Begüm Burak
The recent crisis going on between the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government and the Hizmet movement is indeed not just a struggle between the two actors. It means much more than that. This fight represents a struggle between democracy and autocracy, freedom and oppression and a harmonious society and a polarized society.
May 9, 2014
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: Turkey’s President-in-Waiting?
Marc Pierini*
As I write, the probability of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan running for president of the Republic of Turkey in an election on August 10 seems to get higher by the day. For a long time, most Western observers of Turkish politics thought either that the current situation would continue—with Abdullah Gül as president and Mr. Erdoğan as prime minister—or that the two men would swap jobs.
As I write, the probability of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan running for president of the Republic of Turkey in an election on August 10 seems to get higher by the day. For a long time, most Western observers of Turkish politics thought either that the current situation would continue—with Abdullah Gül as president and Mr. Erdoğan as prime minister—or that the two men would swap jobs.
Government's excessive and disproportionate use of power
Lale Kemal
Turkey has become less transparent and there is less freedom of speech -- even none, you might say -- compared with, for instance, just three years ago.
Turkey has become less transparent and there is less freedom of speech -- even none, you might say -- compared with, for instance, just three years ago.
Renewed attempt to target firm close to Hizmet exposed
A prosecutor's office in İstanbul is preparing to launch a new investigation into Kaynak Holding, a Turkish company close to the Hizmet movement, in an alleged attempt to reignite earlier claims of irregularities in the company, Today's Zaman learned on Friday.
Mysterious visitors to holdings
Turhan Bozkurt
Reports of certain visitors paying “unexpected” visits to various Turkish holdings and company headquarters are currently being spread in economy circles.
Reports of certain visitors paying “unexpected” visits to various Turkish holdings and company headquarters are currently being spread in economy circles.
Swoboda calls on gov't to show solid evidence of ‘parallel state'
The Turkish government's campaign against what it calls the “parallel state” through mass purges and demotions in the police and judiciary, and its accusations that the Hizmet movement has infiltrated the state and attempted a coup d'état, requires proof, Hannes Swoboda, the president of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats of the European Parliament, has said.
‘My son in law is a Gülenist but my daughter is a Muslim’
Murat Yetkin
I had never heard any sentence like the one in the title before. I interrupted the person speaking and asked, “What do you mean? Do you mean that you don’t consider your son-in-law to be a Muslim because he is a Gülenist?”
I had never heard any sentence like the one in the title before. I interrupted the person speaking and asked, “What do you mean? Do you mean that you don’t consider your son-in-law to be a Muslim because he is a Gülenist?”
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