Today's Zaman
Magalie Cleeren, assistant to co-chairwoman of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee Helene Flautre, refuted a news report published by the ultranationalist Cumhuriyet daily on Flautre’s alleged remarks on the faith-based Gülen movement in an e-mail she sent to all Turkish reporters based in Brussels, including the ones working for Today’s Zaman.
The e-mail read that Flautre strongly opposes Cumhuriyet’s distorting her comments, which were made within the framework of a conference at the University of Strasbourg on April 5. According to Cumhuriyet, Flautre said the Turkish judiciary and press are under the heavy influence of the Gülen movement. “We are closely following that this is not a new phenomenon in Turkey,” Flautre reportedly said during the conference.
April 8, 2011
Turkish organizations honor world youth in Washington D.C.
Ali H. Aslan
The winner’s of the Gülen Institute’s Dialog of Civilizations Youth Platform 2011, who competed against students from over 50 nations and 35 American states in essay writing, received awards in Washington on Wednesday from member of the US Congress.
Congress members presented the 36 awards to winners in Washington, D.C., with Congressional Certificates to recognize their success in the international high school essay contest that was organized by the Gülen Institute and the Rumi Forum. The contest involved 600 high school students, enrolled in nineth through 12th grades, attending public or private schools from the United States and abroad, writing on the use of military means as a solution to today’s international and national political issues.
The winner’s of the Gülen Institute’s Dialog of Civilizations Youth Platform 2011, who competed against students from over 50 nations and 35 American states in essay writing, received awards in Washington on Wednesday from member of the US Congress.
Congress members presented the 36 awards to winners in Washington, D.C., with Congressional Certificates to recognize their success in the international high school essay contest that was organized by the Gülen Institute and the Rumi Forum. The contest involved 600 high school students, enrolled in nineth through 12th grades, attending public or private schools from the United States and abroad, writing on the use of military means as a solution to today’s international and national political issues.
April 7, 2011
American professor: Criticism against Fethullah Gülen ideological
Today's Zaman
American sociology Professor Helen Rose Ebaugh, who has written a book analyzing the Gülen movement, inspired by the well-respected Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, has said criticism leveled at Gülen is based completely on ideological fears.
Ebaugh, the author of a book titled “The Gülen movement: A Sociological Analysis of a Civic Movement Rooted in Moderate Islam,” was speaking at a conference organized by the Antalya Intercultural Dialogue Center over the weekend and titled “Gelişen Türkiye’de Sivil Toplum Hareketleri: Hizmet Hareketi” (Civil Society Movements in Developing Turkey: The Hizmet Movement). Stating that recent claims that members of the movement are trying to infiltrate state posts -- including the police force, the military and others -- are groundless, she said she did not encounter such efforts while researching the movement. She said these allegations are based on ideological fears rather than facts.
American sociology Professor Helen Rose Ebaugh, who has written a book analyzing the Gülen movement, inspired by the well-respected Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, has said criticism leveled at Gülen is based completely on ideological fears.
April 6, 2011
Ergenekon case and some lies
Orhan Kemal Cengiz
Since the beginning of the Ergenekon investigation there has been an intense propaganda war against the case. Some arguments may be changing, but some strategies and tactics have never changed.
There is still upfront denial about the very existence of this clandestine organization called Ergenekon. The very existence of the organization has been denied, while the Ergenekon lobby has found unimaginably shrewd explanations for whatever has been found during operations in this case. Weapons, ammunition, explosives, coup plans, organizational documents -- anything you can imagine -- has been whitewashed by the chorus.
Since the beginning of the Ergenekon investigation there has been an intense propaganda war against the case. Some arguments may be changing, but some strategies and tactics have never changed.
There is still upfront denial about the very existence of this clandestine organization called Ergenekon. The very existence of the organization has been denied, while the Ergenekon lobby has found unimaginably shrewd explanations for whatever has been found during operations in this case. Weapons, ammunition, explosives, coup plans, organizational documents -- anything you can imagine -- has been whitewashed by the chorus.
April 5, 2011
Note in Şık's book contradicts cronyism claims
Serkan Sağlam
The draft of a book written by journalist Ahmet Şık, who is currently under arrest as part of an investigation into Ergenekon -- a clandestine network charged with attempting to overthrow the government -- includes a note the prosecution says came from the administrators of the Ergenekon network.
The note seems to say Şık's allegations, that followers of the Gülen movement in positions of power in the police department favored fellow members to a great extent in order to put their own people in important positions in the police force, are based on a false report.
The draft of a book written by journalist Ahmet Şık, who is currently under arrest as part of an investigation into Ergenekon -- a clandestine network charged with attempting to overthrow the government -- includes a note the prosecution says came from the administrators of the Ergenekon network.
The note seems to say Şık's allegations, that followers of the Gülen movement in positions of power in the police department favored fellow members to a great extent in order to put their own people in important positions in the police force, are based on a false report.
April 4, 2011
MHP’s problem and future Turkish politics
İhsan Yılmaz
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli issued a written statement a few days ago and asked the Gülen movement to freeze its activities. It may sound shocking and implausible, but this is what he asked.
Given his past record with regards to abnormalities -- such as his prediction that in the year 2009, the MHP would come to power just because it was the MHP’s 40th anniversary and when one drops two zeros it was 29 and when 2 and 9 added together and added to 29 it was 40 -- one may be inclined to not take him seriously and to ignore his request to the movement. But I will try to analyze the factors why the MHP’s leader seems so distressed and disturbed.
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli issued a written statement a few days ago and asked the Gülen movement to freeze its activities. It may sound shocking and implausible, but this is what he asked.
Given his past record with regards to abnormalities -- such as his prediction that in the year 2009, the MHP would come to power just because it was the MHP’s 40th anniversary and when one drops two zeros it was 29 and when 2 and 9 added together and added to 29 it was 40 -- one may be inclined to not take him seriously and to ignore his request to the movement. But I will try to analyze the factors why the MHP’s leader seems so distressed and disturbed.
April 3, 2011
MHP leader draws reaction after calling on Fethullah Gulen to ‘suspend activities’
İbrahim Asalıoğlu & Erdal Şen
The chairman of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahçeli, has become the focus of mounting criticism from many segments in society after he called on internationally renowned Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen to “suspend his activities” worldwide.
According to the MHP leader, recent operations carried out as part of the Ergenekon investigation have put the scholar under suspicion and that Gülen needs to “take action” to address the suspicions. He has suggested that Gülen suspend his activities worldwide.
The chairman of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahçeli, has become the focus of mounting criticism from many segments in society after he called on internationally renowned Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen to “suspend his activities” worldwide.
According to the MHP leader, recent operations carried out as part of the Ergenekon investigation have put the scholar under suspicion and that Gülen needs to “take action” to address the suspicions. He has suggested that Gülen suspend his activities worldwide.
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