People’s health should not be a political battleground for governments: those in charge should not seek economic or political gain if it puts the health of society at risk. It makes even less sense to reject a vaccine that can prevent new infections and save lives in the context of the worst pandemic of the century– sadly, however, many world ...
The public agenda in Turkey was busy with three main topics as we reached the new year of 2021. The first topic was the ratification of an extradition treaty between the People’s Republic of China and Turkey. The extradition treaty caused a public outcry among the exiled Uyghur community in Turkey and among some political circles affiliated with the Uyghur ...
Trump and coronavirus On December 27 Donald Trump signed a proposed Covid-19 relief and spending bill. “I am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance, add money for PPP, return our airline workers back to work, add substantially more money for vaccine distribution, and much more,” the US president declared. However, he refused to approve ...
The public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main events this week. The Atlantic Council accused Turkey of being a “rogue state” on their list of top ten risks and opportunities forecast. Another interesting evaluation on Tukey came from the American research group Stratfor, a think tank that includes former top executives in the US government. Lastly, the ...
The Turkish public agenda has been busy discussing the diplomatic disturbance with Iran over the issue of President Erdogan reading a poem in the Azerbaijani capital Baku. The poem was alleged to undermine the territorial integrity of Iran, according to Iranian officials. The other important topic this week was the ongoing pandemic lockdowns and vaccination efforts. While the Health Ministry ...
Over the last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been occupied with two hot topics. The first was the battle of words between Mike Pompeo and Mevlut Cavusoglu, the two top diplomats of the United States and Turkey, at a NATO meeting. The second was the recent decisions taken on nationwide lockdowns and the vaccination plan made with the ...
INTRODUCTION The pandemic derived from the Covid_19 has attacked almost everyone to a different extent. The Ibero-American region has been one of those significantly affected. While the first cases of the virus came later than elsewhere such as Europe or the United States, the truth is that in some Latin American countries its impact has been much greater, with more ...
Although the COVID-19 pandemic was in decline in the summer of 2020, it struck again with the beginning of Autumn. Numbers of infected are growing worldwide. The United States, Turkey, Europe and India are watching the growth of coronavirus infections with alarm. At the same time, the development of vaccines which could provide general immunity are reaching the finish line. ...
New restrictions As the number of cases of coronavirus infection increases, the UK will again prohibit people from gathering in groups of more than six people. This was reported by the BBC on Tuesday, September 8. The new rules will take effect on September 14. The decision to tighten the rules of social distancing followed after the country began to ...
The World Anti-Imperialist Youth Union (WAYU) is an international youth platform established by 23 youth organizations from 12 countries in Istanbul on 29th October 2014. It aims to unite all the youth of the world under the same roof of anti-imperialism regardless of any differences. The below statement is the joint youth declaration on the new world after COVID-19 pandemic, ...