İpek Üzüm
A workshop held at the İstanbul University communication faculty's conference hall on Thursday recommended 10 steps for eliminating the media's negative influence on children and teenagers in Turkey.
The workshop, titled “Medya ve Çocuk” (Media and Children), was jointly organized by the Journalists and Writers Foundation's (GYV) Women's Platform, the Medialog Platform and the İstanbul University communication faculty.
April 7, 2012
April 6, 2012
Hizmet [Gulen Movement]: A civil society movement with no political ambitions
Today's Zaman
The Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV), whose honorary chairman is well-respected Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, released a statement on its website on Thursday explaining the stance of the Hizmet [service] movement inspired by Gülen as a civilian one with no political ambitions.
The association’s statement comes in response to recent allegations in the Turkish media that the movement is in the midst of a power struggle with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government and that members of the movement are “infiltrating” top state institutions.
The association’s statement comes in response to recent allegations in the Turkish media that the movement is in the midst of a power struggle with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government and that members of the movement are “infiltrating” top state institutions.
April 5, 2012
Book Review: Speech and Power of Expression
Nisa Nur Terzi
Mankind has been given exclusive possession of speech-a weapon so powerful that it is mightier than the sword. The power of speech extends vast distances, far enough to revive a mortified soul yet deadly enough to start a war. In his book Speech and Power of Expression, Gülen argues that speech is the sword of humanity. "Wherever the flag of speech waves, the most powerful armies will be defeated and scattered. In the arenas in which speech shouts out, the sounds of cannon balls will become like the buzzing of bees."
Speech and Power of Expression is a book about the art of speech, and it comes from the master of this skill. While Fethullah Gülen is known for his authority as a scholar and an activist in promoting education and dialogue, his power of expression and oratory skills as a prolific writer and poet earn him equal renown and surpass his counterparts.
Speech and Power of Expression is a book about the art of speech, and it comes from the master of this skill. While Fethullah Gülen is known for his authority as a scholar and an activist in promoting education and dialogue, his power of expression and oratory skills as a prolific writer and poet earn him equal renown and surpass his counterparts.
April 4, 2012
A Catholic priest among Muslims
Fatih Sahin, Anisha Menezes
The Golden Generation Retreat Center and the Department of Theology at the University of Scranton, hosted Fr. Thomas Michel, from the Society of Jesuits.
As guest speaker, Fr. Michel spoke at a panel titled -'A Catholic priest among Muslims: What I have learned'.
As guest speaker, Fr. Michel spoke at a panel titled -'A Catholic priest among Muslims: What I have learned'.
April 3, 2012
Gülen Movement institutions' division of labor, coordination and accountability
fgulen.org
How is the division of labor arranged in institutions and service networks of the Gülen Movement?
In the Gülen Movement, division of labor is based on formal rules in institutions, while in relational networks tasks are allocated in an informal manner according to the skills that each member is willing to contribute to a project.
As formal and institutionalized companies, the social movement organizations (SMOs) have brought the development of professionalized management in the Movement.
Participants recognize that division of labor, responsibility and managerial authority must be present. Therefore, social and professional control in any SMO is through direct supervision and formal standard rules or universally acknowledged sanctions. This social and professional control is also under constant supervision by the board of directors or trustees related to each SMO. This brings efficacy, the search for satisfactory internal relations and observance of legal boundaries.
How is the division of labor arranged in institutions and service networks of the Gülen Movement?
In the Gülen Movement, division of labor is based on formal rules in institutions, while in relational networks tasks are allocated in an informal manner according to the skills that each member is willing to contribute to a project.
As formal and institutionalized companies, the social movement organizations (SMOs) have brought the development of professionalized management in the Movement.
Participants recognize that division of labor, responsibility and managerial authority must be present. Therefore, social and professional control in any SMO is through direct supervision and formal standard rules or universally acknowledged sanctions. This social and professional control is also under constant supervision by the board of directors or trustees related to each SMO. This brings efficacy, the search for satisfactory internal relations and observance of legal boundaries.
April 2, 2012
The institutionalization and categorization of the SMOs in the Gülen Movement
fgulen.org
What facilitated the institutionalization of social movement organizations (SMOs) in the Gülen Movement?
Prosperity in a society increases the availability of a wide range of resources that facilitate participation in social movements or SMOs and a movement's institutionalization.
The projects of the Gülen Movement that were formalized or institutionalized in the 1970s are still continuing today, and new ones are always being added.
In the particular case of the Gülen Movement, however, for the participants the primary loyalty is not to the Movement, or to themselves, but to action, to other human beings and to God; the action is not a temporary instrument but a vocation, even a form of devotion.
What facilitated the institutionalization of social movement organizations (SMOs) in the Gülen Movement?
Prosperity in a society increases the availability of a wide range of resources that facilitate participation in social movements or SMOs and a movement's institutionalization.
The projects of the Gülen Movement that were formalized or institutionalized in the 1970s are still continuing today, and new ones are always being added.
In the particular case of the Gülen Movement, however, for the participants the primary loyalty is not to the Movement, or to themselves, but to action, to other human beings and to God; the action is not a temporary instrument but a vocation, even a form of devotion.
April 1, 2012
Building cases and our good Ergenekon
İhsan Yılmaz
By only focusing on the Ergenekon cases’ seemingly problematic aspects, the establishment’s media has been trying to manufacture consent that the evidence against the suspects in the Ergenekon cases are superficial constructs fabricated by the AKP and the Hizmet Movement to silence their critics.
What they have been trying to do is actually neither authentic nor original nor unique. Similar to almost everything in their lives, this tactic has also been copied, imitated and transplanted from the West.
By only focusing on the Ergenekon cases’ seemingly problematic aspects, the establishment’s media has been trying to manufacture consent that the evidence against the suspects in the Ergenekon cases are superficial constructs fabricated by the AKP and the Hizmet Movement to silence their critics.
What they have been trying to do is actually neither authentic nor original nor unique. Similar to almost everything in their lives, this tactic has also been copied, imitated and transplanted from the West.
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