October 24, 2013

KADIP hosts Armenian Patriarchate Archbishop Ateshian

Journalists and Writers Foundation’s Intercultural Dialogue Platform (KADIP) has established the tradition of meeting with yet another culture or faith’s members monthly by bringing together their opinion leaders and officials around “Abraham’s Table.” The platform’s latest guests in October were from Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul.

Gulen on Turkey’s accession to European Union

This is a part of an interview with Fethullah Gulen by Mehmet Gundem of Milliyet Daily in January 2005.

How do you interpret the start of a negotiation process between the EU and a Muslim country, in terms of Europe's identity and vision?

Fethullah Gulen: To date, how Turkey will benefit from this process has been discussed, generally speaking. I am not sure whether European countries are aware, but what Turkey will bring in is much more important. If they are aware of this and still resist, that means their obstinacy has dominated over sound thinking. As a matter of fact, there are many benefits out of this relationship for the reputation and future of Europe.