'Black men's credit cards are not accepted here'
Orhan Kemal Cengiz All the infringements of freedom of the press, all the journalists who have been sacked just because they made governmental circles angry, all the prosecutors and police officers who...
View ArticleEconomy being sabotaged to sink Bank Asya, says Avni
Twitter user @FuatAvni claimed in a series of tweets sent on Tuesday that Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan and the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) are sabotaging the Turkish economy...
View ArticleArınç calls Gülen's extradition request a ‘political move'
Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has described the Turkish government's request to the US for the extradition of Pennsylvania-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen as a “political move.” Speaking to...
View ArticleRecep Tayyip Erdoğan and the West
İhsan Yılmaz Recep Tayyip Erdoğan boasted, when flying to Wales for a NATO meeting, that he would ask Barack Obama to give Mr. Fethullah Gülen to him. This was in the headlines of nine national...
View ArticleBDDK says its official didn't speak to media on Bank Asya
Turkish banking regulatory watchdog has denied news reports claiming one of its senior officials told media that it took sweeping powers at Islamic lender Bank Asya, which has seen depositors flee and...
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Dissident businesspeople profiled by government, daily says
Under the guise of fighting the Hizmet movement following the graft probes that went public in December, the government has been profiling businesspeople close to Hizmet but also those close to the...
View ArticleTurks mobilize to join solidarity campaign for Bank Asya
The government-led assault to sink Turkey's largest Islamic lender, Bank Asya, due to its affiliations with the Hizmet movement, has stirred a public movement, with thousands of people rushing to...
View Article'Hizmet has been a key factor in promoting education'
Fikir Atlasi*, Episode 8 (Full text) I’m Rabbi Larry Seidman**. I was born in Brooklyn, NY and moved to California. I lived most of my life in California. I was originally trained as an engineer. I’ve...
View ArticleTurkey Risks Setting Dangerous Precedent, Bank Asya CEO Says
Turkish authorities haven't responded to pleas by Bank Asya that they act to prevent what the bank has called unfair attacks on it, Chief Executive Officer Ahmet Beyaz said. The lack of action risks...
View ArticleBank Asya seeks restart of suspended trading
Turkish Islamic lender Bank Asya, whose shares were suspended and removed from all indices on Aug. 7 amid political pressure, will ask the authorities to end a month-long trading suspension, a top bank...
View ArticleOffensive launched against Hizmet-affiliated schools in Antalya
The Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, which earlier changed the zoning plans of schools in the province affiliated with the faith-based Hizmet movement in compliance with a call made by President...
View ArticleSaygılı accuses gov't of staging a coup on Dec. 18
Former İstanbul Police Department Financial Crimes Unit head Yakub Saygılı has submitted a petition to Public Prosecutor İsmail Uçar responding to allegations about the Dec. 17-25 corruption...
View ArticleTurkish media being tested with the ‘parallel' lie
Orhan Oğuz Gürbüz What sort of relationship should exist between the media and the general public? One needs to closely scrutinize the Turkey example when searching for the answer to this question. The...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu flies back 210 Somali students
Kimse Yok Mu Foundation, active in 110 countries worldwide, has brought back its 210 Somali students who were on vacation in their country. The students studying at various high schools and...
View ArticleUS economist 'shocked' over anti-Bank Asya campaign
An American economist has expressed "shock" over anti-Bank Asya campaign and a government-orchestrated program to sink or seize it, stressing that this move sends wrong signal to both domestic and...
View Articleİstanbul Municipality covers Fatih College ads with black tarps
The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, which has already been faced with allegations of discrimination against Hizmet movement-affiliated institutions operating in the city, has covered Fatih College...
View ArticleMuslims have a duty to address those who distort Islam
Doğu ErgilDoes Fethullah Gülen suggest that Muslims have a duty to address those who distort Islam and, if so, what is that duty? According to Fethullah Gülen, those who commit transgressions against...
View ArticlePro-government dailies lose credibility with fabricated stories
Pro-government dailies have eroded their credibility with the publication of many fabricated reports aimed at whitewashing the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government after four Cabinet...
View ArticleGov't violates right to equal opportunity in education
The Ministry of Education has excluded some private schools from government incentives without any justification, violating the right to equal opportunity within education. Representatives from private...
View ArticlePolitical corruption disrupts economic balance
Mümtazer Türköne The government's recent efforts to make Bank Asya, a private bank affiliated with the Hizmet movement, go bankrupt are alone enough to show how political corruption has thrown off the...
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