June 18, 2014

Gülen's lawyer denies any link with bugging probe suspect

Fethullah Gülen's lawyer has denied that the Turkish Islamic scholar has any links with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's former chief bodyguard, who was detained in an investigation into covert listening devices found in the prime minister's office in 2012.

AK Party cancels construction licenses for religious groups in Antalya

The Antalya Metropolitan Municipality has cancelled the construction licenses of a Hizmet-affiliated school and a dormitory belonging to another religious community following a recent speech of the Turkish prime minister telling his party's mayors to take property back that they might have allocated to the Hizmet movement, a social and religious grassroots movement in Turkey.

Yes, Religion Can Still Be A Force For Good In The World

Antonia Blumberg, Yasmine Hafiz

Bringing people together over a meal to celebrate diversity

Last Man Standing

The annual International Science Olympiad has been dominated by Nigeria since it started in 2009. But the 2014 edition of the competition for science students worldwide took a different turn for the country as South Africa became a dominant figure. But for the 15-year-old Akanimoh Udombeh, Nigeria's flag may not have been hoisted on the winners' podium this year.