May 25, 2014

Obama's formerly close relations with Erdoğan a source of problems

US President Barack Obama, whose formerly close relationship with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has come under question by American senators, might be distancing himself from the Turkish prime minister following an increase in anti-Semitic and anti-American rhetoric in Turkey, analysts have said.

Kimse Yok Mu opens education complex in Kenya

Kimse Yok Mu, one of the largest charity organizations in Turkey, has opened an education complex in the town of Malindi in Kenya comprising a dormitory, school and public kitchen.

Gülen offers condolences for slain İstanbul resident shot at protest

Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has offered condolences for Uğur Kurt, a 34-year-old who was waiting to attend a funeral outside a cemevi, an Alevi house of worship, was hit by a stray bullet allegedly from a police weapon and died in hospital on Thursday night.

Pak businessmen asked to attend Istanbul Expo

The Regional Director Pak Turk International Schools and Colleges Ali Yilmaz has called upon the business community of Pakistan to fully take part in two days long World Trade Bridge 2014. The World Trade Bridge 2014 is being organized by TUSKON at Expo Centre Istanbul from June 18, 2014. He emphasized this while holding meeting with the SVP Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Turab Ali Khoja here at HCCI Secretariat the other day. He informed that TUSKON is regularly organizing the World Trade Bridge two times in a year aimed to bridge the gap between the industrialist, traders and growers of Turkey and the world industrialists and traders.

Love is a Verb, Indeed!

I recently had a chance to see a documentary on Fethullah Gulen and the Hizmet Movement, namely “Love is a Verb”. It was a cool breeze from the heavens in this dog-eat-dog world full of ongoing wars and crimes. It once again showed me that there is still hope for humanity as there are still good people doing altruistic humanitarian work in the very dangerous regions of the world despite the continuous cruelty and monstrous slaughters surrounding and discouraging them on a daily basis.