April 30, 2014

Dialogue advocacy group 'disturbed' by Erdoğan's harassment of Hizmet

The Alliance for Shared Values, an advocacy body that serves as a voice for organizations affiliated with the Hizmet movement in the US, has said it is "deeply disturbed" by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's what it said "politically motivated attempts" to crack down on law-abiding citizens.

Gülen's lawyer denies client facing arrest warrant or extradition

Nurullah Albayrak, lawyer for Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, has said that there is no criminal investigation, pending prosecution or any other judicial process ongoing in Turkey related to his client, refuting claims raised once again by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan about Gülen's possible extradition from the US, where he now lives.

Gülen’s German collaborator, or the German slap?

Burak Bekdil

“The common mission of all constitutional courts across the world is to protect and ensure human dignity, without discriminating against anyone on the basis of race, color, religion or faith. Protecting this value is fundamentally the primary task of the legislative and the executive, while the judiciary is the last instance that can repair human rights violations.