ISTANBUL — In building his political career, Turkey’s powerful and charismatic prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, relied heavily on the support of a Sufi mystic preacher whose base of operations is now in Pennsylvania.
December 20, 2013
Hizmet movement and perceptions
Markar Esayan
The agenda-setting development of last week was a graft investigation that was launched on Dec. 17. Several people, including the sons of some ministers, businessmen and the general manager of Halkbank were detained. First, Government Spokesman Bülent Arınç, then, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, made remarks about the matter.
The agenda-setting development of last week was a graft investigation that was launched on Dec. 17. Several people, including the sons of some ministers, businessmen and the general manager of Halkbank were detained. First, Government Spokesman Bülent Arınç, then, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, made remarks about the matter.
Operation and crossroads
Orhan Miroğlu
Therefore, there are currently no defendants in the Feb. 28 coup trial being held in detention -- with the exception of retired general Çetin Doğan, who was convicted in the Balyoz trial. However, not all defendants have taken the stand in the Feb. 28 case and the victims and complainants have not yet been heard.
Therefore, there are currently no defendants in the Feb. 28 coup trial being held in detention -- with the exception of retired general Çetin Doğan, who was convicted in the Balyoz trial. However, not all defendants have taken the stand in the Feb. 28 case and the victims and complainants have not yet been heard.
Prove it
Tarık Toros, Bugün
There are some people who fail to look at the charges that have been leveled against the detainees in the corruption operation that has touched the sons of three ministers and instead they just speculate about the timing and forces that prompted the operation.
There are some people who fail to look at the charges that have been leveled against the detainees in the corruption operation that has touched the sons of three ministers and instead they just speculate about the timing and forces that prompted the operation.
Giving Precedence to Common Points: The Limits of the Otherness in Fethullah Gulen's Dialogic Methodology for Interfaith Encounters
Irina Vainovski-Mihai*
Gülen’s Constructs of Otherness
In a broad overview of Gülen’s and his movement’s national-security identity, Hasan Kösebalaban (Kösebalaban 2003) distinguishes three perceptions of the Other defined by varying degrees of separation: (1) a strong degree of common identification with the Turkic world (a Kantian Other in which the distinction between the Self and Other is weak, where the Self perceives the Other as part of its own group), (2) a lack of common identification with the West but a desire to integrate with Western institutions (an approximate of the Lockean Other, where the Self perceives the Other as a peaceful rival), (3) a strong lack of common identification with Iran (an identity shaped in terms of a Hobbesian culture of anarchy in which not only the distinction between Self and Other is clear, but also the Self perceives the Other as a security threat).
Gülen’s Constructs of Otherness
In a broad overview of Gülen’s and his movement’s national-security identity, Hasan Kösebalaban (Kösebalaban 2003) distinguishes three perceptions of the Other defined by varying degrees of separation: (1) a strong degree of common identification with the Turkic world (a Kantian Other in which the distinction between the Self and Other is weak, where the Self perceives the Other as part of its own group), (2) a lack of common identification with the West but a desire to integrate with Western institutions (an approximate of the Lockean Other, where the Self perceives the Other as a peaceful rival), (3) a strong lack of common identification with Iran (an identity shaped in terms of a Hobbesian culture of anarchy in which not only the distinction between Self and Other is clear, but also the Self perceives the Other as a security threat).
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