September 10, 2014

'Hizmet has been a key factor in promoting education'

Fikir Atlasi*, Episode 8 (Full text)

I’m Rabbi Larry Seidman**.

I was born in Brooklyn, NY and moved to California. I lived most of my life in California.

I was originally trained as an engineer. I’ve worked for many engineering companies; I have a PhD in Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

Turks mobilize to join solidarity campaign for Bank Asya

The government-led assault to sink Turkey's largest Islamic lender, Bank Asya, due to its affiliations with the Hizmet movement, has stirred a public movement, with thousands of people rushing to deposit money with the bank to aid its struggle for survival.

Dissident businesspeople profiled by government, daily says

Under the guise of fighting the Hizmet movement following the graft probes that went public in December, the government has been profiling businesspeople close to Hizmet but also those close to the leading opposition parties all over Turkey, a daily said on Wednesday.

BDDK says its official didn't speak to media on Bank Asya

Turkish banking regulatory watchdog has denied news reports claiming one of its senior officials told media that it took sweeping powers at Islamic lender Bank Asya, which has seen depositors flee and bad loans soar since it became under attack by the Turkish government.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the West

İhsan Yılmaz

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan boasted, when flying to Wales for a NATO meeting, that he would ask Barack Obama to give Mr. Fethullah Gülen to him. This was in the headlines of nine national broadsheets that are under Erdoğan's strict control. Erdoğan noted that Turkey always gives terrorists to the US whenever the US demands them, and the US must do the same right now. He also said that he would challenge Western leaders on their alleged wiretapping of him, his ministers and top bureaucrats.