January 13, 2015

Hate speech creates new opportunities for Hizmet movement

Mahmut Akpınar*

The effects of the ruling party's persistent hate speech against the Hizmet movement on non-Hizmet groups can be examined by dividing the groups into two categories: conservative groups and other groups.

Zaman launches satirical magazine, defying pressure with humor

The Zaman daily, which has been under intense government pressure that culminated recently with the detention of its editor-in-chief in a government-backed operation on Dec. 14, 2014, is launching a satirical magazine Monday, in an apparent move to respond to the pressure with humor.

An open letter to readers

Ekrem Dumanlı

Dear readers. I am now writing letters, most of which are thank you ones. I would like to express my gratitude to those who have very courageously staged opposition against despotism. I would like to respond to their bravery with these letters. I wish I could finish all of these letters. Well, it is not proper to express this feeling of indebtedness and gratitude in just two sentences. So I keep writing letters.

Building partisan civil service in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt

Since political Islamists and pro-Iranian factions took the reins in Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) after they effectively marginalized moderate conservatives, liberals and social democratic wings following the 2011 elections, they have been trying to rebuild the civil service from top to bottom in their own image to perpetuate authoritarian rule for decades to come.