Friday, August 23, 2013
Well-respected Turkish intellectual and scholar Fethullah Gülen has decided to donate the honorarium that accompanies the Manhae Peace Prize he received to Peace Projects, a grant program launched by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV...
Friday, August 23, 2013
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
The sisters of the Hagia Sophia
Fatih Sınar
There are several namesakes and replicas of İstanbul's Hagia Sophia, which was constructed in A.D. 537 upon the order of Emperor Justinian I of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Justinian the Great in Anatolia, Thrace and Macedonia.
The soaring Hagia Sophia reflects different periods in Istanbul’s history. (Photo: John Cavacas...
Saturday, August 17, 2013
A Rare Meeting With Reclusive Turkish Spiritual Leader Fethullah Gulen
Jamie Tarabay
Fethullah Gulen is a Turkish religious spiritual leader, some say to millions of Turks both in Turkey and around the world, and the head of the "Gulenist" movement. His network of followers span the globe and have opened academically-focused schools across 90 countries, including the U....
Thursday, August 15, 2013
The Journalists and Writers Foundation’s (JWF) response to allegations against Hizmet Movement
In recent days there has been a growing campaign of defamation and misinformation against the Hizmet Movement; this campaign has been directed particularly through social media. Despite the maxim that “the one who makes allegations bears the burden of proof”, it seems that those making them will continue to do so and claim that “such things cannot be proven.” Although such libels have been addressed many times before, the Journalists and Writers Foundation feels obliged to issue this statement to show respect for the public’s right to be properly informe...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Turkey in humanitarian and development aid
Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey has been a fast-emerging donor country in the last couple of years with grants, loans and donations made to foreign countries on the rise. The three-year average of the official development aid between 2010 and 2012 is calculated as $1.6 billion, which is a new record in Turkey's history in the area of humanitarian and development assistance. Turkey's development aid increased almost 30 percent, by $1.2 billion, in 2011 and 98 percent, by $2.4 billion, in 2012 compared to previous years. As the traditional donors' shares have decreased emerging economies like Turkey have been coming along to make up for the declin...
