By Safiye Şerif, Archaeologist, Algeria The African continent often considered as the cradle of humanity, throughout its history seen the emergence of societies in which women played an important and sometimes even pivotal role. Certain ancient tales, notably those of Diodorus of Sicily, refer in this context to the existence of the Amazons, whom he associates with Libyan-Berber and Garamantian ...
UWI author, political scientist Dr. Onur Sinan Güzaltan was guest to Ceyda Karan from Sputnik Türkiye. Here is the transcript of his interview. Ceyda Karan: Our guest is Onur Sinan Güzaltan. Welcome to the program.Hello. Thank you for having me. Over the weekend, news emerged of a remarkable agreement that caught the world’s attention. On October 9, a telephone conversation ...
By Yiğit Saner The payment system Iran seeks to impose on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz is inspiring other countries as well. This source of inspiration threatens not only regional balances of power but also the so-called global order itself. Most recently, Talmiz Ahmad, a diplomat who previously served as India’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman and the ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen The high school protests that have gripped France for three weeks entered a new political phase on October 6, when hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets. What began at a high school in Créteil, near Paris, as a protest against shortages of teachers and other staff is now developing into a nationwide movement ...
By Meral AkkayaThe planned visit to Bulgaria by Bartholomew, the Fener Greek Patriarch, has sparked controversy. Invited by the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Bartholomew is expected to preside over a religious service at Rila Monastery, one of Bulgaria’s most important religious centers, on October 19. The visit has met with strong opposition from within the Bulgarian Orthodox ...
Israel heads into its upcoming elections weighed down by a multi-front war, media leaks accusing its prime minister of ignoring regional warnings prior to October 7, 2023, and opinion polls that deny his coalition the majority needed to form a government. Meanwhile, peace advocates within the Israeli public are receding, reverse migration is gaining momentum, and open escalation between Iran ...
By Mohammad Reza Moradi, General Director of Mehr News Agency’s Foreign Languages and International News Department, from Tehran / Iran Following the failure of the United States and Israel to achieve their objectives through military attacks against Iran, efforts to intensify political and security pressure on Tehran have continued. Two security cases have recently become a basis for accusations against ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist As I have written repeatedly in these columns, the eight months of the US-Iran war have clearly demonstrated that military superiority on paper alone is not sufficient to achieve the desired objectives. However, this reality, along with US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would not launch new attacks against Iran before the November midterm ...
The history of people of African origin in the Ottoman Empire and modern Türkiye is an important yet comparatively understudied dimension of the history of the eastern Mediterranean. Commonly referred to today as Afro-Turks, these communities appeared through several centuries of interaction between Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and Anatolia. Their history cannot, however, be reduced to the history of slavery ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer While the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area was once seen as a major step towards subregional economic integration in Indochina, it currently faces severe problems related to feasibility. Following reports that the country withdrew from the project, questions regarding its prospects for success emerge. Notwithstanding the relative lack of coverage given to this event in mainstream media, ...