September 6, 2014

TUSKON's Meral says AK Party replaced Kemalist parties of the past

Rıza Nur Meral, who heads one of Turkey's most influential business confederations, the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), has said the Turkish state, after suffering for many years because of Kemalist policies, has returned to the same old ideology under the rule of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government.

Top court rejects claims it is controlled by 'parallel structure'

Turkey's Constitutional Court has rejected claims that it is controlled by the "parallel structure," a phrase the government uses to describe followers of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, dismissing claims that one of its rapporteurs were dismissed because he exposed this scheme.

Bank Asya account holders threatened against making deposits

Holders of accounts with the Islamic lender Bank Asya have been subjected to threats about making deposits, while being urged to withdraw money from their accounts, according to a report on Thursday in TheLira, an online financial outlet.