October 16, 2014

White House hosts first-ever Eid al-Adha celebration

The White House hosted an event to celebrate Eid al-Adha on Tuesday for the first time ever with the sponsorship of the Rumi Forum, an international organization established by Turks living in Washington, D.C., to foster intercultural dialogue.

Zaman Media Group receives 5 awards from WAN-IFRA

The Zaman and Today's Zaman dailies, as well as three Zaman supplements, have received perfection awards from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), which were announced at the World Publishing Expo 2014 in Amsterdam.

Bank Asya cleared to raise capital

Leading Turkish Islamic bank Bank Asya has received approval from the country's capital markets regulatory board to raise its capital by 25 percent, the bank announced late on Tuesday.

German report: Gov't Bank Asya smear campaign is revenge

A recent report released by a foundation close to Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) emphasizes that the government targeted Bank Asya and subjected it to a smear campaign.

The dispute over Bank Asya: What lies ahead in Erdoğan's Turkey?

Giorgio Buttironi*

The dispute between Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government and Bank Asya reignited in September following the lifting of a five-week trading ban imposed by Borsa İstanbul (BİST) -- Turkey's stock exchange authority. The ever-growing interference of the executive in the market regulatory system raises a number of questions about the country's future.

The government is preparing for a huge witch hunt

Orhan Kemal Cengiz

When it came to human rights reforms, this government used to take steps like an Ottoman military band (Mehteran). An Ottoman military band, as a part of its ceremonial duty, takes two steps forward and then takes one step back. On the whole, they of course go forward, but quite slowly.

Government allegedly plots to blame Bingöl attacks on Hizmet movement

Twitter user @fuatavni has claimed the government has launched a plan to blame an attack in which two police officers were killed on Oct. 9 in Bingöl on the Hizmet movement, which is inspired by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen.