AFSV Message on International Day of Education January 24, 2023– The Alliance for Shared Values (AFSV) joins the United Nations and the international community in celebrating the International Day of Education, which this year focuses on the importance of education as a human right, as the key to social peace and sustainable development. Today

AfSV Condemnation of Attack on Ahmet Kaya Center 24 December 2022– We condemn the racist attack on Paris Ahmet Kaya Kurdish Cultural Center on 23 December 2022 that claimed the lives of three people and injured several others. We express our condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the

Alliance for Shared Values message on International Human Solidarity Day December 20, 2022– The Alliance for Shared Values joins the United Nations and the international community to mark International Human Solidarity Day, which celebrates unity in diversity, a respect for human rights and efforts to eradicate poverty. Hizmet participants hold as core values a

Alliance for Shared Values Message on Human Rights Day December 10, 2022– The Alliance for Shared Values (AFSV) joins the United Nations (UN) in celebrating Human Rights Day and recommitting our efforts to strive for dignity, freedom, and justice for all. Hizmet Movement’s first core value is respect for human beings and fundamental human

AfSV Condemns the Terrorist Attacks on Istiklal Street in Beyoglu Square of Istanbul November 13, 2022– We condemn, in the strongest terms, the horrific and senseless terrorist attack on Istiklal Street in Beyoglu Square of Istanbul, Turkey, which claimed the lives of at least six innocent people and injured more than eighty. AfSV strongly

AfSV Message on World Humanitarian Day August 19, 2022 – Today, the Alliance for Shared Values joins the international community to commemorate the United Nations’ World Humanitarian Day. This year, the UN has focused the day on the human cost of the climate crisis. The climate crisis touches everyone, but particularly those who

AFSV Statement on the Attack on Author Salman Rushdie We strongly condemn the attack on the author Salman Rushdie and his host while speaking at the Chautauqua Institution and wish him a quick recovery. Although Rushdie offended the Muslim world with his past writings on the Holy Qur’an that all Muslims hold sacred

AFSV Message on the Sixth Anniversary of Tragic July 15 Staged Coup July 15, 2022 – Today is the sixth anniversary of the horrific July 15, 2016, incident when a group of military personnel were mobilized in Turkey, in what appeared to be a coup attempt. More than 250 people were killed, and

Fethullah Gülen’s Message on the Afghanistan Earthquake June 23, 2022 – It is with deep sadness that I have learned of the earthquake in Afghanistan in which more than 1,000 people have lost their lives and another 1,500 have been injured. I offer my condolences to those who lost loved ones and to