December 4, 2013

Kemalo-Islamists versus civil society and Hizmet

İhsan Yılmaz

When summarizing the recent Cabinet meeting to correspondents, the speaker of the Cabinet, Bülent Arınç, referred to a religious concept, "fitnah" (sedition). He was implying that the Hizmet movement was engaged in an illegitimate psychological media campaign against his government.

Dangerous and unnecessary tension

Markar Esayan

Turkey has been experiencing heated tension over the prep school issue for a while.

USAF’s Activities at Home and Abroad

Omeriye Hospital built on 17,000 ft² in Kenya by International Anatolian Healthcare Federation (USAF) with the contributions of Konya’s SAMADER and Kimse Yok Mu foundations is anticipated to be launched with the start of 2014. The hospital will be staffed with volunteer doctors from Turkey.

Turkish community in Miami extends a hand to Haiti

Volunteers of Istanbul Cultural Center in Miami, Florida, recently made donations of staple food and meat for a large number of needy Haitians.

Helping out in Tacloban: NGOs bring hope to typhoon-hit city

Tacloban’s City Hall wears its best dress at night. When the moon rises among the palm trees and stars shine in the tropical sky, tents light up in the garden outside the main – wretched – building. They are the volunteers’ accommodation and their operational centers. A noisy generator provides electricity to a local TV station. A group of Turks eat behind their national flag. Journalists roam around looking for stories or try to write them in the mosquito-ridden main hall.