In a pattern of transnational repression, the Turkish government is continuing its persecution of the Hizmet Movement: the latest victim being an educator, Mr... Read More
What happened? On the 3rd October 2018, an armed man was seen trying to enter Fethullah Gulen’s place of residence – the Chestnut Retreat... Read More
LONDON-06 September 2018 What happened? On 6 September 2018, Moldovan and Turkish intelligence services arbitrarily detained 6 Turkish nationals in Moldova over links to... Read More
LONDON- 21 March 2018 What happened? On 14 March 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May announced the expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats after Russia refused... Read More
LONDON – 28 February 2018 What happened? On Aug 5, 2016, Gokhan Acikkolu, a 42-year old history teacher, was tortured to death under police... Read More
LONDON – 14 February 2018 What happened? On 13 February 2018, a mother (37) and her two children (aged 3 and 11) were found... Read More
There has been a systematic campaign in Turkey by the Erdoğan regime and its acolytes to provoke the followers of the Hizmet Movement into... Read More
What happened on July 15, 2016 8,561 soldiers took part in what appears to have been an attempted coup. Members of the public took... Read More
The Centre for Hizmet Studies is delighted to launch ‘The Turbulence between AKP and Hizmet: The African Case’ by Dr. Erkan Toguslu. The report... Read More
LONDON – 31 January 2017 The UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee is examining the bilateral relationship between the UK and Turkey, focusing on rights... Read More
Turkey was hailed as an example for a modern Muslim democracy during the early 2000s. The current ruling party that came to power in... Read More
With regard to leadership and vision, the Sunni Muslim world seems to be in disarray. None of the following leaders, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Abdel... Read More
Introduction Gareth Jenkins once criticised Turkey’s infamous Ergenekon indictments on the grounds that they were “products of ‘projective’ rather than deductive reasoning, working backwards... Read More
