Why Gülen is indignant about corruption
Abdullah Bozkurt One of the main reasons why Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has been so disturbed by the massive graft scandal that was exposed during then-Prime Minister and now President Recep...
View ArticleGYV summit highlights link between education, sustainable development
A recent summit organized jointly by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) and the United Nations in New York has highlighted the correlation between education and sustainable development. The...
View ArticleCivil servants spy on one another for higher posts
More and more civil servants are tending to spy on one another to win the government's favor for promotion to higher posts, Today's Zaman has learned. The servants send petitions to the Prime...
View ArticleObsession with closing down
Nedim Hazar The people who obsessively hate a certain part of the society have been moving their unfair and cruel practices to a new level each day. Some of the recent affairs in the country obviously...
View ArticleFethullah Gulen’s books draw large interest in Sweden
Fethullah Gulen’s books were on display at Sweden’s largest book fair saw large interest from book enthusiasts. The Stockholm-based intercultural dialog center Dialogslussen was among the participant...
View ArticleCingöz: Kimse Yok Mu welcomes all auditors from state institutions
İsmail Cingöz, president of the Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There), which is affiliated with the Hizmet movement inspired by prominent scholar Fethullah Gülen, explained to Today's Zaman...
View ArticleOpposition reacts to witch hunt against UN-affiliated aid organization
In the face of the targeting of Kimse Yok Mu? (Is Anybody There?), the biggest humanitarian aid organization in Turkey, by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, some opposition...
View ArticleİETT cancels bus line to Fatih University, disabled student drops out
A student dropped out of school when the İstanbul Transportation Authority (İETT) canceled the only bus line to Fatih University, which is considered to be affiliated with the faith-based Hizmet...
View ArticleFrom political Islam to Islamic terrorism: Is there a way out?
Anwar Alam* The declaration of the “Islamic state” and the “caliph” under the leadership of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), now called the IS, in the contagious...
View ArticleInspectors find no flaw in Kimse Yok Mu activities
A report prepared by inspectors assigned by the Interior Ministry earlier this year clearly states that not a single irregularity was discovered in the activities of the charity organization Kimse Yok...
View ArticleHate Speech is Undermining Turkey's Fragile Democracy
Emre Çelik* Many TV viewers could not believe their ears upon hearing the terms "blood sucking vampires, leeches, traitors, spies, worse than Shiites, and assassins" uttered by then Turkish prime...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu’s permanent assistance continues in the Philippines
Kimse Yok Mu Foundation has been carrying on its relief efforts for the locals ever since the Haiyan typhoon hit the city of Tacloban last November. The foundation renovated a school building left in...
View ArticleNeedy Afghans looking forward to Kimse Yok Mu’s eid donations
With the Eid al-Adha around the corner, countdown has started in Afghanistan for the meat distributions by Kimse Yok Mu Foundation (KYM). An aid recipient Afghan Melik Zad said, “We received bags of...
View ArticleTurkish school opens in Canada
The city of Edmonton in Canada has joined the long list of locations for schools opened by a Turkish entrepreneur affiliated with the Hizmet movement, one of the largest faith-based communities in...
View ArticleCabinet bans charity Kimse Yok Mu from collecting donations
Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu's (Is Anybody There) right to collect charity donations has been withheld because of a recent Cabinet decision. On Monday, the Taraf daily ran a story arguing that the...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu conducts 500 cataract surgeries in Pakistan
Humanitarian aid organization Kimse Yok Mu? (Is Anybody There?) carried out 500 cataract surgeries in Pakistan, as part of its international campaigns to reach out economically disadvantaged people....
View ArticleAbrupt gov't decision to revoke status of Kimse Yok Mu draws criticism
Turkey's leading charity, Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There), had its right to collect charitable donations abruptly rescinded on Tuesday, in what seems to be an arbitrary decision made during a Cabinet...
View ArticleEthiopia: Ethiopian and Turkish Business Tycoons Met
Ethiopian and Turkish business tycoons met here in Ethiopia at the Ethiopian Chambers of Commerce and Sectoral Associations’ office for the purpose of surfing business opportunities in the two...
View ArticleIs there anybody there for Kimse Yok Mu?
Begüm Burak Pink Floyd says the following in their song Comfortably Numb: “There is no pain you are receding. A distant ship, smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves.” I think these...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu reaches out to 12,000 families in Palestine
Despite the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government's removal of Turkish aid organization Kimse Yok Mu's right to raise money without permission from the Ministry of Interior Affairs, the...
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