Keeping silent about the 'parallel' thesis

Herkül Millas

I carefully read and listen to the arguments made by those who are against the "parallel state," trying to understand what they are advocating.

Erdoğan returns to hate speech, drops pledge to ‘embrace all'

Only four days after he promised to embrace all 77 million citizens of the nation in his victory speech, president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has quickly returned to his hateful rhetoric, again bashing journalists, the judiciary and members of civil society groups that are critical of his divisive discourse and discriminatory policies.

Trading of Bank Asya shares blocked indefinitely

İstanbul's stock exchange has indefinitely extended the suspension of trade for Islamic lender Bank Asya, according to reports on Thursday.

Prep schools to continue their educational programs

Representatives of the Union of Private Preparatory Schools (ÖZDEBİR), Güven Preparatory Schools Owners Association (GÜVENDER), the All Private Schools Association (TÖDER) and the Private Education Association (ÖZDER) have issued a joint statement saying that their prep schools (dershanes), which have played an important role in the Turkish education system for the past 30 years, will start their educational programs as usual on Aug 26, despite a new law that orders the closure of the prep schools by September 2015 and the fining of any that continue to operate.