ABSTRACT
After a pro-Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002 in Turkey, the new government launched an ambitious economic development program that triggered a widening of income gap between the rich and the poor. As poverty became more and more visible in the public sphere, there has been a gradual increase in the activities of faith-based charity associations that offered help and assistance to the needy citizens (Ulgen 2011; Hablemitoglu 2009). One of these organizations, named Kimse Yok Mu? (Is There Anybody Out There?), significantly expanded the range of its activities not only at home but also abroad, gradually turning into a transnational Islamic charity. Managers of this organization worked together with the government, and the volume of total assistance provided by Kimse Yok Mu? (KY) grew significantly after this party came to power in 2002.
