Questions raised about President Erdoğan’s Syria policy. By Fikret Akfırat Just a week ago, we were discussing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s remarks about meeting with Assad, but today, the AK Party’s applauses to the attack by the bigot terrorist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to seize Aleppo. Many government supporters, including former ministers, have openly celebrated HTS’s attack on Aleppo, ...
Interview with Palestinian journalist Mohammed Abu Taqiya By Özgür Altınbaş We conducted an interview on the latest circumstances in Gaza with Gazan journalist Mohammed Abu Taqiya. Taqiya shared information and evaluated on the US’s pressure with sanctions on the countries where HAMAS executives reside, allegations that HAMAS has received a request to leave Qatar, the arrest warrant issued for Netanyahu at ...
The new party’s executive chairman outlines his positions, and makes recommendations also for Türkiye. By Özgür Altınbaş One of the most prominent organizations in recent times, especially on social media, is the American Communist Party. The founding of the party was announced on July 21, 2024. Among its founders are Haz Al-Din, Jackson Hinkle, Rev Laskaris, who have received millions ...
A perspective from China and the region’s countries. By Orçun Göktürk, Beijing / China Donald Trump’s return to the White House could reshape the balance in Southeast Asia. The revival of the Trump administration’s “Indo-Pacific” strategy carries significant risks not only for China but also for other regional countries. For traditional US allies like Japan, South Korea, Australia, and India, a stronger ...
UN resolution aims to divide Syria. It’s neighbors and allies misinterpret Western strategic and tactical goals. By Yunus Soner Terrorist forces in Syria started a new offensive against the cities of Aleppo and Hama. The White House commented on the offensive: “The Assad regime’s ongoing refusal to engage in the political process outlined in UNSCR 2254, and its reliance on ...
Turkish expert Recep Erçin describes in interview with UWI consequences and ways out. By Yunus Soner On November 21, The United States announced applying sanctions against the Russian Gazprombank, an entity until today excepted from Washington’s pressure. Why is the Gazprombank important? What role does it play it the Turkish-Russian relations? And even further than that, for European countries? And ...
US Imperialism’s “Encircling China” Strategy and Japan’s steps. By Hiroshi Inagaki, Tokio / Japan In the current ordinary Diet session, the U.S. imperialist strategy for East Asia (“Encirclement of China” strategy) is being pushed forward to raise military expenditures and enact a number of war promotion laws to make Japan a war state in line with this strategy. The following ...
Also former Head of General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, Akar took part in negotiating US withdrawal from Syria with the then-Trump Administration. By Adnan Türkkan, Ankara / Türkiye Former Chief of General Staff and current Chairman of the National Defense Commission in the Turkish Parliament, Hulusi Akar, responded to journalists’ questions in Ankara. We also directed our questions ...
The White House is increasing pressure on Doha. By Yiğit Saner A report by Israel’s public broadcaster KAN on Sunday night caused a stir: “Top-level HAMAS officials have recently moved from Qatar to Türkiye”. KAN based its claims on diplomatic sources in Tel Aviv. Soon after, unnamed diplomatic sources speaking to The Times of Israel, an Arab diplomat downplayed the ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week Türkiye’s revolutionary founder leader, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, was commemorated nationwide on November 10 on the 86th death anniversary. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the extraordinary joint summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League. And Defense Minister Yaşar Güler made important remarks on Syria. Revolutionary founder ...