The movement that started out a quarter-century ago to support education for children abroad starting with the autonomous Azerbaijani republic of Nakhchivan has now reached 160 foreign countries, with the founders of the movement and its volunteers welcomed with open arms around the world.
February 8, 2015
'Erdoğan's Stance Against Africa Similar To Colonial States'
Jean Paul Kouo, the deputy education minister of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, has responded to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkish authorities, saying their stance against African countries is similar to colonial countries that wanted an educationally backward Africa they could exploit easily.
Gülen, followers targeted after scholar’s New York Times article
The pro-government media, the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continue to perpetuate an ongoing defamation and smear campaign against Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and the movement he inspired as well as figures they believe are affiliated with the movement. Gülen and the Gülen movement, also known as the Hizmet movement, were targeted due to an op-ed the scholar had written for The New York Times last week.
Award-winning US screenwriter: Without freedom of speech and media, we’re all slaves
Terry Spencer Hesser, director of the first feature-length movie about Fethullah Gülen and the Hizmet movement, a grassroots initiative inspired by the Islamic scholar, spoke to Sunday's Zaman at the Strasbourg screening of the biopic titled "Love Is a Verb," on everything, from the Dec. 14, 2014 police raids on news outlets to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's defamation campaign against Hizmet-affiliated schools, saying, “If we don't have freedom of speech and media freedoms, we're all slaves.”
President’s suggestion that Bank Asya bankrupt denied by BDDK
Ali Aslan Kılıç
An important reservation is being made to a strong statement on the history of banking that is in economy textbooks used in colleges. Anywhere in the world, speculation about banks causes enormous panic that depositors will try to withdraw their money, pushing a bank to the brink of collapse. Maybe the only exception to this general rule is Bank Asya. A smear campaign has been carried out against Bank Asya for months, a target of revenge for what the government says was a role in the Dec. 17 and 25, 2013 corruption and bribery investigations. Public institutions were told to withdraw their deposits and businessmen were also warned to do the same. The withdrawal of money was also reported in the media to cause general panic.
An important reservation is being made to a strong statement on the history of banking that is in economy textbooks used in colleges. Anywhere in the world, speculation about banks causes enormous panic that depositors will try to withdraw their money, pushing a bank to the brink of collapse. Maybe the only exception to this general rule is Bank Asya. A smear campaign has been carried out against Bank Asya for months, a target of revenge for what the government says was a role in the Dec. 17 and 25, 2013 corruption and bribery investigations. Public institutions were told to withdraw their deposits and businessmen were also warned to do the same. The withdrawal of money was also reported in the media to cause general panic.
Clear intervention in judiciary
Günal Kurşun
The arbitrary actions and operations of the administration have been systematic and widespread over the last two years in Turkey. Though we saw and criticized this arbitrariness in the past, it became truly systematic and widespread after Dec. 17 and 25 because of the atmosphere of panic among the Justice and Development Party (AKP). They believe that if they somehow lose their positions of power in the government, all of their corrupt practices will be seen by the public. They have instead blamed the Gülen movement, also known as the Hizmet movement, rather than confront their own actions and operations, which created the filth.
The arbitrary actions and operations of the administration have been systematic and widespread over the last two years in Turkey. Though we saw and criticized this arbitrariness in the past, it became truly systematic and widespread after Dec. 17 and 25 because of the atmosphere of panic among the Justice and Development Party (AKP). They believe that if they somehow lose their positions of power in the government, all of their corrupt practices will be seen by the public. They have instead blamed the Gülen movement, also known as the Hizmet movement, rather than confront their own actions and operations, which created the filth.
Security of life and property in the ‘New Turkey’
Bülent Keneş
The final situation of Turkey under the government mafia of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which are knee-deep in crimes and sins, is very tragic, no matter from which angle you look. It is very obvious that Erdoğan and the crime mafia he meticulously created in order to cover up corruption, bribery and irregularities -- the total extent of which is not known but some, maybe the tip of the iceberg, was revealed in the Dec. 17 and Dec. 25, 2013 probes -- have left nothing in the country regarding rights, the law, freedoms, public order and the separation of powers.
The final situation of Turkey under the government mafia of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which are knee-deep in crimes and sins, is very tragic, no matter from which angle you look. It is very obvious that Erdoğan and the crime mafia he meticulously created in order to cover up corruption, bribery and irregularities -- the total extent of which is not known but some, maybe the tip of the iceberg, was revealed in the Dec. 17 and Dec. 25, 2013 probes -- have left nothing in the country regarding rights, the law, freedoms, public order and the separation of powers.
Bank Asya: The tyranny of arbitrariness or confiscation from Ottomans to Turkey
Murat Aksoy*
Bank Asya -- which has never experienced a significant problem since it was founded 20 years ago, despite serious problems in the banking sector -- is now in the spotlight and being targeted by the state. We have heard a lot of allegations, including the claim that its economic outlook is deteriorating. However, we have also realized that none of these allegations is true.
Bank Asya -- which has never experienced a significant problem since it was founded 20 years ago, despite serious problems in the banking sector -- is now in the spotlight and being targeted by the state. We have heard a lot of allegations, including the claim that its economic outlook is deteriorating. However, we have also realized that none of these allegations is true.
‘New Turkey’ placing free market and property rights under threat
Tuesday's raid on the headquarters of a publicly traded lender has sparked widespread reactions from a number of prominent experts, who have all voiced their concerns over the free market economy and property rights in the country -- dubbed the “New Turkey” -- since the authorities neither show respect for the interests of shareholders at home nor are they worried about the growing anxiety of foreign investors.
Turkish Bar Association President the latest to slam Bank Asya overhaul
Turkish Bar Association (TBB) President Metin Feyzioğlu outlines the illegality of the management overhaul of Bank Asya, renewing his criticism of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Who will put an end to Erdoğan’s power?
Mümtazer Türköne
The only realistic and plausible answer to this question is: It is President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who will put an end to his own power.
The only realistic and plausible answer to this question is: It is President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who will put an end to his own power.
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