A balance for regional actors and a look ahead. On December 8, the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria was overthrown by groups backed by Türkiye’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), the US and Israel. Although a government-like structure led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has been established, chaos prevails in Syria. After Assad’s fall, in the north US-backed PKK/PYD/YPG terrorist ...

A divided picture of the country came a fore. Now, Gagauzia to become a powerful representative of voices seeking an alternative in Moldova as a whole. By Gökalp Erbaş The second round of Moldova’s presidential elections, like the first one, was completed last November amid controversies and suspicions. The country now faces parliamentary elections planned for July 2025. After the ...

Iran is facing a new reality and has no choice but to adapt its demands. The sudden and unopposed fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government, which has been the central topic of global political discussions over the past three weeks, has also captured attention in Iran. This event holds particular significance for the Iranian government and people because it directly ties ...

In the next year, the continent faces political crisis, economic stagnation, Trump’s trade war and the end of the war in Ukraine. By Ali Rıza Taşdelen For the European Union (EU), 2024 has been a year of deepening economic and political downfall. It is appropriate to gauge the pulse of the EU through the political and economic developments in its ...

On the role of HTS and its relations with the US and Türkiye. Ali Erdem Köz from Türkiye’s daily Aydınlık daily newspaper conducted a very comprehensive interview with a former Syrian National Army (SNA) commander in Syria. The interview provides many insights on highly controversial topics of rapidly evolving developments in Syria. We present the full interview translating into English. ...

At a time when the West has lost its moral values and international institutions have lost their functionality, we must raise our voices for human rights! By Adem Kılıç, political scientist Beginning on October 7, 2023, Israel’s attacks on Palestine continued throughout 2024 and took their place in the pages of history as a process that caused massive destruction, ethnic ...

Ankara still believes that the only way to solve the problems is to work together with the countries in the region. Following the overthrow of the Baath government in Syria, Türkiye is somehow at the center of the new emerging structure. But exactly how? What are the new positive and negative possibilities opening up before Türkiye? We asked Yakup Aslan, ...

Vatan (Patriotic) Party Central Executive Committee’s declaration. On December 28, Members of Parliament of the DEM Party met with Abdullah Öcalan in his prison on Imrali Island. The day after, on December 29, the Vatan (Patriotic) Party Central Executive Committee convened and has decided unanimously to declare the following statement to the State of the Republic of Türkiye, the Turkish ...

France strengthens its position in the Horn of Africa: A geopolitical blow to Türkiye By Yiğit Saner French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent visit to Djibouti and Ethiopia has raised many questions about the real objectives Paris hopes to achieve in the Horn of Africa. This visit coincided with a significant decline in French influence in several Sahel countries, including key ...

The U.S. military does employ biological risk management systems, especially in regions with high risks of infectious diseases on the continent and elsewhere. The United States’ military and biological presence in Africa has been expanding at an alarming rate, according to Major General Aleksey Rtishev, Deputy Chief of the Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Forces of the Russian Armed Forces. ...

With Syria’s state and constitution, a broader idea is being eliminated furthermore. I travelled several times to the Arab Republic of Syria during the war. To check out Western propaganda that Syria was a sectarian dictatorship, I used to ask people, both in political meetings as well as on the streets, to which religious group they belonged. The answer was ...

The US and EU are trying to include the Greek-Cypriot into NATO. Under these circumstances, it must be realized that Turkish Cyprus needs Türkiye more than ever. By Ata Atun, Member of the advisory council to the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus The US and the West may put on the table a map for the inclusion ...