October 27, 2014

Fethullah Gülen speaks at UN

Selçuk Gültaşlı

Amid strong efforts by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to declare him a terrorist, Fethullah Gülen addressed the United Nations on Oct. 24.

Government blocks bank accounts of aid organization

The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government's efforts to disrupt the work of Turkey's leading aid organization Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) continues with the unlawful blocking of the organization's bank accounts on Oct. 22.

Pro-government media allowed to lie, ignores compensation penalties

Media outlets within the government's sphere of influence have ignored court orders for them to publish retractions of fabricated stories, especially about the Hizmet movement after the corruption scandals that were made public on Dec. 17 and Dec. 25.

What a plot attempts to tell

Begüm Burak

The film “Birleşen Gönüller” (The Converging Hearts) was released to Turkish audiences on Friday.

The fate of prosecutors

Ekrem Dumanlı

An election was held at the Ankara Bar Association recently. Nuh Mete Yüksel, who was among the powers that be in the prosecutorial community in the past, entered while this was taking place. He was once an awe-inspiring prosecutor. Apparently, he retired from prosecuting and became a lawyer. Of course, he is now deprived of the terrifying appearance he had in those years. He no longer has the frigid countenance that would send everyone's hearts throbbing with fear. As it happens, some lawyers started to protest harshly the “fledgling lawyer.” Moreover, the hall was filled with shouts of "Go away!" So Yüksel had to go back without casting his vote...

Tyrants do not remain in power long, warns Constitutional Court head

The head of Turkey's top court has said oppressors who are cursed by their victims, as history has shown, are not able to remain in power for long.

Land tender won by TUSKON reopened in defiance of court decision

The tender for a large parcel of land which was won by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) was reopened on Monday, despite a prior court decision barring such a move, according to a statement from the confederation on the same day.

13 recommendations to MGK secretary for inclusion in 'Red Book'

Veysel Ayhan

The president pays attention to the current National Security Council (MGK). He is determined to declare Hizmet a terror organization. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is not interested in the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Kobani, Syria, the approximately 3 million refugees and the murder of 40 people in violent protests. His only concern is Hizmet. Given that the MGK is designed to be a place to discuss personal concerns, I, as a citizen, would like to raise some points of recommendation for the MGK secretary-general for possible inclusion on the agenda of the council.