As was the case with the 9/11 attacks and on many other occasions, a lot of irrational conspiracy theories are circulating in the aftermath. In the case of the 9/11 attacks, the proliferation of these conspiracies contributed not to the investigation of the official narrative, but rather to make all debate irrelevant. The main question should have been how it ...
An Indian poet well-known in Turkey once addressed his fellow Indians with these lines: “A dark winter arises in the horizon We’d get through it only if we nestle each other Do break those hard, heavy shells of yours Free yourselves from that burden. Those shells do not protect us but only harm. They condemn us to solitude. Yet we ...
The latest report of the Rand Corporation expresses clearly who the United States supports and opposes in Turkey. The Greater Middle East Project was announced clearly with its own “map”, explaining which countries would change their borders. Such “maps” aim to reshape political polarization with the tools of “threats” and “rewards”, whether these maps show physical or human “geographies”. The ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka following the November victory of President Gotabay Rajapaksa. His brother Mahinda Rajapaksa’s position as Prime Minister has now been officially strengthened. The main struggle took place between Gotabaya’s Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Party (SLPP) and Sajith Premadasa’s Samagi Jana Balawegaya party. As a result, the People’s Freedom Alliance of Sri Lanka (SLPFA), dominated by ...
Burning the Kuwaiti flag ignites dispute between the two peoples Footage of an Egyptian citizen offering pedestrians to burn the Kuwaiti flag for LE 500 ($31) has stirred controversy through the social media platforms, where Kuwaitis expressed their outrage over the insult to their country’s symbol. The heat has moved from social media to the official Kuwaiti authorities. The Kuwaiti ...
Recent events in Turkey went by full speed over the last week. The maritime border agreement signed between Greece and Egypt, the Turkish role in the political incidents after the explosion in Lebanon and the uncontrollable increase in foreign exchange rates were the three main topics on the agenda. “AN INVALID DEAL” The agreement signed last week between Greece and ...
Protests in Beirut have follow the tragic explosion After two explosions killed more than 150 people and injured thousands on the evening of August 4 in Beirut, protests erupted in the Lebanese capital, including with arson and violent confrontations with the police. During the protests, demonstrators attacked the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...
The 5th Fleet, which Soviet Russia first established in the Mediterranean in 1963-64, is now challenging the 6th Fleet of the US in the waters of the Mediterranean. The pessimistic attitudes towards Turkish-Russian friendship in Syria, Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean today are based on the idea that Russia is moving toward warm waters. In fact, the issue of navigating ...
The objective ground on which a “social game” is built limits the performance options of the parties. The conclusion of the game is revealed by the combination of the performance chosen by the parties. But the game is also embedded in a “social environment”. This environment affects the performance of the performance composition played to the parties. This effect sometimes ...
A hypocritical spectacle The dust from the devastating blast, which caused enormous damage to Beirut and resulted in numerous human casualties had not yet dissipated before French President Emmanuelle Macron landed in the capital of Lebanon. Macron was the first foreign head of state to visit Beirut after a monstrous blast that killed almost 200 people and wounded 5,000. However, ...