Mwakera Mwajefa & Mazera Ndurya
Turkish investors have set their sights on the Kenyan education sector following the success story of a chain of schools in Nairobi and Mombasa.
The four schools, operating under the Light Academy brand, were set up by Turkish businessmen to cater for Kenya’s fast-growing middle class.
The businessmen now plan to establish one more school in Kisumu and a private university.
More than 200 Turkish investors have in the past month visited Nairobi and Mombasa to explore business opportunities.
February 26, 2011
February 25, 2011
Turkey, Vietnam sign MoU to bolster bilateral ties
Ömer Şahin
Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, who embarked on a Southeast Asian tour last weekend, signed a memorandum of understanding Vu (MoU) with Vietnam's Minister of Trade and Industry V Huy Hoàng in Hanoi on Wednesday.
Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, who embarked on a Southeast Asian tour last weekend, signed a memorandum of understanding Vu (MoU) with Vietnam's Minister of Trade and Industry V Huy Hoàng in Hanoi on Wednesday.
February 24, 2011
Caught unprepared
Kerim Balcı
I have always admired my nation’s solution-oriented creativity in times of crisis. Whenever a problem emerges, a brilliant touch of genius comes out and finds a way either to bypass or to solve, or at least to internalize and make peace with, the problem.
This is, I believe, one of the human sides of my nation, as opposed to the systemic successes of the Western mind. There, the system assures that the people should not make mistakes; here, the people find ways to cope with the mistakes and even turn them into success stories.
I have always admired my nation’s solution-oriented creativity in times of crisis. Whenever a problem emerges, a brilliant touch of genius comes out and finds a way either to bypass or to solve, or at least to internalize and make peace with, the problem.
This is, I believe, one of the human sides of my nation, as opposed to the systemic successes of the Western mind. There, the system assures that the people should not make mistakes; here, the people find ways to cope with the mistakes and even turn them into success stories.
February 23, 2011
Zaman University
Ret. Rev. Dr. Yap Kim Hao
Zaman University was officially opened in Phnom Penh on February 21. 2011 by the Deputy Prime Ministers of Cambodia and Turkey signalling the significance of this event. This educational development was encouraged by the government of Cambodia and responded by the Turkish Muslim community who are inspired and guided by the Gulen movement. They have established educational institutions in Eastern Europe, Asia and even in the United States. These schools promote high standards of education in science and technology, inter-faith relations and moral and spiritual value regardless of race & religion, sex & gender preference as their contribution to the 21st century in this pluralistic world.
Business people in Turkey voluntary contributed to support this noble endeavour. For this occasion 60 businessmen flew in from Turkey to participate in the Opening Ceremony.
Zaman University was officially opened in Phnom Penh on February 21. 2011 by the Deputy Prime Ministers of Cambodia and Turkey signalling the significance of this event. This educational development was encouraged by the government of Cambodia and responded by the Turkish Muslim community who are inspired and guided by the Gulen movement. They have established educational institutions in Eastern Europe, Asia and even in the United States. These schools promote high standards of education in science and technology, inter-faith relations and moral and spiritual value regardless of race & religion, sex & gender preference as their contribution to the 21st century in this pluralistic world.
Business people in Turkey voluntary contributed to support this noble endeavour. For this occasion 60 businessmen flew in from Turkey to participate in the Opening Ceremony.
February 22, 2011
The Turkish School in Kathmandu made a dream come true
Zaman
Ahmet Davutoglu the first Turkish foreign secretary who went to Nepal visited Meridian Turkish School. Davutoglu addressed to the students in Turkish school and said that: "My first visit to Nepal was in 1993. If someone had told me that a Turkish school would be opened in Kathmandu, the students in that school would learn to speak Turkish and would sing Turkish songs, I would think that it would be only a dream. But now I see that these devoted Turkish teachers realized that dream and I'd like to thank to all of the teachers”.
Ahmet Davutoglu the first Turkish foreign secretary who went to Nepal visited Meridian Turkish School. Davutoglu addressed to the students in Turkish school and said that: "My first visit to Nepal was in 1993. If someone had told me that a Turkish school would be opened in Kathmandu, the students in that school would learn to speak Turkish and would sing Turkish songs, I would think that it would be only a dream. But now I see that these devoted Turkish teachers realized that dream and I'd like to thank to all of the teachers”.
February 21, 2011
The Gülen Movement: Paradigms, Projects and Aspirations
Simon Robinson
The Gülen movement has become an area of study on its own. No year passes without an academic or semiacademic conference being held in a Western university. This year the Niagara Foundation of Chicago, together with several academic institutions, organized "The Gülen movement: Paradigms, Projects and Aspirations" conference. Professor Simon Robinson was there not only to participate, but also to cover the event for Turkish Review.
The Gülen movement has become an area of study on its own. No year passes without an academic or semiacademic conference being held in a Western university. This year the Niagara Foundation of Chicago, together with several academic institutions, organized "The Gülen movement: Paradigms, Projects and Aspirations" conference. Professor Simon Robinson was there not only to participate, but also to cover the event for Turkish Review.
February 20, 2011
Fethullah Gülen: An Islamic sign of hope for an inclusive Europe
Paul Weller*
As Europe heads deeper into economic recession, political crises and loss of social equilibrium, an increasingly diverse continent faces potentially serious challenges to cohesion, justice and equity.
The Europe of history, rather than of ideology, has always been a context for religious and cultural diversity, with a longstanding and substantial presence of Jews and Muslims, as well as Christians. But there have also always been ideological attempts to deny and/or destroy that diversity. This began when pre-Christian pagan traditions were replaced with Christianity --often (though not always) by means of force.
As Europe heads deeper into economic recession, political crises and loss of social equilibrium, an increasingly diverse continent faces potentially serious challenges to cohesion, justice and equity.
The Europe of history, rather than of ideology, has always been a context for religious and cultural diversity, with a longstanding and substantial presence of Jews and Muslims, as well as Christians. But there have also always been ideological attempts to deny and/or destroy that diversity. This began when pre-Christian pagan traditions were replaced with Christianity --often (though not always) by means of force.
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