January 18, 2015

Turkish schools get award for advanced study in Benin, Mongolia

A Turkish school that opened in the West African country of Benin in 2006 has been honored with the National Order of Benin.

Fethullah Gülen’s lawyer appeals arrest warrant

Nurullah Albayrak, the lawyer of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, has appealed the decision of the İstanbul 1st Penal Court of Peace to issue an arrest warrant for Gülen, citing illegality.

Journalist reveals inspiring story of Turkish schools in book

Ankara-based journalist Mesut Çevikalp has written a book about the little-known stories of Turkish schools opened by Turkish entrepreneurs in various parts of the world, including the moving and hardship-laden stories of education volunteers working at these schools, most of whom left a better life in Turkey with the hope of promoting universal values of peace, dialogue and peaceful coexistence with others.

Documents expose new plot to frame Hizmet for exam cheating

Documents obtained by Today's Zaman regarding a 2010 cheating scandal surrounding the State Personnel Examination (KPSS) have revealed a plot to unjustly frame members of the Hizmet movement.

Anatomy of a conspiracy

Bülent Keneş

The conspiracy was first announced by a government whistleblower who writes under the pseudonym Fuat Avni (@fuatavnifuat).

Erdoğan’s harsh, xenophobic rhetoric damages fight against Islamophobia

The increasingly punitive and xenophobic discourse adopted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in recent years has done a huge disservice to the fight against Islamophobia, dealing a blow to the decades-long efforts of organizations such as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Hizmet movement in international forums.