Niyazi Mutlu Şendur, the Manisa branch head of Bank Asya, was arrested on Wednesday. According to reports, Şendur was detained earlier the same day on charges of “attempting to change the constitutional order,” and “forming and being a member of ...
Read More »Kılıçdaroğlu Criticizes Government’s Attempt to Blame Fethullah Gulen for Downed Russian Jet
During parliamentary group meeting main leader of CHP (Republican People’s Party) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu criticized the attempts of Turkish government to link downed Russian jet Su-24 with Fethullah Gulen and Hizmet movement. He said, “What has happened? They [government figures] were saying ...
Read More »Turkish Scholar Fethullah Gulen is Praised by Al-Azhar Professor Al-Bari
Well-known professor of Egyptian al-Azhar University Sayyid Abd al-Bari in an exclusive interview with Today’s Zaman newspaper praised Fethullah Gulen for his stance against terrorism. Speaking about Gulen’s article published in French magazine Le Monde on December 17 where Gulen ...
Read More »Dr. Yılmaz: Mentioning Hitler is Logical and Reasonable for Erdogan
In his recent article Dr. Ihsan Yılmaz discussed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent example on Hitler’s Germany for a presidential system. Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has defended his push for a presidential system of government by citing “Hitler’s Germany” as ...
Read More »Fethullah Gulen: Muslims, we have to critically review our understanding of Islam
Prominent Islamic Scholar Fethullah Gulen wrote an op-ed in Le Monde (17 December, 2015) where he called Muslims upon self criticism. Gulen, first expressed his sorrow on Paris attacks and invited Muslims to critically review understanding of Islam. “rejection and ...
Read More »Extremism and Violence: Anounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
I would like to share an article written by the prominent scholar and intellectual Fethullah Gulen. Fethullah Gulen is a well-known Muslim scholar who was born and raised in Turkey but has been residing in the US since 1999. He ...
Read More »Combatting the Extremist Cancer
The cover topic of the 108th issue of the Fountain magazine is entitled “Muslims must combat the extremist cancer”. I think you know what that cancer refers to. The lead article, written by Fethullah Gulen, was indeed recently published in ...
Read More »Police Raids Şifa University Hospitals
The police have conducted raids on nine hospitals of Şifa University for the purpose of shutting down the hospitals on the orders of the İzmir Public Prosecutor’s Office. Government-led intimidation operation reported on Friday by news portal haberturk.com. The report ...
Read More »Censorship at the NT Bookstores
Ertuğrul Günay, former culture and tourism minister has criticized the decision to remove all books written by renowned scholar Fethullah Gulen from the NT bookstores that belong to the Kaynak Holding. Thi decision was made by the government-appointed new trustees ...
Read More »Hizmet Movement Can Connect Religious and Secular Countries
Despite Turkish governments’ efforts to shut down all organizations connected with Hizmet movement, international actors admit that activity of the movement can bring significant benefit to the humanity. During the two-day symposium, organized jointly by the Dialog and Education Association ...
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