August 14, 2013

A Rare Meeting With Reclusive Turkish Spiritual Leader Fethullah Gulen

Jamie Tarabay

Fethullah Gulen is a Turkish religious spiritual leader, some say to millions of Turks both in Turkey and around the world, and the head of the "Gulenist" movement. His network of followers span the globe and have opened academically-focused schools across 90 countries, including the U.S.

Deputy PM says row with Hizmet movement would do no good

Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has commented for the first time on allegations that there are tensions between the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government and the Hizmet movement, saying, “We don't need to get into a verbal row that might hurt relations between the government and the movement; we don't need it, it would hurt us.”

Will ‘the Community' become a political party?

Hüseyin Gülerce

Since the so-called tension between the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the Community is being kept on the agenda, a series of analyses is being made on how the Community will act in the next municipal elections, scheduled to take place in March 2014.