By Tevfik Kadan The United States and France have moved towards a new security concept counter to the former NATO principle of collective defense via bilateral “defense agreements” signed with Greece on multiple separate occasions. This action implies the total invalidation of NATO’s article 5, as well as the materialization of what France’s Emmanuel Macron called the “brain death” of ...
Italy is the only country in the European Union where average wages have fallen over the past 30 years. Since 1990, wages in Italy have remained stagnant, while in most of the other advanced countries they have registered significant increases. In 2020, due to the impact of Covid-19, the average Italian salary fell below the levels of thirty years earlier, ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. First topic was the official statement by ambassadors of the US, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Germany, and France regarding the trial of Osman Kavala, a FETO convict, and President Erdogan’s reactions. Second topic was the prolongation of military deployment to Iraq ...
Donald Trump and his adviser Stephen Miller were preparing a “legal” military coup in the spring of 2020. Miller was and remains an important figure in Trump’s circle. He has been described as Trump’s link to the “white supremacy” current, which is fighting in America for ideas not very different from Hitler’s ideas regarding the “superiority of the Aryan race”. ...
“While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas.“ Thomas Sankara In Burkina Faso, the trial for the 1987 murder of Thomas Sankara has begun. The suspects include 14 people, one of whom is former president Blaise Compaoré. During Compaoré’s long reign, the subject of Sankara’s murder was taboo, leaving many unhappy that the killers were never punished. ...
The Turkish TV Channel Ulusal Kanal’s program ‘News Room’ discussed the recent developments in the Black Sea. Experts discussed the tensions between Russia and Ukraine, the US support for the latter and evaluated on the consequences on Turkey and the countries of the region. The experts expressed the opinion that Washington uses the Ukrainian issue as an operation of attrition ...
On October 19, 2021, it had been two years since the social outbreak that shocked Chile and surprised the whole world that, at that time, held the trans-Andean nation as “the model”, as it was in the words of President Sebastián Piñera: “An oasis” in the chaotic Latin American desert. In this article we are going to review the causes ...
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has expressed concern about the military coup in Sudan. “We are deeply concerned about the news that there was a coup attempt in Sudan on October 25. We emphasize our strong expectation that all parties in Sudan will abide by the commitments under the Constitutional Declaration and that the transition process will not be interrupted,” a ...
It is uncommon when municipality elections become top stories in the global media, but the recent elections in Georgia have been an exception. On October 2 in Georgia, municipal elections were held and attracted the attention of international media. These local elections became significant for two main reasons: 1- Six months ago, the Georgian Government had promised to hold early ...
By Doğan Duyar / Algeria From China-bis to Asia-bis: Rise of the geopolitical importance of Africa in the world 1. Alongside Asia, the African continent is the new center of gravity of our world with its growing population, demands and rich resources waiting to be put into use. According to projections, in 2100, the African continent will host 40% of ...