Turkey had an unusual week, with numerous topics on the public agenda five of which were very prominent. The First had was the dissolution of the political party Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which was widely known as a supporter of the PKK/YPG terrorist organizations. The second was Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, which was signed in order to fight ...
Last month, a new step of the Ukrainian administration shook the political arena of Ukraine: the National Security and Defence Council adopted a decision of closing 3 TV channels in Ukraine, which belonged to a deputy of Dmytro Kozak and which were known to have a pro Russian orientation. Those three TV channels, namely 112, News One and ZIK were ...
Biden’s recent statements about Putin’s “killer without a soul” don’t teach much about Russia. Τhey teach us about America itself. In a peculiar way, they confirm the profound decline of the United States in particular, and the failure of especially extreme currents in the West and capitalism in general. The Western political class and “elite” in general has brainwashed, in ...
The crisis that the Egyptian-Turkish relations witnessed in recent years was not an exceptional event in the history of diplomatic relations between the two countries, which began in 1925 after the proclamation of the Turkish Republic. Any examination of the course of relations between the two countries clearly reveals that these relations ranged from ebb and flow, prospering only temporarily. ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen In order to understand the recent events that have taken place in the Central African Republic, we first have to look into the imperialist plans of France and the United States, and the military coups and interventions they plot to achieve these plans. We also have to understand the country’s relationship with China and Russia. Today, ...
Following the QUAD meeting on presidential level between the US, Australia, Japan and India, the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin have started their first overseas trip. Both Secretaries are visiting Japan and South Korea, highlighting US focus on Indo-Pacific. In their meetings with Japanese and South Korean counterparts, talks were held also on ...
The Turkish Parliament commemorated the centennial anniversary of the Moscow Treaty, which was signed with the Soviet Union on March 16, 1921. United World International expert Dr. Mehmet Perinçek has made a presentation in the parliament’s commemoration panel on the history of Turkish-Russian relations. Perinçek answered UWI’s questions after the panel. How would you summarize the history of Turkish-Russian relations? ...
US position on JCPOA and more The US aims to extend the duration and the scope of the nuclear deal with Iran and to include regional issues as well as Iranian defense capabilities. The Trump administration, through his maximum pressure policy, attempted to bring Tehran to a negotiating table so as to impose further restrictions on Iran via-a-vis the nuclear ...
Throw any understanding of economic class out the window, cross the political views of a stoned hippie with those of a strange hipster, and Elon Musk seems like a successful businessman who is out to do good in the world. After all, the trendy now-richest-man-in-the-world called himself a socialist on Twitter. He’s capitalist #1 who claims he is “cash poor” ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen In the presidential elections of the Central African Republic (CAR) on December 27, 2020, the incumbent President Faustin-Archange Touadéra was re-elected in the first round. Violent clashes took place between the army and the armed militia prior to the elections. For now, the violence initiated by these armed groups has been suppressed by the Government’s Central ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey had been busy with two main topics. First topic was the potential reconciliation between Egypt and Turkey over their maritime borders in the Eastern Mediterranean. The countries have had sour relations since 2013. The second topic was the vaccination efforts and the normalization process in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Reconciliation with Egypt over ...
By Mehmet Emre Öztürk The informal QUAD-Group (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue), comprised of the US, India, Australia and Japan, has held a virtual meeting on presidential level on March 12 in its quest for an Indo-Pacific alliance. The process, described by the US as “historic”, aims to institutionalize the QUAD and create an alliance against China in the Indo-Pacific. The US ...