March 31, 2013

Hizmet movement to address Armenian issue

Orhan Miroglu

The impression I got while speaking with friends who are also members of the Hizmet/Gülen movement and living in Chicago, where I have been invited for the opening ceremony of a new cultural center established by Turkish American Society of Chicago (TASC) on March 24, is that it seems the Hizmet movement is the only Turkish civilian movement which would positively contribute to the normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations in the US, where the Armenian diaspora is considerably strong.

Kimse Yok Mu establishes town in Pakistan

The Turkish charitable organization and NGO Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) continues to bandage wounds the world over -- this time by establishing the foundations of a town in Pakistan's Punjab state, the Cihan news agency reported on Friday.