Mümtazer Türköne
A fierce war of words is under way between well-respected Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Gülen accuses the government of trying to cover up corruption while the prime minister accuses him of attempting to secretly take over the state apparatus.
December 24, 2013
Gülen's curse was misquoted, misinterpreted, GYV chief says
Mustafa Yeşil, chairman of the Journalists and Writers Foundation's (GYV) executive board, in response to criticisms targeting prominent Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, said the curse uttered by Gülen did not have a direct reference and was poorly comprehended and highly manipulated by some who repeated it.
How Erdogan is covering up the corruption scandal
Mahir Zeynalov
Turkey has been rocked with a corruption scandal since Tuesday that involves many businessmen, the sons of three ministers and several public officials. It is the biggest threat facing the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey has been rocked with a corruption scandal since Tuesday that involves many businessmen, the sons of three ministers and several public officials. It is the biggest threat facing the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Limits of political Islam: the other face of AKP (2)
Anwar Alam*
Such narratives do not hold up for long and quickly expose themselves to their multiple inherent contradictions. First, Fethullah Gülen himself has been accused of supporting the military coup in 1980; if that is true then Gülen does not personally see the military as an obstacle to his Islamic vision.
Such narratives do not hold up for long and quickly expose themselves to their multiple inherent contradictions. First, Fethullah Gülen himself has been accused of supporting the military coup in 1980; if that is true then Gülen does not personally see the military as an obstacle to his Islamic vision.
Limits of political Islam: the other face of AKP (1)
Anwar Alam*
International consensus was emerging that Turkey was fast moving toward democracy. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Gülen movement were credited with bringing a new democratic space to the country, then consolidating and expanding it in the last decade.
International consensus was emerging that Turkey was fast moving toward democracy. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Gülen movement were credited with bringing a new democratic space to the country, then consolidating and expanding it in the last decade.
‘Turkish schools in Africa important for strong relations'
The first-ever Rwandan ambassador to Turkey, Lt. Gen. Caesar Kayizari, has said that Turkish schools in Africa play an important role in strengthening relations between African nations and Turkey, adding that Turkey has a lot to offer Rwanda in terms of education.
Pak-Turk School donates Rs1m for victims of Philippines typhoon
Students of a Pak-Turk International Schools and Colleges have donated Rs1 million from their pocket money and savings for the children affected by the typhoon Haiyan that devastated Philippines recently.
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