June 1, 2014

Witch hunt in Europe

Emre Uslu

Political madness in Turkey is at its peak. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan does not even refrain from using the term “witch hunt” against the Gülen followers. When Erdoğan and his circle don't find any evidence, they allegedly try to produce evidence. Bureaucrats who don't want to be part of Erdoğan's witch hunt have sent letters to the media and prosecutors confessing what they are doing. Unfortunately, what they said in those letters has been confirmed by later developments.

Turkish Festival brings students from 27 countries to Ethiopia

The International Turkish Education Association's (TÜRKÇEDER) Language and Culture Festival which brought 95 students from 27 countries with the motto “Hearts United” was held in Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa over the weekend.

Whistleblower reveals wiretapping conspiracy to libel Hizmet

An anonymous whistleblower from the Prime Ministry sent an email to media outlets on Saturday claiming that a special team had been established at the Prime Ministry and that it had created a list of individuals whose phones were allegedly wiretapped by members of the so-called “parallel state” who had apparently infiltrated the Telecommunications Directorate (TİB), the agency responsible for carrying out legal wiretaps.

İstanbul summit focuses on women's perspective for post-2015 UN agenda

Nafis Sadik, a special advisor to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, and professor Shirley Randell, one of Australia's 100 Inaugural Women of Influence in 2012, were among the participants of an international summit in İstanbul, which kicked off on Saturday with a program dedicated to discussions on a variety of topics, including women's empowerment and food security as part of the United Nations Development Agenda from the perspective of females.

Women gather for UN development agenda in İstanbul

Women, tasked studies on poverty, woman, child, education, environment and health mostly within the body of the UN came together for a program held by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) on Saturday.

Polemics over PM's ungrounded remarks about movie continue

Recent remarks by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claiming that Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen or his followers are shooting a movie about Erdoğan and his family have been denied by Gülen's lawyers, while the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has accused Erdoğan of shooting a movie himself to cover up corruption allegations facing his government.

GYV President Yeşil: Believers should endure Divine ordeals like Blessed Mary

Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) President Mustafa Yeşil delivered a speech at the international panel titled "The Blessed Mary’s Patience in the Holy Qur’an and the Holy Bible," held in İzmir. "Just as Blessed Mary did, believers should endure severe divine ordeals until God's help comes," Yeşil said.