February 11, 2015

AfSV Statement on Chapel Hill Shootings

New York, February 11, 2015 – The Alliance for Shared Values strongly condemns the slaying of the three Muslim students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is heartbreaking to see the loss of young, innocent lives and to see the assault on peace and tolerance we so cherish in the U.S. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the deceased.

Kimse Yok Mu’s health and education complex unveiled by Ugandan president

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the president of Uganda, attended the opening of a health and education complex built by the Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) in Jinha, Uganda's second largest city.

Pro-gov’t media smears people affiliated with Gülen movement on Erdoğan’s instructions

After President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told a group of journalists from pro-government media outlets that key names in the Gülen movement -- also known as Hizmet -- in foreign countries would be revealed on Sunday, the Star daily published a list of people affiliated globally with the faith-based movement on Wednesday.

Bank Asya investors go to Turkish court in bid to regain control

Shareholders in Turkey's Bank Asya began legal action on Wednesday in an attempt to regain control of the Islamic lender after regulators dismissed the board and took over its management.

Study finds Bank Asya the most transparent bank

Though Bank Asya was taken over by the Turkish state this week on the pretext of lack of transparency, in fact a study from Sabancı University found Bank Asya to be the most transparent Turkish bank.

Pro-gov't firms scrutinized for delaying Bank Asya docs

Some of the Turkish firms that have assets in Turkey's Bank Asya may have avoided producing some documents required by the banking watchdog on time, opening the way for last week's intervention in the bank's board, observers speculated on Wednesday.

Banking regulator’s early deadline the basis for takeover

The Chairman of Turkey’s number one publicly traded participation bank Bank Asya, Prof. Dr. Erhan Birgili, underlines numerous injustices inflicted on the banking regulator’s management takeover of Bank Asya on February 3.