September 16, 2014

Turkish schools praised by Uganda's education minister

Ugandan Education Minister Jessica Alupo commented on the success of Galaxy International Schools in Uganda during a recent trip to Turkey.

Bank Asya resumes trade after ban lifted

Turkey's stock exchange on Monday lifted the ban on trading Bank Asya shares that it imposed on Aug. 7 amid a smear campaign conducted by pro-government media outlets about the ownership status of the lender.

Rift between gov't and president grows over targeting of Bank Asya

Cracks are growing between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the government of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu due to the president's personal vendetta targeting Bank Asya conflicting with the government's concerns that the smear campaign may negatively affect the nation's financial and banking industry, with critical comments being traded between the president and government officials.

Bank Asya assures it fulfills obligations despite pressure

Private lender Bank Asya said on Tuesday that it will continue to fulfill its legal obligations to its depositors and shareholders despite a ruthless campaign against it aimed at undermining depositor confidence in the institution.

President Erdoğan is committing a crime

Turhan Bozkurt

The Law on Banking is very clear. Under Article 74 of the law, any action or comment that may damage the prestige of a bank is a crime. Those who violate this article can be faced with a maximum of five years in prison. Everyone, even the most uninterested, knows that the government has being conducting a campaign to force the closure of the participation Bank Asya as part of its fight against the Hizmet movement for the last nine months.

Without any justification, signboards of Hizmet-affiliated school removed

Signboards of a prep school which is associated with Hizmet Movement, inspired by Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, were removed by municipality officials without offering any justification in Balıkesir province on late Monday.

Supercut of Erdoğan insulting Hizmet movement goes viral

A video uploaded onto YouTube depicting a compilation of insults and phrases that are tantamount to hate speech uttered by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan against the faith-based Hizmet movement has gone viral over social media.

Government pressures inspectors to investigate 'parallel state'

After allegations emerged on Sunday that bureaucrats within the Ministry of Family and Social Policy with purported links to the Hizmet movement had been illegally profiled under “code 111,” it is now claimed that top government officials have pressured inspectors to launch investigations into bureaucrats who are allegedly affiliated with the movement.