1 – France’s ‘Black Vests’ The “Yellow Vests” in France have been replaced by a new protest movement, representing a new demographic: on July 12, 2019, 700 members of the “Black Vest” movement rushed and occupied the historic Pantheon in Paris. The ‘Gilets Noir’ is a movement of undocumented migrants, predominantly from North Africa whose central demand is resident status ...
Hürriyet gazetesinin deneyimli yazarı Sedat Ergin, Türkiye’ye teslim edilen S-400’lerin 15 Temmuz darbe girişiminin yıl dönümüne “denk gelmesinin” tesadüf olmadığını yazdı. 15 Temmuz 2016 tarihinde hain darbe girişiminde F-16’ların kalktığı pistte şimdi Rusya’dan gelen S-400 kargolarının taşıyan uçakların indiğini vurgulayan Ergin, gelişmeleri “tarihin cilvesi” olarak değerlendirdi. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı Tayyip Erdoğan‘ın 15 Temmuz darbe girişiminin yıl dönümü ile ilgili yaptığı konuşmaları da ...
According to the annual Research on Public Perceptions on Turkish Foreign Policy – 2019, conducted by the Center for Turkish Studies of Kadir Has University, almost 81.3% of Turkey’s population considers the USA to be the greatest threat to the country. Last year it was 60.2%. It is noteworthy that over the past year the number of people who consider America to be the biggest ...
Kadir Has Üniversitesi’nin her yıl düzenli olarak yaptığı “Türk Dış Politikası Kamuoyu Algıları” Araştırması 2019 yılı sonuçlarına göre Türk halkının, yüzde 81.3 gibi büyük bir çoğunluğu ABD’yi Türkiye için en büyük tehdit olarak görüyor. Geçen yıl bu oran yüzde 60.2 idi. Son bir yılda ABD’yi ‘en büyük tehdit’ olarak görenlerin oranının yüzde 21.1 artması dikkat çekiyor. Türk halkına göre dış ...
The latest color revolution in the Islamic world continues to unfold in Sudan. After the April coup d’état and the attempt to find consensus on a new power structure including the opposition and the military, on July 11, a new attempt to escalate the situation was carried out by opposition forces with a radical pro-western orientation. In the course of ...
The massive multinational corporations that produce the world’s supply of drugs, vaccines and genetically modified organisms have been coming under increasing heavy scrutiny in recent years. These companies are in a position, thanks to their incredible resources, to influence doctors, and even nations to buy their products. They have used their wealth to push favorable tariff policies, and even guide ...
Erbil attack In Erbil, Iraq, two terrorists carried out an armed attack killing several diplomats including an employee of the Turkish consulate general. Police arrested 27-year-old Mazlum Dağ in connection with the incident. The search for others involved in organizing the attack is ongoing, police said. Two Iraqi citizens were also killed in the July 27 incident, when gunmen opened ...
China’s relationship to its ethnic minority Uyghur population has been the central issue driving a wedge between China and the Muslim world in recent years. However, the situation is already beginning to change before our eyes – Pakistan, Turkey and many nations throughout the Middle East have suddenly stopped calling the Uyghur education centers in Xinjiang “concentration camps,” while Turkish ...
Argentina has officially declared Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The declaration created a considerable amount of controversy given the strong feelings on the issue in various countries. Background Argentina has received more immigrants than any other Latin American nation. While they are mostly of European origin, many have also come from Syria and Lebanon. There are now around 1.5 million Lebanese ...
On May 8, 2018, U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced his decision to end the US’ participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and begin reinstating nuclear-related sanctions against Iran. These extreme measures including the so-called “maximum pressure” policy and attempting to bring Iranian oil exports to “zero” have inflicted excruciating pain on the Islamic Republic. Tehran faces ...