‘Award ceremony did not take place as no money was available’
The Ministry of National Education has said, in a statement, the award ceremony of a short film contest won by Seleme Gülen, a relative of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, was not made as...
View ArticleGovernment to curtail right to defense, undo legal reform
The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government has drafted a single-article bill aimed at curbing the rights of defendants and the lawyers who represent them, in what opposition parties say...
View ArticleGov't begins plan to stamp out 100,000 firms
The Finance Ministry has reportedly started implementing a plan to bring about the closure of 100,000 firms it claims are linked to the faith-based Hizmet movement and which were already being...
View ArticleHSYK launches inquiry about Hizmet prosecutor
The 3rd Chamber of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) has decided to begin an official inquiry regarding the activities of Ankara prosecutor Serdar Coşkun, who is currently overseeing...
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Kimse Yok Mu carries on aid for Gaza
Kimse Yok Mu Foundation continues its efforts in the Gaza Strip. Kimse Yok Mu, in cooperation with its local affiliates, recently geared up to focus more on the region having limited connection with...
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Message of tolerance, peace expressed at GYV's fast-breaking dinner
A message of tolerance, dialogue and coexistence for people of different faiths and ethnic backgrounds was dominant at a fast-breaking dinner organized by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV)...
View ArticleMeal and food support for Somali people during Ramadan
Ramadan, the sultan of the 11 months, is the period of time where most aids and charities are done. Philanthropists are helping both domestic and international muslims, making this month fertile for...
View ArticleZaman correspondent thrown out of AK Party event at European Parliament
The Strasbourg correspondent of the Zaman daily was forced to leave an iftar dinner on Thursday hosted by the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR) and the Justice and Development Party (AK...
View ArticleRamadan joy in 110 countries on 5 continents
Iftar dinner for one thousand Ugandan orphans daily Having launched its Ramadan 2014 initiatives under the slogan “Fill up your umbrella of mercy with the abundance of sharing,” Kimse Yok Mu Foundation...
View ArticleGov't using TÜRGEV to form religious community alternative to Hizmet
The Foundation of Youth and Education in Turkey (TÜRGEV), on whose executive board Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son Bilal sits and which was involved in a corruption scandal that became public...
View ArticleFormer minister: They're committing a crime by fabricating evidence
Former Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Türk, who is a law professor and former Cabinet minister, says that the government created a myth of a parallel state to cover up massive corruption allegations. In...
View ArticleInterior minister fails to answer questions on plot against Hizmet
Interior Minister Efkan Ala has failed to respond to parliamentary questions concerning a plot against the Hizmet movement within 15 days, as required by the internal regulations of Parliament. A plan...
View ArticleErdoğan gov't transforms Turkey into land of oppression, bans
An upward trend of democratic achievements and efforts to make Turkey a more civilized and democratic country have been reversed recently -- particularly after the Justice and Development Party (AK...
View ArticleConcerns on rule of law and erosion of checks and balances*
Hakan Taşçı Two severe economic crises since the collapse of the banking system in 2001 have led to an economic and political transformation in Turkey. Thanks to single-party rule, European Union-bound...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu reaches out to orphan children in Lesotho
International charity organization Kimse Yok Mu arrived in one of the world’s poorest countries, Lesotho to help orphan children and provide food packages to needy families in the holy month of...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu purchases houses for 11 Soma families
The Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) has financed the purchase of houses for the families of 11 miners who were among 301 killed in a mining disaster in the district of Soma in western...
View ArticleTurkish charity calls for increased aid to Gaza
Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) has launched an aid campaign for the people of the Gaza Strip and called for more humanitarian aid to the region, where 342 Palestinians have been killed...
View ArticleSGK official asks for Parliament help to counter ‘parallel' claims
A department chief in the Manisa branch of the Social Security Institution (SGK) has submitted a complaint to Parliament's Petition Commission claiming that he has been accused of being a member of the...
View ArticleThis blatant distortion is too much
Ekrem Dumanlı Last week, I participated in a TV program that was aired on Bugün TV. The first agenda item of the program was Israel's attacks on Gaza. I was asked, "Do you condemn it?" I said that I...
View ArticleRTÜK fines Samanyolu for news about boy named after Gülen
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) fined Samanyolu TV on Sunday for running a news story about a student named Fethullah Gülen who prepared for the Transition to Higher Education...
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