January 11, 2014

Supreme court calls on AK Party's Şahin to substantiate claim about Gülen

The Supreme Court of Appeals has asked a senior Justice and Development Party (AK Party) official to hand over any evidence regarding his allegations about US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen amid claims by the official that a judge at the high court had acted contrary to legal procedures and contacted Gülen before issuing his final verdict in a case against a businessman several years ago.

Reflections from the US

Arzu Kaya Uranlı

These days, shocking events have been taking place one after another in Turkey. Watching what's going on is very perplexing. Because Turkey is seven hours ahead, we in the United States have been waking up to shocking news, especially since Dec. 17, 2013, when news of alleged corruption in the current government spread.

The real problem is not an AK Party-Gülen movement conflict

Abdülhamit Bilici

On the evening of the day that the Gezi Park events swirled out of control, one of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's consultants, Yalçın Akdoğan, came to share his views on the decade-long story of the Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) stay in power during a panel session at Şehir University.