March 6, 2014

GYV: PM's discriminatory rhetoric undermines social peace

Arguments and discriminatory rhetoric used by the prime minister against the Hizmet movement spoil the emotional well-being of our people; undermine social peace and prepare the groundwork for violence by sowing the seeds of hatred in society, the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) said in a forceful statement published on its website on Thursday.

Dumanlı: Slanders against Hizmet reminiscent of Feb. 28 era

Zaman daily Editor-in-Chief Ekrem Dumanlı has described slanderous remarks used by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and some members of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government against the Hizmet movement as highly reminiscent of insults directed at the country's conservative-minded citizens during the Feb. 28, 1997 “postmodern coup” period.

Hizmet says has been demonized, rejects 'slanders' as unacceptable

The Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV), whose honorary chairman is Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, protested against recent rhetoric employed by the Turkish government and its supporters in a forceful statement it released on Wednesday, claiming that the Hizmet movement has been “demonized” and challenged those who target Hizmet to prove their “slanders.”

[Press Release] The Corruption and Slander against the Hizmet Movement

Journalists and Writers Foundation

The painful process that started with the graft and bribery investigation on December 17, 2013 and led to the resignation of four Cabinet ministers and acquired a new dimension with the mass reshuffling of some 10,000 police chiefs and members of the judiciary is still underway.

Ugandan opinion leader refutes news report which defames Hizmet Movement

A prominent opinion leader in Uganda commented on a news report which was published by a pro-government daily, Yeni Şafak, which defames Turkish schools established by entrepreneurs affiliated with Hizmet Movement by quoting him.

Lies, deceit and a test of the Turkish media

Özgür Küçük

Relations between human beings are based on affection, respect and trust. While honesty and telling the truth brings together the community, lies and deceit, which are the opposites of honesty and truth, eliminate respect and trust, fellowship and friendship between people and result in the loss of rights, replacing justice with persecution.

Gülen rejects Khomeini analogy for potential return to Turkey

Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has rejected suggestions that he will return to Turkey in a similar manner as Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran ahead of the Islamic revolution in 1979.

Head of Azerbaijan's Çağ Education Company denies authenticity of letter to Gülen

Enver Özeren, head of the executive board of Azerbaijan's Çağ Education Company, has denied the authenticity of a letter he had supposedly written to Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen about the Hizmet movement in Azerbaijan, saying that the letter is nothing more than an attempt to pull Azerbaijan into the domestic turmoil that has been continuing in Turkey since Dec. 17 of last year.