June 6, 2014

Colors of world meeting at Turkish Language Olympics in exile

Unal Tanik

The Turkish schools abroad should top the list of the global brands Turkey has produced. It’s not easy for a brand to make a name for itself. Sustainability matters as much as other qualifications do. There have been so many enterprises that started to fade from the very beginning.

Journalists and Writers Foundation holds media forum in Moscow

A two-day forum co-organized by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) and the Turkish-Russian Cultural Center kicked off in Moscow on Friday to discuss media ties between Turkey and Russia.

Purges at Turkish Airlines continue after PM's 'witch hunt' remarks

Mehmet Yılmaz, head of Turkish Airlines' (THY) line maintenance department, was demoted to a lower position, according to Turkish news outlets on Friday.

MHP submits question over allegation of FBI file

Özcan Yeniçeri, a deputy from Turkey's opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has submitted a parliamentary question to Interior Minister Efkan Ala asking whether it is true that the Interior Ministry gave a file about the activities of the Hizmet movement, led by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, to an FBI delegation that visited Turkey.

Turkey’s intra-Islamic witch hunt

Mustafa Akyol

“If this is called a witch hunt, then yes, we perform a witch hunt,” said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a May 10 “consultation and assessment meeting” of his Justice and Development Party (AKP). He was referring to the purge and reshuffling within the Turkish judiciary and police with the clear aim of dismantling the “parallel state” allegedly formed by the Fethullah Gulen movement. “In order to sterilize this dirty water that contaminated the milk, we will either boil or molecularize it,” Erdogan added, using a biological reference to justify an operation on state and society.

Court wants up to 11 years for Samanyolu TV director

A prosecutor has filed charges against a director of Samanyolu TV accusing him of “insulting” and “slandering” Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and fomenting “grudges and hostility among the public,” demanding up to 11 years and two months in prison.Chief Public Prosecutor Sıddık İlgar demands between two years and 10 months to 11 years and two months in prison for Abdullah Bağ, who is the director responsible for the content of the broadcasts of Samanyolu TV, which has currently been under attack from government agencies.

The [Gulen] movement was a curtain

Yonca Kaya Şahin

When the AK Party came in power in 2002, it lacked the qualified staff it needed to rule.

The movement stepped in at this point and served the party`s need.