Harrington: Gulen movement will contribute to the American values

Aydogan Vatandas (L) and James Harrington

Peace Islands Institute hosted Dr. James Harrington on a "Book Conversations" program on March 1st 2012. Journalist/Writer Aydogan Vatandas interviewed Dr. James Harrington on his book titled "Wrestling with Free Speech, Religious Freedom, and Democracy in Turkey: The Political Trials and Times of Fethullah Gulen". Following his presentation there was Q-A part. Below is the interview with Dr. Harrington.

Sudanese deputy minister hails Turkish relief efforts

Ayten Çiftçi

Sudanese Health and Social Insurance Deputy Minister Khadija Abu El-Gassim Haj Hamed has praised Turkish contributions and efforts to build infrastructure and stability in the Eastern African country, which has been hit hard by intra-state conflicts and strife in the last decade.

Kimse Yok Mu fights malaria in Somali capital

Mehmet Ali Poyraz

Turkish humanitarian aid organization Kimse Yok Mu has launched an anti-malaria campaign in Somalia for the start of the rainy season.

Kimse Yok Mu workers have started a larvacide campaign in the area, to the great appreciation of the locals.

Fethullah Gülen says military chief's tears for slain soldiers sign of humanity

Commenting on a recent debate in the Turkish media over Chief of General Staff Gen. Necdet Özel's weeping during a funeral ceremony for eight soldiers killed by the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), well-respected Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has said the general's tears are nothing other than a sign of humanity, strongly criticizing journalists who have accused Özel of weakness.

Moldova said “Yes” for “Art of Living Together”

Dr. Feridun Tüfekçi

Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Institute of European Integration and Political Science and Dialogue Eurasia Platform held a competition of written works titled “Art of Living Together”.

Fethullah Gülen on Islam-Democracy Relationship/Compatibility

Tauseef Ahmad Parray *

This article explores the Islam-democracy debate in the thought and writings of one of the prominent living Muslim intellectuals of Turkey, Fethullah Gülen. Born in 1941, Gülen, addresses the hotly debated issues that have gained prominence as they become highly intensified in the post 9/11 world.

Fethullah Gülen (b. 1941, Erzurum, Eastern Turkey) is a Turkish Muslim scholar, thinker, author, poet, preacher, opinion leader, peace advocate and educational activist who has articulated his views for last three decades. He presently lives in Pennsylvania, USA, where he has lived since 1998.

The Gulen Movement as the Door Opening to Global Tolerance *

Begüm Burak

In the contemporary world, the relations between nations have become much more as borders have become less important in a globalizing world. On the other hand today, people around the world share some common values such as the importance of democracy, human rights, rule of law and freedom in a much more challenging way compared to yesterday. However, despite the existence of such hopeful developments, world politics also witnesses inhumane practices that cause global reactions but cannot be ended immediately, like the Esad terror in Syria.

Blinded by envious rivalry

Süleyman Sargın *

There is a rapidly changing agenda both in Turkey and around the world. It is virtually impossible to follow this agenda fully.

Abant meeting ends with stress on democratization

Yonca Poyraz Doğan

One of the concluding statements of the Abant meeting, which brought together foreign and domestic academics and journalists living in Turkey, was that Turkey's democracy needs to be more consolidated for it to be more effective in the world and for it to be a role model in its region.

Abant participants: Turkey needs EU support to improve its democracy

Yonca Poyraz Doğan

No matter the problems related to the European Union's historical financial crisis and Turkey's loss of enthusiasm regarding membership in the EU; participants of the 27th Abant meeting, titled “Different Perspectives on Turkey,” have said that Turkey needs the EU in order to improve its fragile democracy.

The Alliance of Civilizations amid the Global Ecological Crisis

Dialogue Eurasia (Belarus) Association has added a new conference to the list of previously held ones. At the last international conference in Minsk called "The Allicance of Civilizations amid the Global Ecological Crisis" there were discussed the ways to address global problems that threaten our world and humanity.

Great Turkmen poet and philosopher Mahdumgulu Faragi commemorated in Baku

Dialogue Eurasia Platform (DEP) having a great progress in the development of cultural relations between the Turkic-speaking states, added to this list another success. Thus, at Qafkaz University held an event on "Development, Unity, and the days of poetry of Mahdumgulu Faragi", dedicated to the life and works of the great Turkmen poet and philosopher Mahdumgulu Faragi, organized by the Azerbaijani representative of Dialogue Eurasia Platform, the Embassy of the Republic of Turkmenistan in Azerbaijan and Qafkaz University. The first speech was made by Ahmet Sanich – prof., Head of the University. He expressed his thoughts on behalf of people united by language, culture and historical heritage. The next speaker was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan Toyli Komekov. In his speech he said about the rich historical community and the friendly relations between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.

Irada Tunchay receives the award "For Services To The Truth"

The ceremony for the "For Services to the Truth" award, founded by the Dialogue Eurasia Platform, together with the Press Council, has been carried out.