Extradition request for Gülen aims at manipulating public perception

The Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) -- whose honorary chairman is Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen -- has stated that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been trying to create the perception that the Hizmet movement is being backed by the US with his recent request for Gülen's extradition though there is no legal basis for one.

Does Erdogan really want Gulen in Turkey?

Semih İdiz

Turbulence in ties between Ankara and Washington is increasing because of developments in Turkey. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants the United States to extradite or, failing that, to at least deport Fethullah Gulen, the Pennsylvania-based Turkish imam who was once one of his closest allies against Turkey’s secularist establishment, but has become his archenemy.

Erdoğan's image in the West

İhsan Yılmaz

For the last few months, I have been traveling in several countries, including Australia, Switzerland, Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Spain, the US, etc. Wherever I go, I meet with academics, diplomats, journalists, intellectuals and so on who closely follow what is going on in Turkey.

‘Demonization of Gülen movement seen as attempt to cover up corruption probe'

This week's guest for Monday Talk is a person who knows both Turkish and European institutions well, and he says that Turkey is increasingly driving itself away from the EU's Copenhagen criteria concerning democracy and rule of law.

Tall tales of the Turkish government

Sevgi Akarçeşme

Embattled Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been long avoiding taking questions from journalists at home unless they are openly pro-government.