July 7, 2014

Court orders prove gov't media's anti-Hizmet smear campaign

Numerous court decisions issued over the past few months have shown that government-controlled media in Turkey have consistently manufactured lies about the Hizmet movement inspired by Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen following allegations made by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) that the movement is behind a corruption investigation that is part of an effort to overthrow the government.

Minister silent over anti-Hizmet plot despite parliamentary question

Despite parliamentary bylaws requiring responses to questions within 15 days, Interior Minister Efkan Ala is yet to respond to a parliamentary question from his predecessor, İdris Naim Şahin, asking if there is a secret plot against the faith-based Hizmet movement and if the ruling party has mobilized its resources to fabricate evidence and initiate an operation against the movement.

Criticism rains down on police order to unlawfully probe Hizmet

Criticism has been raining down on a written order sent by the National Police Department to police departments in 30 provinces in which the former accused the faith-based Hizmet movement of working to overthrow the government with no evidence and asked the police to inquire if the movement is an armed group.

Can civil servants commit crimes?

Ekrem Dumanlı

If a man goes to a prosecutor and says, "Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the leader of the parallel structure and I have serious documents about him," what is the prosecutor supposed to do?

State institution turns intern away due to links with Hizmet

The Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) witch hunt against the Hizmet movement has reached interns in state institutions after one student was turned away after his links to the movement were discovered.

Turkey no longer a model for Islamic world, expert says

Turkey has moved far away from its former position as a model country for the Islamic world and the Arab states, a professor from Zagazig University in Egypt has said.