July 11, 2014

Kimse Yok Mu holds friendship dinner at Somali family’s home

Kimse Yok Mu (KYM) Balikesir chapter sponsored a friendship dinner at a Somali family’s home that emigrated to the city one and a half year ago due to the drought in their native country. The KYM’s little volunteers and the Somali students that the foundation brought to Turkey for study were also present at the gathering. The children thanked the foundation for the traditional Somali food they had longed for.

Bolu Municipality seals Hizmet-affiliated schools

The Bolu Municipality sealed two schools belonging to businessmen affiliated with the faith-based Hizmet movement on Friday.

Government creates enemies to survive

Lale Kemal

Turkey has never had the fully independent and impartial judiciary necessary in any democratic state for justice to largely be done. The justice system, on the contrary, has been used and is still being used by state actors, individuals or the mafia as a legal tool to cover up illegal acts that would normally constitute a crime. Only the actors in Turkey have been changed, largely, and they abuse the judicial system to promote their own interests.

Apartheid-like persecution against Hizmet intensifies

A story in the Taraf daily on Wednesday reporting that a secretive unit in the National Police Department has profiled businessmen and some 100,000 Hizmet-related companies all across Turkey has stirred a massive public reaction.

İpek lashes out at government media for recycling the same lies

Businessman Akın İpek has issued a strong rebuke to the Sabah and Takvim dailies, the two flagship government media outlets, who repeated in their Tuesday editions allegations that İpek is expanding his villa in Ankara to make it spacious enough to host Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen when he returns from the US to live in Turkey.

Erdoğan files another lawsuit against Today's Zaman editor-in-chief

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a legal complaint against the editor-in-chief of Today's Zaman, Bülent Keneş, over messages on the microblogging site Twitter, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday.

Kimse Yok Mu holds iftar dinner for Bosnian orphans

Kimse Yok Mu Foundation (KYM) recently held an exclusive event for the Bosnian orphans. Some 150 orphans from SOS village and Byelave Dormitory were received at Burch University in Sarajevo, where a special mime performance and iftar dinner were held in their honor. Director of the foundation Izvor Nade, KYM affiliate in Bosnia, Harun Tursan noted the event aimed to get the Bosnian orphans experience a special night. “We wanted to make a surprise for our children from SOS village and Byelave Dormitory. Tonight has been a follow-up to our past events. We intend to hold more charity events for our children. In addition to tonight’s gathering, we aim to serve iftar dinners for 10 thousand throughout the month of Ramadan.”