Anatolia in Los Angeles

Ergun Babahan

LOS ANGELES -- The Gülen movement continues to successfully bring Turkey to every corner of the world. We are in Los Angeles for this year’s 3rd Anatolian Cultures and Foods Festival. There are hundreds of people here from Turkey as well as from various other countries in Europe.

Fethullah Gülen's Ideas Address the Entire World

Bülent Keneş

Fethullah Gulen

The ideas of Fethullah Gülen, the most discussed figure of Turkey for decades now, have become important topics in the intellectual circles of the world in recent years. Having millions of followers worldwide in addition to those in his own country, Gülen has risen to prominence with his statements and actions that shatter the twisted perception of Islam into a thousand pieces.

The Anatolians are coming

Mustafa Akyol

If you want to get an idea of how much Turkish civil society has flourished recently, just visit this address on your browser: http://www.anatolianfestival.org/. It is the website of the “Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival” that will be held this upcoming weekend in Costa Mesa, California. Probably the largest nongovernmental “Turkish event” so far in the United States, it is quite impressive. In a huge area expected to be visited by tens of thousands, icons of Turkish culture will be displayed via impressive installations, concerts, conferences and eateries.

Ethics in a Multifaith Society: Muslims and Christians in Dialogue

The conference “Ethics in a multifaith society: Muslims and Christians in Dialogue” [Tuesday-Wednesday, 22-23 November 2011] is held in honour of M. Fethullah Gülen, from whom the Australian Catholic University Chair in the Study of Islam and Muslim-Catholic Relations, established in 2007, takes its name.

Turkish charities in Somalia for long haul

Alyson Neel

Somali Education Minister Mustafa Aidid Ibrahim has called for a remedy, not a band aid from the international community in addressing his country’s ailments.

Diplomacy between Turkey and Israel

Mehmet Kalyoncu *

“Constructive ambiguity” is probably the most useful diplomatic tool that enables the states to move forward in their relationships with their counterparts, no matter what kind of crisis they may have experienced.

But it looks like it has long been kicked out of the Turkish diplomatic lexicon. Technically, the constructive ambiguity is defined as a deliberate vagueness in one's statements or position in negotiations with a view to expand the realm of maneuvering in order to advance particular political objectives.

‘Military ban on journalists resulted in lost jobs after 1997 coup’

Köksal Akpınar

Cüneyt Özdemir, a young and promising journalist, said the biggest threat faced by journalists during the Feb. 28 postmodern coup in Turkey was losing their jobs if they flout a ban on their entering military facilities and housing complexes.