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Kimse Yok Mu extends helping hand to Kyrgyz orphans
The Kimse Yok Mu association, renowned as a global charity that manages to reach the most remote corners of the world, has inaugurated a new boarding school in Kyrgyzstan for children without...
View ArticleDelegitimizing ISIL
Abdullah Bozkurt The long-term challenge in the battle against terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which exploit Islam for misdirected political...
View ArticleIrregularities mark so-called Cabinet decision on Kimse Yok Mu
After the recent controversial Cabinet decision to rescind the Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) charity organization's right to collect charitable donations, some irregularity claims have been raised by...
View ArticleClash of two Islams in Turkey
Zeki Saritoprak* Turkey, an ally of the United States and member of NATO where 99 percent of the population is Muslim, is often hailed as an example of the compatibility of Islam and democracy. Recent...
View ArticleOpposition deputy seeks answers on gov’t ban on charity
A lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has directed questions at Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on why the government banned charity group Kimse Yok Mu from collecting...
View ArticleThe flaying of civil society in Turkey
Mümtazer Türköne One of the most chronically over-discussed topics at Bayram time in Turkey is that of what gets done with the hides of sacrificed animals. Since actually putting certain parts of the...
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Order came straight from the top: Sink the parallels!
Zafer Özcan, a former correspondent for the Zaman daily and current economy news manager for the Bugün daily, recently released a book titled “Paraleli Batırın” (Sink the Parallels), which unfolds the...
View ArticleLoyal depositors shoulder Turkey's Bank Asya while political war rages
(Reuters) Selling everything from their sofas to their wedding rings, Bank Asya clients are battling to shore up the Turkish lender against what they say is a government-orchestrated bid to scuttle it....
View ArticleGov't's hate campaign against Kimse Yok Mu draws condemnations
Various segments of the society, including politicians, volunteers and legal experts, continue to express frustration at a recent government decision to remove the status of public interest of Kimse...
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Gülen Movement: Financing the Service Projects in the Spirit of Giving and...
Helen Rose Ebaugh To accomplish the educational projects that Mr. Fethullah Gülen envisioned required human and financial resources. Teachers and principals were needed who were dedicated and committed...
View Articleİstanbul municipality tears down part of school in midnight operation
The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality sent teams in the early hours of Tuesday morning to the private Fatih College in the Merter neighborhood to demolish the wall of the school as well as a security...
View ArticleDoes Islam promote violence?
Aydoğan Vatandaş If you are supposed to follow the news as an obligation of your profession, it is almost impossible not to watch CNN. And if you are watching CNN, it is sometimes also impossible not...
View ArticleArınç signs 'Kimse Yok Mu' verdict without reading it
After the recent Cabinet ruling against nonprofit aid organization Kimse Yok Mu, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç claimed that he signed the verdict without reading it. Arınç's apparently false...
View ArticleWould Arınç read a decision for war?
Erhan Başyurt, Bugün Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, who had earlier ruled out the Cabinet revoking the right of the Kimse Yok Mu charity organization to collect charitable donations, which turned...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu launches legal case against cabinet ruling
Kimse Yok Mu filed three separate lawsuits after the cabinet ruling revoking its license to collect donations without government approval. The nonprofit Kimse Yok Mu’s status to collect donations...
View ArticleGov't verdict to block Kimse Yok Mu disrupts ongoing projects
The chairman of the nonprofit aid organization Kimse Yok Mu İsmail Cingöz spoke of his concerns that the Cabinet's recent ruling, which revoked the license of the charity to receive donations without...
View ArticleHRW criticizes Cabinet ruling on Kimse Yok Mu
Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the cabinet ruling that cut the Kimse Yok Mu aid organization's ability to collect donation without state approval. The nonprofit Kimse Yok Mu’s status to collect...
View ArticleAfrican students sad over govt’s move to wipe out Kimse Yok Mu
African students who have been sponsored by Kimse Yok Mu in their studies in Turkey are worried about the recent government action. The Somali and Congolese students studying in the Kayseri province of...
View ArticleSomali students condemn plot against Kimse Yok Mu
The sinister plot to block the aid efforts of Kimse Yok Mu by revoking its permit to collect donations has received widespread condemnation; especially from international students who are pursuing...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu delivers aid in Palestine during Eid al-Adha
The Turkish aid organization Kimse Yok Mu, which has become the latest target of the Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) witch hunt, delivered aid in Palestine, including in Gaza, with...
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