Fethullah Gülen movement [FGM] is now the biggest school of Islamic circles that follow Said Nursi‘s teachings. FGM was known to support center right parties. With the collapse of center right in Turkey as AKP did rise to power, FGM and AKP allied to challenge their common enemy: Turkish Army. In the mean time, AKP … Read more
CHP nominated İlhan Cihaner as a MEP candidate from Denizli. PM Erdoğan promised something like building up two cities around Istanbul… Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures to the audience after announcing his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) election manifesto in Ankara April 16, 2011. Turkey will hold parliamentary elections on June 12. … Read more
Zâtım dâhil herkes tarafından ?Hoca? (büyük harf ile) diye anılan Necmettin Erbakan?ın ölümünden beri, Akit okuyan bakkaldan, öz ifadesi ile ?gomonist? taksi şoförüne, köşe yazarından gazete okumazına kadar kime rastlasam, aynı soruyu sormakta: ?Ya hû… Biz mi bu adamın kıymetini bilemedik, ortada anlayamadığımız bir durum mu var??. Herkes, kimsenin Erbakan?ın arkasından kötü, ters bir söz … Read more
People carry the coffin of the Turkey’s former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan during a funeral prayer in Ankara March 1, 2011. Erbakan, the founder of Turkey’s modern Islamist movement, died of heart failure on Sunday at the age of 85.? Read more » REUTERS/Umit Bektas Thousands gather for Turkish Islamist leader’s funeral from Hurriyet Dailynews … Read more
I could probably be more sympathetic if Necmettin Erbakan did not prevent Numan Kurtulmuş‘ ascendancy at Saadet Party despite his old age and illness. But he did his best to stop Mr. Kurtulmuş who could provide a marginal but substantive political standing. What Mr. Erbakan did in fact to assume his own leadership in order … Read more
photo via By being elected as Saadet Party’s leader again at 84, Necmettin Erbakan demolishes his own political heritage. If he is healthy it may be all right, but he is having difficulties in walking, talking and even breathing and he is now into active politics. A few years ago, the President pardoned him for … Read more