Turkey denying visas to Kyrgyz students at Gülen schools, families: deputy minister

Kyrgyz nationals who study at the schools affiliated with the Gülen movement as well as their families are being denied visas to Turkey, according to deputy Education Minister Orhan Erdem.

Kyrgyz president: Those calling Turkish teachers terrorists should see a doctor

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has said those who view as terrorists teachers working at the Gülen-linked SAPAT educational institutions in the country need treatment and should see a doctor.

Kyrgyz President Atambayev: Sebat Turkish schools won’t be shut down

We won’t be closing down the Sebat schools,” President Almazbek Atambayev reiterated on July 24 during his annual press conference.

Kyrgyz President Atambayev: Turkish schools will not be closed

In an open challenge to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev said on Thursday he does not know Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish Islamic scholar who lives in the US, but will not close schools run by Turks close to the Gülen movement, Sputnik reported.

Kyrgyzstan President finds Turkish gov’t’s coup plot claims absurd

Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev has said that he finds Turkish government’s claims that the Gülen movement — a civil initiative accused of being behind the failed coup attempt in Turkey – might be plotting a coup in Kyrgyzstan.

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan Reject Turkish Calls to Close Gülen Schools

With the Turkish government asking countries around the world to shutter schools linked to Fethullah Gülen’s movement, governments on the receiving end of such requests have to measure several interests in responding. How important are the schools, how important are relations with Ankara, and how much leeway does the state have to resist such demands?

Kyrgyz President Atambayev: Ankara should not threaten us with coup

If someone wants to help Kyrgyzstan, this help should be unconditional, the President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev said.

In Debt to Turkey, Somalia Shuts Network Tied to Fethullah Gulen

Barely 12 hours after a failed coup in Turkey, Somalia’s cabinet met to consider a request from Turkey to shut down two schools and a hospital linked to Fethullah Gulen, the Muslim cleric whom the Turkish president blames for the attempted coup.

How Kyrgyzstan and Turkey quarreled about Gülen

Kyrgyzstan once again got into an international scandal. This time - with a strategic partner - Turkey, where the military attempted to overthrow the head of the country Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 16. The coup failed. The Turkish authorities accused the former imam and preacher Fethullah Gülen of organization of the coup. He is hiding in the United States now.

Antagonism Grows with Turkey Over Gulen Links

The privately run Chingiz Aitmatov Kyrgyz-Turkish Boys High School stands out in its dusty setting in a northern suburb of Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek. Its record of academic achievement, drawing on the philosophy of US-based Islamic educator Fethullah Gulen, easily upstages anything most local public educational establishments can offer.

The role of Turkish schools in the educational system and social transformation of Central Asian countries

Cennet Engin Demir, Ayse Balci and Fusun Akkok

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Central Asian countries have pursued nation-building; that is, the work of establishing political economic and social institutions, developing new national identities, and elaborating alternatives to communism as the ideological underpinnings of their new societies and policies.

'Accusing Kimse Yok Mu of terror endangers Kyrgyz orphans'

Rüstem Atayev, the principal of the Togolok Moldo Orphans' School in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bişkek, has said that the Turkish government accusing the Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu of terrorism activities will put the welfare of the orphans at the school in jeopardy, as the school is financed by Kimse Yok Mu donations.

Kimse Yok Mu caring for Kyrgyz orphans

Kimse Yok Mu Foundation extended yet another helping hand to the orphan in Kyrgyzstan. The foundation received a group of them for an exclusive ceremony at the Ataturk-Alatoo University in the capital city Bishkek. The orphans were served dinner first and then watched the university students’ shows in their honor.

Kimse Yok Mu offers vocational training for Kyrgyz orphans

Kimse Yok Mu Foundation (KYM) has launched workshops for vocational training next to the orphanage home to 570 children in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. A total of 80 students will receive vocational training on green housing, culinary, sewing and hairdressing. The students showed a high interest in the greenhouse built for them.

Kimse Yok Mu extends helping hand to Kyrgyz orphans

The Kimse Yok Mu association, renowned as a global charity that manages to reach the most remote corners of the world, has inaugurated a new boarding school in Kyrgyzstan for children without parents.

Kimse Yok Mu Iftar in Kyrgyzstan

Kimse Yok Mu Foundation has recently held an iftar dinner in the capital city Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The dinner at Sarmerden restaurant saw the attendance of some 300 guests. The Kyrgyz people expressed their gratitude to Turkish people. The KYM official Habibulla Arzikulov said they also gave away Ramadan aid packages to the needy around the city.

Kimse Yok Mu offers a hand of compassion to Kyrgyz orphans

Dedicated to the fight poverty and destitution in 110 countries across the world, Kimse Yok Mu Foundation (KYM) has recently signed a protocol of assistance to the orphan with the Kyrgyz Foundation of Education. Under the terms of the protocol, KYM will make a donation of 2,280,000 dollars to Kyrgyz orphans.

Kyrgyz Culture Minister: Turkish schools are of golden value to us

Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Culture and Tourism Sultan Rayev attended the Turkish Language Olympics’ eliminations in his country. Rayev in his statements said, “These schools are of golden value to us. In fact, even more than that as gold mines will be exhausted sooner or later but knowledge won’t.”

First Annual Kyrgyz American Convention a Huge Success

On Wednesday, November 20, the First Annual Kyrgyz American Convention continued with signature functions at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. The event was organized by the Turkic American Alliance (TAA), the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic to USA and Canada, the Turkic American Federation of Midwest (TAFM) and the Kyrgyz American Association, in collaboration with the Council of Turkic American Associations (CTAA), the Mid-Atlantic Federation of Turkic American Associations (MAFTAA), the Turkic American Federation of Southeast (TAFS), the Turquoise Council of Americans and Eurasians (TCAE), the West American Turkic Council (WATC), JIA (Association of Young Entrepreneurs of Kyrgyzstan) and the Rethink Institute.

Fethullah Gulen and Jusup Balasagyn on Education: A comparative analysis

World known Fethullah Gulen and his ideals are now getting a chance to spread all over the world. Particularly, his ideas of joyful nation and perfect example of a human became driving forces behind the widespread of Gulen inspired schools and social institutions. His notions of “Human Values” described through his books and lectures can be met in every spiritual leader where those schools and institutions exist.