As the elections approach, we are going through a period that makes it difficult to understand what’s going on in Turkish politics, especially after the earthquake disaster. The AKP government under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s leadership has been in power for 21 years. The government’s ‘balance policy’ and the opposition’s ‘messages’ to the West Starting out with a liberal, pro-Western and ...
By Dr. Yang Chen * Since Donald Trump came to power, the United States has shifted its strategy from war on terror to the great power competition with China and Russia. For the USA, China will be the most important strategic opponent that it needs to confront in a long-term and systematic manner, and positions China as the only country ...
United World International author Mehmet Perinçek gave an interview to the Azerbaijani site Day.Az about the preliminary discussions on the reintegration of Armenian population of the Karabakh region into Azerbaijan. We present the interview, published in Russian, to our readers translated into English. The meeting between the Azerbaijani side and representatives of the Armenian population of the Karabakh region in ...
March 5 marks the 10th anniversary of the “physical departure” of Hugo Chávez, as his passing away is called in Venezuela and wide parts of Latin America. United World International author Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein, who served as Director of International Affairs in the Venezuelan Presidency during Chávez’ government, has given an interview to the Spanish edition of Sputnik news agency ...
Earthquakes are a reality of Türkiye, the world and nature, and unfortunately we, the Turkish people have to face this reality very often. While the devastating and painful consequences of the February 6 earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş are still very fresh, while it is still unknown whether the debris removal works and if it will make us prepared for a ...
On March 2, the Summit-level Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group in response to COVID-19 convened in Baku. The following representatives of state attended: Prime Minister of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Aymen Benabderrahmane, Prime Cabinet Secretary of Republic of Kenya Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi, Vice President of Tanzania Philip Isdor Mpango, Vice-President of the Republic of Cuba Salvador ...
At dawn on February 6 two earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6 9 hours shook Türkiye, centered in the city of Kahramanmaraş. The earthquake also caused vast devastation in Syria. The two countries are lamenting the loss of their people while trying to recover. The humanitarian dimension of the issue and the aid campaigns were followed all around the ...
The railway tragedy in central Greece, where a still unknown number of mostly young people (probably more than 100) have perished, is an incomprehensible accident. In 2023, it is simply inconceivable that two trains will move on the same track and in opposite directions without anyone in the system – machine or human – watching them and averting the collision. Recently ...
Nigeria’s electoral commission declared that Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has won the election. Tinubu received 37 percent of the votes which means nearly 8.8 million. Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate Atiku Abubakar won 29 percent (approximately seven million) and Peter Obi from Labour Party ranked the third with 25 percent (about 6.1 million). Yet ...
Last week’s main topics in Türkiye were the earthquake disaster, protests against the government in football stadiums and the debate on the elections. The effects of the major disaster The earthquake, centered in Kahramanmaraş and Hatay and claimed the lives of more than 45,000 people according to official figures, is the primary topic in Türkiye. Scientists say Türkiye is suffering ...