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Huntsville’s Peace Valley Foundation sets annual Dialogue Dinner and awards
A specialist in comparative theologies, Professor Loye Ashton, will deliver the keynote address at the 2013 Peace Valley Foundation’s Dialogue Dinner and Award Ceremony in Huntsville on Thursday, April 18, 2013. The annual dinner, sponsored by the non-profit organization dedicated to solving educational, cultural, environmental, social and humanitarian challenges, provides an opportunity for building bridges between people […]
Turkish associations in US condemn Boston Marathon attack
Turkish civil society organizations in the United States have condemned bomb attacks at the Boston Marathon which left three people dead and more than 100 injured on Monday. Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing at least three people and injuring more than 140 in a […]
Malian minister praises Turkish schools for persevering through war
Malian Culture Minister Bruno Maiga has praised Turkish schools, saying only they amongst foreign schools did not leave Mali when a civil war broke out in the country, which has been fighting against rebels in a French-led offensive for four months. The Malian minister spoke during an event held for the elimination round of the […]
Kimse Yok Mu lends helping hand to 3,000 orphans in 4 countries
Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anybody There) Vice President Celal Türkoğlu has stated that his organization has been providing aid to 3,000 orphans in Palestine, Indonesia, Sudan and Somalia for two years now within the scope of one of its projects. Speaking at an event titled “Peygamber Efendimiz’in Yetime Verdiği Önem” (Importance given to […]
Conference on Prophet’s thoughts on ideal society held in Sarajevo
A conference titled “Ideal Human & Ideal Society in the Thoughts of Prophet Muhammad,” seeking to extensively discuss the various dimensions of the Prophet’s perspectives on an ideal society in a tumultuous time, was held over the weekend in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The conference, held on April 12-14, was organized jointly […]
Australia-Turkey Dialogue Workshop
Abant Platform`s workshop on “Australia-Turkey Dialogue” will be held in May 5-8, 2013 in Sky Tower Hotel, Akçakoca, Düzce (www.skytowerhotel.com) with participation of La Trobe University and Australian Intercultural Society. The Dialogue will lay the foundations of a relationship between scholars, policy-makers, and opinion leaders in both countries concerned with the future directions of these […]
‘Young Turks’ Of Bridge Building
Cross-cultural program between Jewish and Turkish Muslim teens flourishes in south Brooklyn as Israel, Turkey eye calm. The Young Peace Builders, which was launched three years ago by the Kings Bay Y, a Jewish community center, and the Amity School, a private K-12 school that admits students from all ethnic and religious backgrounds, serves a primarily Turkish-Muslim student body.
How Turkey is emerging as a development partner in Africa
Turkey has emerged as a generous donor for humanitarian crises across the world over the past five years, especially in the context of Africa. In 2011, while official development assistance (ODA) fell in 16 DAC countries, Turkey’s net ODA increased by over 38%. Following the ‘Turkey – Africa Co-operation summit‘ in Istanbul in August 2008, the African […]
Uplifting Orphans in Moldova
TIKA (Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency) in cooperation with Moldovan-Turkish Businessmen Association, Moldova Horizon Turkish Schools and Turkish Airlines donated clothing to 700 Moldovan orphans. The students of Orphan School-3 in the capital greeted their guests with the traditional bread and salt welcome ceremony. Ambassador of Turkey to Chisinau Mehmet Selim Kartal and his […]
A Permanent Kimse Yok Mu Mission to Be Launched in Jerusalem
Kimse Yok Mu is launching a permanent mission to Palestine. Palestinian Ambassador to Ankara Nebil Maruf visited Kimse Yok Mu and met with the president Unal Ozturk. At the meeting, Ozturk briefed on aid activities in Palestine in presence of the Consul General of Palestine Adbulkerim Alkhatib as well. He revealed that they are going to […]
Turkish Community Donates $40,000 To Sandy Damaged Gerritsen Library, Elementary School
A coalition of Turkish-American organizations forked over $40,000 yesterday to the Gerritsen Beach library (2808 Gerritsen Avenue) and Gerritsen Beach Elementary School (P.S. 277), institutions that have suffered in the five months since Superstorm Sandy rocked the community. The donation came from Turkish-American groups, non-profits and businesses, spearheaded by Helping Hands Relief Foundation, Kimse Yokmu, […]
The Muslim Way to React
One book, one contest, one excitement… An interesting campaign was organized in India, in order to better understand the messages from Prophet Muhammad, the messages which transcend time and space. 80 thousand Muslims in India read the book ‘The Infinite Light’, written by Fethullah Gulen, and were tested over the book. Very well, but what was […]
Guinean MFA: Our People Fond of Turkish Schools
The Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs Lounceny Fall met with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul on April 5, as a part of his official visits in Turkey. Following the bilateral meeting, the two ministers held a joint press conference. Highlighting the mission that the Turkish schools assumed in promoting relations between Guinea and […]
Acting in ‘Selam’ a once-in-a-lifetime experience for actors
The new Turkish movie “Selam,” which opened in movie theaters last Friday, tells the stories of three idealistic teachers who have been appointed to teach at Turkish schools in three different countries. Burçin Abdullah plays Zehra, who has been appointed to teach at a school in Kabul. Yunus Emre Yıldırımer plays Harun, Zehra’s colleague and […]
