13 recommendations to MGK secretary for inclusion in 'Red Book'
Veysel Ayhan The president pays attention to the current National Security Council (MGK). He is determined to declare Hizmet a terror organization. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is not interested in...
View ArticleLand tender won by TUSKON reopened in defiance of court decision
The tender for a large parcel of land which was won by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) was reopened on Monday, despite a prior court decision barring such a move,...
View ArticleTyrants do not remain in power long, warns Constitutional Court head
The head of Turkey's top court has said oppressors who are cursed by their victims, as history has shown, are not able to remain in power for long.“No oppressor [in history] has been able to remain in...
View ArticleThe fate of prosecutors
Ekrem Dumanlı An election was held at the Ankara Bar Association recently. Nuh Mete Yüksel, who was among the powers that be in the prosecutorial community in the past, entered while this was taking...
View ArticleWhat a plot attempts to tell
Begüm Burak The film “Birleşen Gönüller” (The Converging Hearts) was released to Turkish audiences on Friday. I think the “money pool media” will stigmatize it in the news as a movie of the “parallel...
View ArticlePro-government media allowed to lie, ignores compensation penalties
Media outlets within the government's sphere of influence have ignored court orders for them to publish retractions of fabricated stories, especially about the Hizmet movement after the corruption...
View ArticleGovernment blocks bank accounts of aid organization
The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government's efforts to disrupt the work of Turkey's leading aid organization Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) continues with the unlawful blocking of the...
View ArticleFethullah Gülen speaks at UN
Selçuk Gültaşlı Amid strong efforts by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to declare him a terrorist, Fethullah Gülen addressed the United Nations on Oct. 24. It seems that US President Barack Obama and...
View Article'The Gulen movement is one of the very few that has managed to live what it...
Fikir Atlasi*, Episode 12 (Full text) I’m Khaled Abou Fadl**. I’m a professor of law at UCLA School of Law and an author of a number of books on Islamic theology and law. Hizmet Movement is, in my...
View ArticleDespite blocking accounts, Kimse Yok Mu able to collect donations
Despite the latest step in a government crackdown on Turkey's UN-affiliated aid organization, Kimse Yok Mu, in which two banks blocked the organization's accounts, administrators for the charity have...
View ArticleTurkey will hurt own interests if gov't shuts down Kimse Yok Mu
Former Director for East African Affairs for the US State Department Professor David Shinn said in an interview, “If the government of Turkey is trying to shut down Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) it...
View ArticleErdoğan's personal propaganda tool, the MGK
Mümtazer Türköne Like the National Security Agency (NSA) in the US, or the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) in Germany, the MGK in Turkey -- the National Security Council --...
View ArticleWarning of another Feb. 28 on the eve of an MGK meeting
Erhan Başyurt Tomorrow the National Security Council (MGK) will convene. Turkey is going through a grave security crisis due to the situation in Syria and Iraq, and the escalation of domestic terror....
View ArticleIs Anybody Out There?
Emre Çelik It's unfortunate when an organization tasked with providing help to the needy must ask for help itself. It's even more unfortunate when the help it seeks is rooted in deliberate and...
View Article‘Erdoğan has replaced 1980 coup generals'
Dr. Selim Kaptanoğlu, former Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) politician and former doctor of late iconic MHP leader Alparslan Türkeş, said on Tuesday that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has replaced...
View Article'Red Book' should not be used as a threat, analysts say
Former members of the National Security Council (MGK) have warned that the “Red Book,” a national security document in which major threats against the nation are enumerated, should not be used as a...
View ArticleMain Opposition Deputy Head Slams Gov't For Targeting Hizmet Movement
Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Faruk Logoglu criticized government, which signaled Hizmet Movement should be included in “Red Book,” a national security document in which major threats...
View ArticleTUSKON to sue dailies over disputed land reports
Leading Turkish business group, the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) said on Thursday it will soon file lawsuits against certain government dailies which published...
View ArticleAK Party brings back internal enemy card to divert attention
In open contradiction with its history and past promises, the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government is getting ready to denounce the faith based Hizmet movement as a national security...
View ArticleTop security council's vague wording draws reactions
A vaguely worded statement issued by Turkey's top security body on Thursday, which listed internal and external threats directed at Turkey, drew harsh rebuke from opposition parties. Nationalist...
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