January 17, 2014

Exit strategy for the AKP

İhsan Yılmaz

It has become clearer that the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan government will do whatever it takes to stop a judicial investigation into graft, corruption and sleaze. About 3,000 police officers, also acting as legal enforcement officers by law since the government has not yet formed a separate enforcement unit, have been removed from their posts without any reason.

Gülen files criminal complaint over smear campaign

Prominent Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has filed a criminal complaint against an individual who insulted Gülen, claiming that the Islamic scholar plotted to topple the goverment and caused billions of dollars to Turkish economy.

MİT to monitor all religious groups as potential parts of "parallel state"

The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) recently sent a document in which all religious communities and groups within state institutions, described as “parallel state structures” (PDY) in the document, were cited as the main target to be monitored in 2014, the Taraf daily claimed on Friday.

If gov't wins two big cities, it may go to early elections

Lale Kemal

It has now become clear that the government and its onetime ally, the Hizmet (Service) movement, inspired by the teachings of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, have definitely parted ways as the former declared war against the latter which it blames for plotting a coup to undermine its governance ahead of local elections scheduled for March.