May 29, 2014

African queen promises to give support to Turkish schools

Queen Ntombi Twala of Swaziland received a group of teachers from Turkish schools and businesspeople, affiliated with the Hizmet Movement, at her palace.

Columnist sees Gülen ‘conspiracy' in ruling against Israel

The government has refrained to date from a clear statement on how it plans to respond to a court ruling this week to issue arrest warrants for top Israeli generals for a bloody raid on a Turkish aid ship in 2010, which, inauspiciously, came as Turkey and Israel were reportedly finalizing a deal to restore their diplomatic relations ruined by the same raid.

Yeni Şafak report reveals conspiracy against Hizmet put into action

A news report published by the pro-government Yeni Şafak daily on Wednesday claiming that elements of the so-called “parallel state” in the Telecommunications Directorate (TİB) had wiretapped the phones of 64 prominent individuals, has confirmed a recent e-mail sent by an anonymous whistleblower from the TİB to media outlets warning that there is a conspiracy to depict the Hizmet movement as having infiltrated the TİB.

The Pigeon, The Finger, and Hizmet’s ‘Inevitable Ambiguity’

Özcan Keleş

Like ‘beauty’, ambiguity can be in the eye of the beholder. While there are Hizmet-related reasons for some of Hizmet’s ambiguity, there are even more reasons to do with the outsider looking in (the beholder), rather than Hizmet itself (the beholden). Hizmet defies most of our pre-conceived notions, categories, and prejudices; we want to neatly pigeon-hole this pigeon and get angry when it does not fit – conjuring up all kinds of inappropriate images involving a man, a pigeon, and an inadequately sized pigeon-hole.

Gülen lawyer denies claims of shooting movie about Erdoğan family

Lawyer of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, Nurullah Albayrak, has denied claims that the scholar or his sympathizers are shooting a movie about the prime minister or his family.

MHP accuses PM of conducting psychological warfare to cover graft claims

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has accused Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of carrying out “merciless, wild and treacherous” psychological warfare against the nation in order to cover up allegations of corruption and bribery his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has been facing.