May 5, 2014

Bangladesh's Turkish school student becomes first in world math exam

Ragib Mostafa, a Turkish school student in Bangladesh, has become first in world math exam.

Central West Africa shows up for TUSKON event

Hundreds of businesspeople from countries in central West Africa traveled to Turkey to attend a trade event coordinated by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) in İzmir on Monday.

Hospitality conference draws strong participation in Bangkok

A two-day conference on hospitality in Anatolian and Asian cultures recently held in Bangkok saw lively engagement by 200 participants including scholars, community and religious leaders, NGO representatives, students, journalists and artists from 20 countries.

Parallel vs. Persian structure within the Turkish state

Ömer Yavuz*

The list of individuals that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declared to be part of an alleged “parallel structure” keeps growing.

Is it a parallel triangle or square?

Ekrem Dumanlı

The lies being told for months suggesting that there is a parallel state in Turkey have obscured the nation's vision. Does the pro-government media care? Unfortunately, no. They have bombarded Turkey with meaningless claims that there is a domestic enemy, and they also keep embarrassing Turkey abroad. They constantly make allegations without offering any evidence. This is a useless effort, because there is no such thing as a parallel state. Those who argue that there is one will face accusations against themselves in the future. I am not sure what they will be called then -- a parallel square, triangle or rectangle? The basis for geometric organizational titles is the subject of another article. I would like to discuss another matter today, so that we will have a better discussion in the future. It should be noted that the easiest part of using the state apparatus to fabricate a crime is the naming stage. It is not hard to find security bureaucrats or media professionals who have sold their souls to Satan to do the rest.

Erdoğan weakens fight with Islamophobia

Abdullah Bozkurt

Increasingly hurtful and pointedly hateful discourse adopted by Turkey's chief political Islamist, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in the past couple of years has done a huge disservice in combating Islamophobia in the world today, dealing a blow to decades-long efforts done by organizations such as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in international forums.

The state restores itself!

Ali Bulaç

The state restores itself periodically. The coups and military interventions of April 27, March 12, Sept. 12 and Feb. 28 were operations of this kind.

Why Erdogan can't get along with Gulen

Mahir Zeynalov*

The reason you hear almost every day that Erdogan is yelling at his critics, particularly Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen, is because the prime minister is playing nasty when it comes to politics. There is almost nothing that he won't resort to in order to extend the life of his throne and crush his opponents.