Yesterday evening, Pope Francis paid a visit to the President of the Diyanet (a Turkish word for the office or authority of Islamic religious affairs). After a meeting with the President of the ...
With amendments made to its regulation, Educational Services of the Diyanet (Presidency of Religious Affairs) will have the authority to prepare educational programs for children aged 4-6, as well as ...
On an April visit to Washington, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced that U.S. President Barack Obama had agreed to join Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the opening of a $100 ...
WAS it the result of an Islamist inquisition? For many the sacking last week of Ayse Sucu (pictured), the head of the women's centre of Turkey's state-run religious-affairs directorate (Diyanet), ...
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) recently declared Mehmet Görmez, the head of Turkey’s Presidency of Religious Affairs – the “Diyanet” as it is often referred to – an apostate. The ...
Despite the worrying state of the economy, the annual budget of the Turkish Religious Authority, the Diyanet – one of President Erdogan’s favourite soft power tools – continues to balloon. Ali Erbas, ...