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Galaxy educates thinkers, innovators
Galaxy International School Uganda (GISU) is a co-educational school in Lubowa, 10 kilometres from Kampala, on the Kampala-Entebbe Road. The school now has a new branch in Jinja on the Walukuba/Scott...
View ArticleErdoğan brought censorship, chilling effects on journalism
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is preparing to assume the office of president on Aug. 28 following his election to the state's top post on Aug. 10, has left a legacy on journalism which is...
View ArticlePresident-elect breaks victory speech promise
Turkey's much-anticipated presidential election on Aug. 10 resulted in the victory of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who managed to defeat his close rival Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu and pro-Kurdish...
View Article'Real parallel structure infiltrating government is Tawhid-Selam'
The Dec. 17 and Dec. 25, 2013 government corruption operations were used as a pretext for a massive purge of the National Police Department, and the purge lists had been prepared in advance by...
View ArticleGov't persecution of businesses bodes ill for overall economy
The Finance Ministry's profiling of 100,000 companies owned by businessmen with affiliations to the Hizmet movement was one of the hottest debate topics last month, and the latest remarks from...
View ArticleTurkish gov't attempt to sink bank betrays markets
An alleged government plan to force the closure of a Turkish participation bank as part of ongoing political pressure against the Hizmet movement is tantamount to betraying the country and, thus,...
View ArticleDeceased Mongolian teacher becomes Twitter trending topic
Mongolian teacher Galimbek Sharivkhan, who died in a car accident in South Africa on Saturday, has become a trending topic on Twitter with the hashtag #MoğolistanınAdemTatlısı (Mongolia's Adem Tatlı)...
View ArticleReport: Religious communities wiretapped by AK Party government
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government reportedly ordered the wiretapping of all religious groups in Turkey: the İsmailağa community led by Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu, the...
View ArticleBack to the witch hunt
Mümtazer Türköne Prime Minister and President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's balcony speech increased expectations that a new starting point both for himself and for the government would be established....
View ArticleCihan reported election results accurately despite cyber attacks
The Cihan news agency, which is both domestically and internationally renowned for its successful election coverage over the past 12 years, was able to deliver the most accurate results from polling...
View ArticleFormer SPK head laments ‘unusual' gov't pressure
Ongoing government pressure on independent institutions and private companies has reached worrisome levels of despotism that markets have not seen for 30 years, former head of Turkey's primary...
View ArticleWhat happened to getting permission from the authorities?
Özgür Küçük The Mavi Marmara set sail for Gaza in 2010. Bülent Yıldırım, president of the Humanitarian Aid Foundation (İHH), association that organized the trip, said the goal was to set the agenda....
View ArticleGülen slams pro-gov't media for disseminating lies and blasphemy
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen criticized on Monday the pro-government media in Turkey for spinning the truth and disseminating lies while trying to justify senior officials' blasphemous...
View ArticleImportance of Strong Cultural Foundations
One recurring theme in Fethullah Gulen’s writings is the problem of cultural identity, which is how the individual relates to his cultural and civilizational heritage. Culture is seen as very important...
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'Separation of powers and free press are essential for efficient and fair...
Fikir Atlasi*, Episode 4 (Full text)Elizabeth Munisoglu, J.D. My name is Elizabeth Munisoglu**. I have an interesting background and I think I have to tell you all of it so you understand the point of...
View ArticleErdogan, not religion, divides Turkey
Mustafa Akyol In the last decade, many observers of Turkey underlined the division between secular and religious Turks as the main fault line in politics. Accordingly, the more secular, Westernized...
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Journalists and Writers Foundation in Rwanda for Global Peacemakers Conference
“Global Peacemakers Conference” took place in the Rwandan capital city Kigali, August 7-8, 2014. Turkey’s Journalists and Writers Foundation, the sole participant from outside Africa, attended the...
View ArticleErdoğan gov't expands ban on media coverage for public event
Independent and critical media outlets in Turkey -- including Zaman, the country's highest-circulation newspaper, and Cihan, the country's largest private news agency -- were denied accreditation to...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu delivers humanitarian assistance to Yazidis, Turkmens
Kimse Yok Mu, one of the largest charity organizations in Turkey, has sent humanitarian assistance worth nearly TL 2 million collected by volunteers to help Turkmens and Yazidis escaping Islamic State...
View ArticleJamaican minister feeding the needy
The humanitarian relief organization Kimse Yok Mu Foundation extended a helping hand to the needy in the Central American country Jamaica. The donations arrived in the country located in the Caribbean...
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