Teaching as a Holy Vocation: Teachers as “Guides” in Hizmet
Caroline Teea* and David Shankland** The commitment and hard work of teachers in Hizmet schools is a significant factor behind their academic success. Teachers are willing to work harder and for longer...
View Article25 Bangladesh firms to join trade fair in Turkey
Twenty-five Bangladeshi companies from construction and furniture sectors will take part in the “Turkey World Trade Bridge” in Istanbul from June 16-22. The Confederation of Businessmen and...
View ArticleTurkish, Russian businessmen convene at forum
Turkish and Russian businessmen convened at the Tula Regional Investment Forum, in the city of Tula on Friday, according to the Cihan news agency. More than 100 Turkish and Russian entrepreneurs...
View ArticleTamsil: The inadvertent overspill of internalization
Özcan Keleş I was once the warden of a student hostel at which my younger brother was also a resident. One evening he asked my permission to go out for a while. I asked him where he intended to go. He...
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Yes, Love Is a Verb!
Arzu Kaya-Uranlı"This is the story of a man... a Turkish Muslim... a scholar... a preacher... and the global movement of social activists he inspires... In 2013, Time Magazine named him one of the most...
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'Hizmet is the attempt to celebrate all of humanity'
Fikir Atlasi*, Episode 2 (Full text)Assoc. Prof. Sophia Pandya The Hizmet Movement is a humanitarian civil society movement that’s been around for several decades now. It has got more than a thousand...
View ArticleFormer AK Party official: Corruption allegations cannot be buried
Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat, who was once very close to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, says on the allegations raised during the Dec. 17 process, “A trial is not something to be condemned; but...
View ArticleLosing direction
Orhan Oğuz Gürbüz How much progress can be made by undermining such notions as justice and law in Turkey? This is the fundamental question. A state where legal mechanisms are not properly operated...
View ArticleErdoğan's witch hunt turns key state institutions upside down
Since a sweeping graft scandal broke on Dec. 17, ongoing purges in state and semi-autonomous institutions have reached a level where these bodies face a serious risk of being unable to function...
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Hate Speech and Beyond: Targeting the Gülen Movement in Turkey
On December 17, 2013, a graft probe alleging corruption among some members of the cabinet became public. Immediately thereafter, the Gülen movement (a.k.a. Hizmet), one of the largest faith-based...
View ArticleFailed policy!
Ali Bulaç The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has not adopted Islam as a reference or source of identity in its policies. Therefore, neither Islam nor Islamism is responsible for its policies....
View ArticlePolitical fundamentalism in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt With increasingly aggressive and intolerant posturing, Turkey's controversial prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been rapidly transforming what used to be a successful...
View ArticleRomania hosts 12th International Language and Culture Festival finals
The final leg of the 12th International Language and Culture Festival will be held in the Romanian capital of Bucharest on June 15-16. The event, formerly called the Turkish Olympiads, is organized by...
View ArticlePrivate high school declared green space
The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) recently declared a piece of land on which a private high school had been being built to be a green space, according to representatives from the school who...
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Kimse Yok Mu provides vocational training for Palestinian orphans
Esref, a 14-year-old at Kimse Yok Mu’s vocational school for the orphan in the Western Bank, has been learning Turkish language at the country’s first ever language and culture center. “You’ve brought...
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Romania hosts song contest of Language and Culture Festival
The song contest final of the 12th International Language and Culture Festival was held in Bucharest on June 15. The event, formerly called the Turkish Olympiads, was organized by the International...
View ArticleTUSKON-led trade volume reaches $30 billion
The Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), a broad business initiative with 55,000 members, provides extensive support to businessmen who seek to make a contribution to the...
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Int'l language festival singing finale ends with great show in Romania
The finals of the singing competition at the International Language and Culture Festival, which brought together about 100 students from 27 countries under the motto “Hearts United” this year, was held...
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CCBT Teaches Turkish in Public School in Rio de Janeiro
The Turkish-Brazilian Cultural Center (CCBT) has been teaching Turkish classes at the State School Infante Don Henrique in the Copacabana neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, since July 2013. This course has...
View ArticleMoral Theology of Hizmet – Positive action, service, piety, sincerity and...
Jeremy F. Walton* In Turkey and across the globe, Hizmet (Gülen Movement) institutions defy simple categorization. As other contributors to this special issue show, they include a variety of NGOs and...
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