Leak and You Tube Ban in Turkey; U.S. State Department "Deeply Troubled"

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a complaint against Today's Zaman editor-in-chief Bülent Keneş, deputy editor-in-chief Mehmet Kamış, columnist Emre Uslu, journalist Önder Aytaç, and Former İstanbul Police Department Intelligence Bureau Chief Ali Fuat Yılmazer on Saturday, March 29, 2014, a day before local elections in Turkey.

Erdoğan's lawyers said in a petition they submitted to Ankara Public Prosecutor's Office that they seek travel ban for Uslu, Aytaç, and Yılmazer and claimed that Keneş and Kamış humiliated Erdoğan in their tweets.

Who Is Fethullah Gülen?

Claire Berlinski

With the American economy in shambles, Europe imploding, and the Middle East in chaos, convincing Americans that they should pay attention to a Turkish preacher named Fethullah Gülen is an exceedingly hard sell. Many Americans have never heard of him, and if they have, he sounds like the least of their worries. According to his website, he is an “authoritative mainstream Turkish Muslim scholar, thinker, author, poet, opinion leader and educational activist who supports interfaith and intercultural dialogue, science, democracy and spirituality and opposes violence and turning religion into a political ideology.” The website adds that “by some estimates, several hundred educational organizations such as K–12 schools, universities, and language schools have been established around the world inspired by Fethullah Gülen.” The site notes, too, that Gülen was “the first Muslim scholar to publicly condemn the attacks of 9/11.” It also celebrates his modesty.