May 12, 2014

Mothers meet in İstanbul to mark Mother's Day, see their children

One hundred eighty mothers from 63 countries whose children study in Turkey met for an event in İstanbul on Friday to mark Mother's Day.

Turkey's first private Arabic station starts to broadcast

Turkey's first private Arabic TV channel, Hira TV began to broadcast over the Internet this week and plans to broadcast via satellite in the coming months.

Fethullah Gülen's message to the International symposium "Ijtihad and Qiyas: The richness of Islam"

Fethullah Gülen

Most respected scholars, intellectuals, and community leaders, who honored this symposium from Turkey and abroad; and distinguished guests and fortunate participants to this auspicious gathering:

Int'l scholars discuss ijtihad, qiyas at İstanbul symposium

Around 1,000 theologians, academics and opinion leaders from more than 100 countries gathered for a two-day symposium in İstanbul over the weekend to discuss the importance of ijtihad and qiyas in Islam.

Why do the AKP media always lie?

Emre Uslu

Since a serious graft scandal got underway on Dec. 17, the pro-Justice and Development Party (AKP) media have been publishing endless lies on a daily basis.

If McCarthyism rises from the grave

Ekrem Dumanlı

Joseph McCarthy managed to set the agenda by waving a black list in his hand. It was this way that he put fear into people's hearts. "Here's the list of traitors and spies!" he would say. He voiced an exact number as well: 205 people. Yet, all of the "evidential documents" waved by the Wisconsin senator were forged or irrelevant, including such impertinent documents as a dry cleaning bill. Still, they served him well as he managed to expose the American people to discrimination and hate speech for a decade. He believed to have dozens of documents in a mysterious bag he always carried with him. McCarthy was assumed to be speaking with the "solemnity of a statesman." After he died, people curiously looked into his bag and saw that it was empty. His accusations were imaginary and consisted solely of black propaganda aimed to scare the public.

Erdoğan says his gov't will carry out ‘witch hunt'

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, while defending an ongoing government-sponsored wave of purges of public officials, said on Sunday that the government will carry out a “witch hunt” if that is how critics define the purges.

Toward a security state

Mustafa Erdoğan*

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has taken a huge step toward making the state stronger by adopting a bill that restructured the national intelligence agency.

Young environmentalists awarded at 22nd INEPO

Young environmentalists from different corners of the world who attended the 22nd International Environmental Project Olympiad (INEPO) to find solutions to environmental problems and thus make the world a better place to live have been awarded gold, silver and bronze medals.

Samanyolu high school wins gold medal in TÜBİTAK contest

Ankara's private Samanyolu Science High School picked up a gold medal on Monday in the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey's (TÜBİTAK) 45th Research Projects contest.

Pro-gov't firms label rivals in tenders part of ‘parallel state'

Certain business owners close to the government are now targeting their public tender rivals by labeling them as being part of a "parallel state” -- a veiled reference by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the Hizmet movement -- Turkish media reported on Sunday.

Turkish PM signals to intensify state purge ahead of expected presidential bid

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, expected to run for president in August, has signaled that he will intensify a purge of state institutions to curb the influence of an Islamic cleric he accuses of trying to topple him.

Ex-employee files complaint against TİB head over purge

A former expert at the Telecommunications Directorate (TİB) who was recently removed from his job as part of a government-sponsored wave of purges at public institutions has filed a criminal complaint against TİB President Cemalettin Çelik and two department heads at the directorate.