Chief prosecutor admits manipulation in massive wiretapping claims
İstanbul Chief Prosecutor Hadi Salihoğlu told reporters on Friday that the number of people who were wiretapped in an investigation into the Selam terrorist organization had been exaggerated and was...
View ArticleCourt issues fine for usage of ‘hashashin' against Hizmet
The Ankara 18th Criminal Court has convicted head of the Turkish Aviation Board (THK) Ünsal İnaltekin of employing hate speech against the Hizmet movement of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen for...
View ArticleAK Party government dragging Turkish military into politics
A number of news reports that have recently made their way into the pro-government media suggest that the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government may be working to drag the Turkish military...
View ArticleErdoğan knows no boundaries when fighting imaginary enemies
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, an expert in “beating” his political rivals both at the ballot box and with his powerful discourse, has recently expanded his list of rivals and added some civil...
View Article33rd Abant Platform: whither Turkey?
Oğuzhan Tekin On June 20-22, the 33rd Abant Platform meeting was held in Akçakoca, Bolu province, to discuss "Turkey's direction," hosted by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV). More than 100...
View ArticleReactions to gov't plot against Hizmet movement mount
A recent revelation that a prosecutor conducting an illegal investigation into a social movement, allegedly acting under orders of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, has caused...
View ArticleThe love for service knows no boundaries
Abdülhamit Bilici When several Turkish businessmen went to Romanian authorities 20 years ago asking for permission to open up a school in Romania, the Romanian officials were very surprised. They had...
View ArticleExpansion of Gülen Movement Organizations Westwards
Jonathan Lacey Fethullah Gülen’s promotion of interfaith dialogue pre-dates 9/11. However, the expansion of Gulen Movement (GM) dialogue organizations promoting “Turkish Islam” certainly expanded...
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Festival atmosphere in Kimse Yok Mu town
Aid efforts to heal the wounds after the flood leaving million Pakistanis homeless in 2010 have been continuing ever since the disaster. In the Ikbaliye town established in Muzaffargarh by Kimse Yok Mu...
View ArticleBank Asya's corporate governance rating increases
Bank Asya, a leading Turkish financial institution, announced on Sunday that their corporate governance rating had increased in June over its score from last year. The bank released the figures in an...
View ArticleTSK strongly denies Akşam's report on 'parallel' pashas
In a move to foil attempts aimed at dragging the Turkish military into politics, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has strongly denied a news report published in the pro-government Akşam daily on Friday...
View ArticleBBP leader: Anti-Hizmet plot recalls practices of Feb. 28
Grand Unity Party (BBP) leader Mustafa Destici has likened an alleged secret plot devised by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government against members of the faith-based Hizmet movement...
View ArticleBaşakşehir Municipality removes Fatih College's advertising
Despite growing reaction to the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality's removal of signs from the Fem prep school in İstanbul's Mecidiyeköy district last week, the Başakşehir Municipality has taken...
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Students bid farewell with hopes of meeting next year
There was a flood of tears after the closing ceremonies held in the 12,500-person-capacity ISS Dome in Dusseldorf. Hugging fiercely, students comforted one another with the words, “See you next year.”...
View ArticlePrep school students dominate LYS university entrance exam
Students at prep schools (dershanes) -- privately owned university preparatory institutions that the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government is seeking to close down -- dominated the...
View ArticleCrime and punishment
Ekrem Dumanlı Former Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin, who submitted a parliamentary question to be answered by Interior Minister Efkan Ala about a multifaceted government plan to “finish off...
View ArticlePlaying with the military as a tool for political gains
Lale Kemal The Turkish government's massive ongoing purge within state institutions knows no boundaries as it has allegedly spread to the military. Since the disclosure of a high profile corruption and...
View Articleİstanbul Municipality continues signboard discrimination
The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, which recently removed the signboards of a building that is home to the officers of the FEM and Anafen prep schools, which are affiliated with a faith-based...
View ArticleBal asks whether Erdoğan is trying to suppress religious communities
Former Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy İdris Bal submitted a parliamentary question to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday, asking whether Erdoğan regards himself the Caliph...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu begins to deliver food packages during Ramadan
With the arrival of holy month of Ramadan, international charity organization began to extend hand to economically disadvantaged people. During Ramadan, Kimse Yok Mu aims to deliver food packages for...
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