İzmir’s private Yamanlar Schools, established and run by Gulen Movement sympathizers, was awarded the most medals among secondary schools in Turkey in the 23rd National Science Olympiads, sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK), during a ...
Read More »Prep School Locked Down Despite the Decision of the Constitutional Court
Cankiri Provincial Directorate for National Education demanded Maltepe prep school to cease its operations, and locked down the door of the prep school along with the police officers. On July 13 of last year the Constitutional Court had announced a long-awaited ...
Read More »Private Dormitory Administrators Detained
Google defines the term as “dormitory (n): a university or college hall of residence or hostel”. The role of a dorm administrator is to provide security and all the other services they claim to provide. Gulen Movement has many private dorms ...
Read More »“Filotimo” and Gulen Movement
Since Greeks and Turks lived together over 400 years. I am not sure who get what from who. Greeks and Turks are fighting over dolma, baklava, yogurt and etc. Recently, I noticed greek word “filotimo”. Learning to live with filotimo ...
Read More »The Human Rights Watch: No Evidence of Violence
“[T]here is no evidence to date that the Gulen Movement has engaged in violence or other activities that could reasonably be described as terrorism”, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report stated. Moreover, “Turkey’s ruling party has presided over an intense crackdown, targeting ...
Read More »The Lawsuit Against Mr. Fethullah Gulen is Pure Political Theater
“The lawsuit against Fethullah Gulen is pure political theater and is completely without merit,” said Reid Weingarten of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Fethullah Gulen’s attorney. “This lawsuit appears to be the latest in a series of politically motivated attacks leveled by the ...
Read More »TIB Blocked Access to Herkul.org
Herkul.org is a scholarly website managed by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen’s students. Along with the students’ essays on various topics, it regularly broadcasts speeches of Gulen. Access to the website is now blocked in Turkey by state-controlled Internet watchdog, the Telecommunications ...
Read More »Extending Helping Hands
Erzurum branch of an international charity organization Kimse Yok Mu continues to provide assistance to refugees that came to Turkey from war-torn Syria, unstable Afghanistan and many other countries. On February 5, 2016 fifty Afghan families were given opportunity to ...
Read More »Syrian Refugees: Cartoon Competition to Attract World’s Attention
International charity organization Kimse Yok Mu, which is headquartered in Turkey, plans to bring people’s attention to the refugee problem by organizing an international cartoon competition. Competition aims to raise awareness about the hardships of the people who had to ...
Read More »Fethullah Gulen’s Legal Battle with the Turkish Government Extended to the US
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the Turkish government in the US. Gulen’s lawyers dismissed the case as “baseless” and said the “spy thriller allegations,”. “The lawsuit against Mr. Gülen is pure ...
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