The irrationality of demanding Turkish schools abroad be shut down

Sevgi Kuru Açıkgöz

Since last year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been constantly "advising" his foreign counterparts to shut down the Hizmet schools in their countries.

Education Minister Avcı: the most unfortunate member of the Cabinet

Ali Aslan Kılıç

The graft and bribery scandal that went public on Dec. 17, 2013 continues to undermine the prestige of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party).

Erdoğan’s baseless claim of Mossad-Gülen ties draws ire

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's accusation that the Gülen movement is cooperating with Israel's intelligence agency without providing any evidence is yet another example of his feeling free to slander as he pleases, although the president is known, when confronted with an accusation, to describe those who fail to prove their claims as dishonorable.

Measures against Turkish schools worse than the 90s postmodern coup

The former Welfare Party delegate Gürcan Dağdaş calls the President Erdoğan-backed Ministry of Education's plan to close Turkish schools “a laughable attempt that lacks soul."

EFJ representative visits Zaman, says journalists not arrested in democratic countries

Barry White, the Britain-based National Union of Journalists (NUJ) representative of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), recently visited the headquarters of the Zaman daily -- which was raided on Dec. 14 as part of a government-backed media crackdown -- and said that journalists are not arrested for doing their job in democratic countries.