ERDOĞAN’DAN, FIRAT’IN DOĞUSUNA İKİNCİ DEFA OPERASYON MESAJI Geçtiğimiz aylarda, Fırat’ın doğusuna operasyon yapılacağını açıklayan Türkiye Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, açıklamasından bir hafta sonra “ABD tarafından yapılan açıklamalar bizi bir müddet daha beklemeye yöneltti.” diyerek operasyonun ertelendiğini söylemişti. Erdoğan, Fırat’ın doğusuna operasyon açıklamasını önceki gün ikinci defa tekrarladı. Erdoğan açıklamasında,  “Bunu Rusya ve Amerika ile de paylaştık. Bizim taciz atışlarına sessiz ...

In 2020, the US will hold presidential elections. Voters will decide if Donald Trump will be re-elected for a second term as president or whether one of his democratic contenders will get an opportunity to occupy the White House. Trump has several strengths and weaknesses which will likely factor in to his chances in the elections. Trump’s Strong Suits 1) ...

The Chinese economy has recently boosted its foreign exchange earnings and substantially increased its currency reserves. The increase in China’s foreign exchange reserves and resources has provided the government with the opportunity to become one of the major actors in the supply of international relations and the global economy. China is one of the emerging geopolitical actors who have presented ...

Europe Elections in Greece: A right turn On July 7 in Greece, early parliamentary elections were held. The “New Democracy” party led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis was later announced the winner with 39.7% of the vote. On July 9, Mitsotakis took office as the new head of government, while the left coalition ” Syriza” stepped down from power. The election results demonstrate that the vast majority of Greeks are disappointed in ...

         Theresa May’s chance at being the Prime Minister who delivers Brexit to the British people has expired. No amount of renegotiating with the European Union or pleading with the MPs of Westminster did much good in saving her career.             Now the Tory Party’s former frontrunner, Boris Johnson, has come to replace May. His Donald Trump-style ...

Dissatisfied with the Shah’s confirmation of the 1975 Algiers Agreement, Kurdish Iraqi parties had initiated close and friendly relations with the Islamic Revolution’s leaders from the beginning, having seen themselves as victims of the former government’s deal. The Long war (1980-1988) between Iraq and post-revolution Iran was another opportunity for a closer relationship between the two, as the Kurdistan Democratic ...

“If we do not reach a consensus, we will be forced to form a security zone alone.” There had been intense discussions between Turkey and the United States for several months over the S-400 issue. They were full of hard mutual accusations and threats from every side. Turkey did not back down, and Russia began supplying the S-400 air defense ...

S-400 krizi rafa kalktı, sırada güvenli bölge krizi var. -“S-400 krizi aşılınca ABD ile Türkiye ilişkileri düzelir mi?” diye sormuş, “hayır düzelmez” diye yazmıştım. -1952 yılında Türkiye’nin NATO’ya girmesini baz alırsak 67 yıllık müttefikimiz ile neredeyse her iki yılda bir kriz yaşandığını ve yaşanmaya devam edeceğini de özellikle vurgulamıştım. Bakın ne dediysek o çıktı: S-400 krizini askıya alan ABD, şimdi ...

Birleşmiş Milletler, 2019’un ilk yarısında Afganistan’da süren çatışmalarda Afgan ve Amerikan ordularının, Taliban’a göre daha fazla sivilin ölümünden sorumlu olduğunu açıkladı. ABD ve Afganistan’a ait savaş uçaklarının Taliban’a karşı yürüttüğü operasyonlarda, Ocak 2019’dan Haziran 2019’a kadar 717 sivil hayatını kaybetti. Taliban saldırılarında 531 sivil hayatını kaybetti. ABD ve Taliban arasında müzakereler sürse de, bu yılın ilk 6 ayında binden fazla ...

Russia as a country has been able to come to the forefront of the international arena in recent times, especially since Vladimir Putin came to power, and then in 2000 as the country’s president. But there is one point to consider both in the political and international spheres about Russia, which is that it can be safely said that, after ...