The Turkish prime minister said Wednesday Ankara is still committed to getting membership in the EU, adding that a thaw in relations with Russia is not an alternative to Europe. Binali Yildirim’s remarks came at [ More … ]
By: Kemal Öztürk* In my opinion, this is one of the most congenial lines of the press world: “Behind the scenes of such and such an incident…” A mysterious, exciting and appealing sentence disclosing the unknown. [ More … ]
By: İbrahim Karagül* We are going to be discussing the terms “conservative opposition” and “conservative intervention” quite often in the upcoming period. We know of the multinational interventions against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the historic/political march [ More … ]
Dr. Said Elhaj* The term “Parallel Entity” or “Parallel Organization” in Turkey refers to the dominant leadership of the “Service Movement” (in Turkish: Hizmet Hareketi), that was established by Fethullah Gulen. ‘Hizmet Hareketi’, also referred [ More … ]
Comments by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan were ‘disrespectful, insolent’, Turkish Deputy PM Bekir Bozdag says Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag on Saturday condemned German Foreign Minister Sigmar [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* It would be naive to expect that a structure, in which lies have become a common code of conduct among all the members, to tell the truth in courts today. Fortunately, judges and [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* The July 15 coup attempt and the Fetullah Terror Organization (FETÖ) cases continue full speed ahead in all provinces. In the courts, especially established to present all the dimensions of the most insidious [ More … ]
BY: FAHRETTIN ALTUN* The July 15 coup attempt in Turkey can be described as an operation that was made as part of the global war on Islam Turkey has undergone a major transformation over the past [ More … ]
BY: FAHRETTIN ALTUN* Mainstream European politicians have created a new politics of fear of Turkey and Turks in Europe, and at every opportunity, European media helps them. A new fear is being pumped throughout Europe. Germans [ More … ]
Most Americans fund FETO-run schools without knowing its real face, says Turkish Heritage Organization head Turkey needs a stronger lobby in the U.S. to fight against coup plotters settled in the country, head of a [ More … ]
BY: MERVE ŞEBNEM ORUÇ* On the night of July 15, Gülenists attempted not just an ordinary coup, but a deadly terrorist putsch, mercilessly killing hundreds of civilians Saturday, July 15, 2017 marked the anniversary of Turkey’s [ More … ]
Millions of people have begun marking the first year anniversary of the July 15, 2016, failed coup attempt in all 81 provinces, with people in Istanbul gathering on July 15 Martyrs Bridge, where President Recep Tayyip [ More … ]
BY: İBRAHIM KALIN* The Gülenist coup attempt was also an act of invasion in the widest sense of the term – invading not only people’s lives and state’s institutions but also the hearts and minds of [ More … ]
‘I pray that we never suffer through a calamity like July 15’ head of Turkish non-profit says Turkish-Americans were joined Saturday in Times Square by representatives from a number of Muslim nations to commemorate the [ More … ]
Aerial footage showed a sea of people converging on the bridge, formerly known as Bosporus Bridge, from both Istanbul’s European and Asian sides to commemorate anniversary of Turkey’s 15 July failed coup On Saturday hundreds of [ More … ]
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