Hagi serves baklava to ‘Colors of the World’ in Romania
Students, arriving at Romania for International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC), visited the legendary football name Gheorghe Hagi, at his club building in Constanta, on Saturday.
Date posted: February 29, 2016
Students, arriving at Romania for International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC), visited the legendary football name Gheorghe Hagi, at his club building in Constanta, on Saturday.
Remarking with warm and cheerful attitude towards students, Hagi greeted them one by one and served ‘baklava’ (a Turkish delight) which he called ‘legal doping’. The students took many photos and got shirts signed for their teachers with the Romanian star.
IFLC continues to bring together continents and cultures. The Romanian leg of the festival, which was attended by 2.500 students from 150 countries, with the slogan ‘Colors of the World’ will be held in the next days. Students also make tours and visits in Romania.
Former director of Turkish schools in Pakistan and his family kidnapped
Former director of Pak-Turk Schools in Pakistan Mesut Kaçmaz and his family were reportedly kidnapped in Lahore on Wednesday, the Daily Pakistan reported. Another person, Fatih Avcı, who was also abducted and later released, said their heads were covered with bags.
Two days in Kenya with Kimse Yok Mu
KYM Secretary General Savas Metin said this campus will function as a base in Malindi for the aid efforts to be done in the region. “We have brought drinking water for 1 million people, with the water wells we established in the drought-ridden Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya. We will not only educate underprivileged students at Light Academy but provide medical aid.”
Religious leaders pray for world peace at meeting of civilizations
Religious leaders prayed for world peace at an event deemed the meeting of civilizations and organized by the Antakya Intercultural Dialogue Association (AKADİM) and Turkish aid organization Kimse Yok Mu in the province of Hatay
My Nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize is Fethullah Gulen
Fehmi Koru, Houston, Texas 15 October 2005 I do not have a voting right for Nobel nominations, but if I did, my nomination for the peace prize is ready: Fethullah Gulen. Of course, I know he’s controversial even in Turkey, he doesn’t appear in public anymore, he seldom grants interviews, yet nevertheless many in Turkey […]
Out of the rubble, a chance to mend relations
It is imperative to note that the Gulen Movement, which supports interfaith dialogue and has played a critical role in the social and political history of Turkey, does not support hostilities between Israel and Turkey. The movement encourages the two countries to repair their relations as soon as possible.
Gülen’s lawyer: Targeting overseas Turkish educators breaks law
Nurullah Albayrak, the legal representative of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, in a written statement on Wednesday spoke out against a front-page story in the pro-government Star daily that published the photos of 160 educators at Turkish schools overseas that are affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement, saying the daily is breaking the law and violating those individuals’ human rights by depicting innocent people as criminals.
Latest News
Turkish inmate jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of heart attack in prison
Message of Condemnation and Condolences for Mass Shooting at Bondi Beach, Sydney
Media executive Hidayet Karaca marks 11th year in prison over alleged links to Gülen movement
ECtHR faults Turkey for convictions of 2,420 applicants over Gülen links in follow-up to 2023 judgment
New Book Exposes Erdoğan’s “Civil Death Project” Targeting the Hizmet Movement
European Human Rights Treaty Faces Legal And Political Tests
ECtHR rejects Turkey’s appeal, clearing path for retrials in Gülen-linked cases
Erdoğan’s Civil Death Project’ : The ‘politicide’ spanning more than a decade
Fethullah Gülen’s Vision and the Purpose of Hizmet
In Case You Missed It
Irvine’s new arrivals — Turkish asylum seekers, after a failed coup and a sadly successful purge
Can Washington Ever Welcome a Nonviolent Muslim?
Fethullah Gulen talks to major international media on Turkey coup attempt
Fethullah Gülen’s brother laid to rest amid grief
Panel highlights need for new global economic order
Hate speech in politics and media
Liberal Turkish Journalists Champion Freedom of Expression, to a Degree
