Last week the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. First was the sharp fluctuation of the exchange rates of the Turkish Lira, and the sudden 22% drop in value. Second was the release of the Israeli couple Mordi and Natali Oknin, who had been arrested after taking photos of President Erdogan’s residence. Third was the ...

The final scrutiny of Argentina’s legislative elections, held last Sunday, November 14, has not yet concluded. However, the computations obtained and endorsed by the National Electoral Chamber (CNE) show little possibility of significant variations in the current projections. Based on this, the result of these national elections can be read in various ways, for example, from the 24 electoral districts ...

Turkish Party of National Action (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli recently presented President Erdoğan a map as a gift. The map was displaying the Turkic speaking world, including territories in Russia and China as well as Central Asia. The map and its message was widely discussed in Turkish and international media. Even the Spokesman of the Russian Presidency, Dmitry Peskov contributed ...

Libya’s national electoral commission announced that by Sunday evening, November 21, it had accepted applications from 61 presidential candidates. On December 24, the country will hold its first-ever presidential election. However, not all candidates have the same chance to win. The biggest question is the candidacy of the current Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. He has applied to become a ...

After six rounds of unsuccessful negotiations in Vienna, the new round of nuclear talks has been planned for November 29. The sides are trying to cope with the “Trump curse” that has been imposed on the negotiation process.  After Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear agreement known as the JCPOA, the US unilaterally imposed new sanctions against Iran. Iran considered the ...

United World International expert Mehmet Perinçek gave an interview to Azerbaijani news outlet caliber.az on the recent clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Below we present the interview as published by caliber.az, the original text can be read here. Subtitles were set by UWI. The recent provocations perpetrated by Armenia on the Azerbaijani border are connected with the fact that the ...

Gulf politics are on a rough edge. The effect of the global decline of the US has had a strong impact on the Gulf. Following Saudi Arabia’s shift closer to Russia and China, and Qatar’s developing closer ties to Turkey and Iran, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is now also giving signals of a shift away from its loyal ally ...

The Second World War broke out because of the unsolvable contradictions in the global capitalist system, for the sake of the interests of the dominant classes. In this sense, the war was inevitable as a part of the capitalist system’s evolution towards the globalist domination of the financiers. This does not mean, however, that we cannot separate events being the ...

It seems that the lasting peace in the South Caucasus is difficult to achieve yet, and there are objective and subjective reasons for this. Certain forces, both inside and outside the region are not interested in establishing long-term peace and cooperation in the South Caucasus. Last week, the situation in the region has become tense again and active military operations ...

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is heading towards elections that will be held on November 21. Some 21 million voters will elect 23 state governors, mayors, and municipal councils. Venezuela is a federal republic. The opposition has been boycotting the elections since 4 years, but this time, oppositional parties have decided to take part. A dialogue is established between government ...