March 4, 2014

Very bad things are happening [in Turkey]

Hüseyin Gülerce

Prominent figures, including the prime minister, have placed the Hizmet movement under the spotlight in election campaigns. The prime minister hurls grave insults, details of which I cannot repeat here. He also makes strong accusations as though there has been a judicial decision or conviction. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, defining it as a parallel state, gravely insults the Hizmet movement and Fethullah Gülen.

Ruling party stacks judiciary with “his” men

Although the AK Party government has been, since a graft probe that rocked the government was made public on Dec. 17 of last year, accusing the Hizmet movement, inspired by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, of infiltrating the police and judiciary and forming a “parallel state” bent on regime change, these new [voice recordings] leaks suggest that the government has been making its own moves to fill the civil service with sympathizers.

Liberian Turkish Relations Gets Boost with Dialogue Center

Monrovia – Liberia’s Minister of Gender and Development has described The Rainbow Intercultural Dialogue Center as a way forward as both Liberians and Turkish nationals continue to engage one another through dialogue.