queen Ntombi Twala of Swaziland received a group of teachers from Turkish schools and businesspeople, affiliated with the Hizmet Movement, at her palace. The Queen had a meeting with the group although...
View ArticleTurkish doctors leave country to volunteer at Uganda's Nile hospital
Doctors who decided to volunteer at the Nile Hospital, established by Turkish charity organization Kimse Yok Mu and set to open in Uganda in few days, have left Turkey on their way to their new posts....
View ArticleTUSKON execs in Ethiopia for trade talks
Top executives from the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), one of the country's leading business confederations, are in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa to hold talks...
View ArticleTwo days in Kenya with Kimse Yok Mu
Ali Eyuboglu of Milliyet daily describes Kimse Yok Mu (KYM) Foundation’s efforts in Kenya, where even basic needs like water and food are scarce, as lifesaver. He shares his experiences in his...
View ArticleStanding by the Education Rights of Schoolgirls
Alp Aslandoğan Claiming that God directed the senseless kidnappings of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria is nothing but reprehensible. The assailants, Boko Haram, either have a dubious understanding...
View ArticleA legal guidebook for 'perception engineers'
Bülent Korucu The campaign to manipulate public perceptions of Fethullah Gülen and the Hizmet movement which is inspired by Gülen's ideas is stepping up pace once again. The “wag-the-dog” strategy is...
View ArticleEnvoy: US does not want to get involved in family fight
US Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone has said that the US does not want to get involved in Turkey's “family fight” between government officials and what the government calls a “parallel...
View ArticleErdoğanists' double discourse
İhsan Yılmaz Some members of the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan government, Justice and Development Party (AKP) members and their staunch supporters in the media have increasingly been using double discourse and...
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455 water wells opened in Pakistan thanks to Kimse Yok Mu
As part of a campaign launched by well-known Turkish charity organization Kimse Yok Mu a total of 455 water wells were drilled in separate parts of Pakistan in two years. Kimse Yok Mu which operates in...
View Article‘Dictatorship based on Shariah'
Mümtazer Türköne Some pro-government newspapers have been using the above phrase in their headlines lately, in an “it's come to this” sense. And the topic is always the same: the "parallel state...
View ArticleGYV President Yeşil: Believers should endure Divine ordeals like Blessed Mary
Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) President Mustafa Yeşil delivered a speech at the international panel titled "The Blessed Mary’s Patience in the Holy Qur’an and the Holy Bible," held in İzmir....
View ArticlePolemics over PM's ungrounded remarks about movie continue
Recent remarks by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claiming that Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen or his followers are shooting a movie about Erdoğan and his family have been denied by...
View ArticleWomen gather for UN development agenda in İstanbul
Women, tasked studies on poverty, woman, child, education, environment and health mostly within the body of the UN came together for a program held by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) on...
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İstanbul summit focuses on women's perspective for post-2015 UN agenda
Nafis Sadik, a special advisor to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, and professor Shirley Randell, one of Australia's 100 Inaugural Women of Influence in 2012, were among the participants of an...
View ArticleWhistleblower reveals wiretapping conspiracy to libel Hizmet
An anonymous whistleblower from the Prime Ministry sent an email to media outlets on Saturday claiming that a special team had been established at the Prime Ministry and that it had created a list of...
View ArticleTurkish Festival brings students from 27 countries to Ethiopia
The International Turkish Education Association's (TÜRKÇEDER) Language and Culture Festival which brought 95 students from 27 countries with the motto “Hearts United” was held in Ethiopian capital of...
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