April 18, 2013

Fethullah Gulen among TIME Magazine's "World's 100 Most Influential People" for 2013

Alliance for Shared Values

Mr. Fethullah Gulen has been named as one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2013. TIME recognized Gulen for "preaching a message of tolerance that has won him admirers around the world."

Fethullah Gülen among TIME magazine's 100 most influential people

Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has made it onto Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Fethullah Gülen sends his condolences to victims of Boston bombings

Following the bombings in Boston that left three people dead and 176 injured Fethullah Gülen, a well-known Turkish Islamic scholar now residing in the US, has sent his condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased and his prayers for a speedy recovery of the injured.

Why is the GYV statement on press freedom significant?

Bülent Keneş

As Turkey slows down its democratization and liberalization reforms, and occasionally backpedals on certain reforms, it runs into more serious problems. In particular, the slowdown in the democratization reforms Turkey is supposed to implement within the context of its European Union membership bid results in the deterioration of existing rights and freedoms. The more Turkey distances itself from the Copenhagen criteria -- which represent an important set of standards for democratization, transparency and accountability -- and moves toward, to borrow from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Ankara criteria, the more it turns into a country that is making no headway.

GYV urges government to accelerate reforms in favor of media freedoms

The Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV), whose honorary chairman is Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, has called on the Turkish government to speed up pro-freedom reforms and to bring its laws in line with European Union standards in order to do away with problems caused by limits on freedom of expression and freedom of the press.

Rwanda: First Lady Receives Turkish School Bosses

The First Lady, Jeannette Kagame, on Monday received the proprietor of Hope Kids Academy, an international Turkish school that opened its doors in Kigali in February.

Ergenekon suspect convicted for insulting Fethullah Gülen

Muammer Karabulut, who stands accused in the investigation into Ergenekon -- a clandestine terrorist group that sought to undermine democratically elected government -- has been convicted and sentenced to one year in prison for insulting Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen.