via @FlyfbK via @gilorya A politics roundup: Islamic scholar Gülen ?speechless? on gov?t action plan against his movement Gülen said he would have given ‘the benefit of the doubt’ without the plan to scrap the dershanes Turkish government in bid for wider public support for prep school plan The government has been … Read more
After Occupy Gezi, there comes the second blow… For the last 4 days, AKP’s plan to eliminate prep schools has been challenged in Twitter not by Gezi protesters but by Fethullah Gülen movement sympathizers. Private prep school network all over Turkey is one of the major recruitment hub for the Gülen movement (Cemaat). As the … Read more
Gülen Movement denies ‘rift with ruling AKP’ The Journalists and Writers Foundation, a leading institution of the Gülen community, has denied rumors of a split between the group and the ruling government The issue of growth in the long election process The growth issue occupies the top of the agenda both around the world … Read more
Some claim this the result of tension between AKP leadership and Gülen movement who allied against secularists and now working for different purposes. Police forces, especially intelligence, and judiciary are claimed to be under Gülen movement hegemony and after Reyhanlı bombings PM Erdoğan moves to change power balances in the intellingence circles. Journalist Mehmet Baransu … Read more
Turkish PM Erdoğan: We may have 3 polls in 2014 Turkish prime ministers vows to put ?Plan C, introduce our own draft? in action if Parliament?s Constitution-making process yields no result. 2014 may see charter referendum: Turkish PM Erdoğan Turkish prime ministers vows to put ?Plan C, introduce our own draft? in action if … Read more