Repercussions from the Eastern Mediterranean to Ukraine We interviewed Özgür Altınbaş, the Foreign News Chief of Aydınlık newspaper of Türkiye, regarding Trump’s Eastern Mediterranean policy, its impact on Türkiye, and the current situation in Ukraine. Altınbaş has been closely monitoring these regions by visiting them firsthand. Trump and his team have unveiled their plans for Gaza. It is becoming increasingly ...
Ankara needs to create regional alliances to resist new offensives from Washington. Trump’s second presidency term has begun. What are the key characteristics that differs Trump from his opponents? How does his presidency relate to the rise of a multipolar world? What direction will his policies on West Asia, Türkiye and Syria take, and what factors will shape them? What ...
The US is grasping the southern part of the island. By Yunus Soner The United States is deepening its relations to the Greek Cypriot Administration that claims to represent the entire island and governs the southern part. First, Washington lifted an old weapons embargo against it, followed by a defense cooperation agreement. As the latest step, President Joe Biden received ...
Ankara must take a decision, the expert says. Türkiye is at a crossroads, says Bercan Tutar, an expert on international politics and columnist at Turkish daily newspaper Sabah. He states that the Russian Special military Operation in Ukraine in many ways is like Türkiye’s long-enduring fight against the terror organization PKK. Here are the reasons he states in the interview ...
Posted by by United World International 19 Min Read September 5, 2024 by Yunus Emre Özgün A/Secretary General of the World Anti-Imperialist Youth Union & A/Head of International Relations Bureau of the Youth Union of Türkiye (TGB) As human beings, the states can only be as sovereign as the area of independence they gain. Political power is the primary apparatus ...
Agenda of Egyptian President Sisi’s visit to Türkiye. By Islam Farag, reporting from Cairo, Egypt Last February, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Egypt, a remarkable development given years of friction between the two countries. During his important visit, Cairo and Ankara signed several agreements in the fields of tourism, culture and education. At that time, the two presidents agreed ...
A look at the confrontation between Türkiye and NATO from Iraq to Syria, from the Black Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean. We conducted an interview with Turkish journalist Ceyhun Bozkurt on Türkiye-US relations, Türkiye’s position in NATO and Türkiye’s alternatives to the alliance.In order to evaluate these properly, we looked at the situation in a wide geography from Iraq to ...
UWI author Onur Sinan Güzaltan evaluated President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Egypt on Turkish TV channel Ulusal Kanal. Below we present the transcription of the interview translated to English. How do you assess the recent developments in Türkiye-Egypt relations? There has been a long period of “estrangement” between Türkiye and Egypt. Contrary to expectations, President Erdoğan and his Egyptian ...
Reporting from Cairo / Egypt The visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Cairo gains its importance not only from the fact that it is the first to Egypt by a Turkish president in 12 years and after years of acute tension, but also from the fact that it comes at an extremely dangerous time in which fears are ...
The war in Palestine continues. It is framed especially by Western politicians and media as a conflict between Israel and Hamas. Is that true? Türkiye has proposed to establish a guarantor system on Gaza and presented itself as ready to take responsibility. What does that mean? And, what should the regional countries do in order to prevent an Israeli ground ...