“The state government is in a constructive dialogue with the Hizmet volunteers”
The nine-item inquiry proposed by five CDU (Christian Democratic Union) deputies to Baden Wurttemberg State Assembly has been responded by Ministry of Integration in cooperation with Ministry of...
View Article“The Broken Jug” now in the languages of the world
The Broken Jug sermons which are broadcast on the Internet every Monday will, from now on, not be limited to only the Turkish language. The website fgulen.com, which broadcasts the sermons of...
View ArticleWinds of ‘ijma' beginning to pick up speed
Mümtazer Türköne The concept of “ijma,” or the consensus of Islamic scholars, is one of the key concepts of the Islamic religion. Of the four basic sources of Islamic law, or the four arguments, “ijma”...
View ArticleErdoğan, Gülen among 10 Turkish figures in Foreign Policy 500 List
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and well-known Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen are among 10 Turkish public figures who made the 500 List of Foreign Policy magazine in its 200th...
View ArticleIqbal university to be set up in Lahore
Faisalabad—Huge trade and investment potential exists between Pakistan and Turkey and Dr Muhammad Iqbal University will be established in Lahore with Turkish collaboration. This was stated by Mr Taner...
View ArticlePKK's venomous mouthpiece targets the US, Fethullah Gülen
Abdullah Bozkurt The terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) leader Murat Karayılan (whose last name literally means Blacksnake) claimed that it was, in fact, the US that killed 34 Kurdish smugglers...
View ArticleTurkey urges humanitarian corridor in Syria to end refugee influx
In order to find a solution to the number of Syrian refugees fleeing their war-battered country to neighboring states, the creation of a humanitarian corridor in Syria that would allow for the delivery...
View ArticleLargest dentistry school of Iraqi Kurdistan opened
Turkey's Ishik University has opened the largest dentistry faculty clinic in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. A ceremony held to mark the opening of the facilities on Monday drew the participation of...
View ArticleFethullah Gulen’s message to the "Ijma" symposium
Fethullah Gulen sent a message to the symposium entitled “Ijma as a Common Roadmap and Collective Awareness” which took place on April 27-28 in Istanbul. Gulen’s message received a standing ovation in...
View Article“True change in a society cannot be achieved through politics but through...
The symposium “Ijma as a Common Roadmap and Collective Awareness” with participations from approximately 80 countries took place over the weekend, on April 27-28, in Istanbul. Earlier last week,...
View ArticleHistoric ijma meeting in İstanbul
İhsan Yılmaz Last weekend, a meeting organized by the Yeni Ümit and Hira magazines and supported by the Hizmet movement aimed to elaborate on the issue of ijma, or consensus of Islamic scholars, and...
View ArticleCelik: Turkish teachers beat the odds
Justice and Development Party Spokesman and Deputy Chairman Huseyin Celik said the teachers of the Turkish schools operating in Northern Iraq beat the odds in the region. Following his official...
View Article'Fethullah Gulen Might Return to Turkey on This Condition'
Will Fethullah Gulen, who currently resides in the US, return to Turkey? One active figure of the Hizmet movement, Cemal Usak, who serves as the Vice President of the Journalists and Writers...
View ArticleThe Fethullah Gulen Movement as a Transnational Phenomenon (1)
Bill Park*This paper investigates the apparent paradox thrown up by the distinctively Turkish roots and contents of Fethullah Gülen’s philosophy on the one hand, and the Gulen movement’s educational...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu volunteers care for the African orphans
Channeling the donations and sums from its fundraising activities to the region, Kimse Yok Mu branch in Denizli province takes the African orphans under its wings. Another event entitled “The Orphan”...
View ArticleHakan in Turkey, Sukur in Africa!
I try as much as possible to read the hundreds of e-mails I receive every day. Among the hundreds comes an array of information, documents, news or photos, ranging from those that come “out of the...
View Article“The Blessed” Day of the Pakistani Orphans
As a part of “the Blessed Birth” activities, a largely attended event intended to uplift 500 orphans took place in the capital Islamabad, Pakistan. Kimse Yok Mu, which has a track record of various...
View ArticleThe Middle Eastern voice of Europe -- Natacha Atlas
Many of her fans would say her songs touch their soul, with the rhythmic patterns of her smooth voice combining Arab and Western flavors in a harmonious bridge between East and West. Born to a father...
View ArticleHumanity needs a touch of magical interfaith dialogue
Arzu Kaya Uranli I grew up in a Western, secularist, modernist educational system in Turkey. Then, when I was a young teacher fresh out of college, I was appointed by the Turkish government to teach...
View ArticleYoung Mongolians dream of studying at Turkish schools
Mongolian students, who deem the Turkish schools in the country as the keys to secure a bright future, sweated out the entrance exam of the schools. Turkish schools, in operation in Mongolia since...
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