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 ...
Exactly a year ago, United World International expert Mehmet Perinçek interviewed H.E. Ersin Tatar, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on July 20, 2020. On the occasion of recent Pakistani indications to recognize the TRNC as a sovereign state, the visit of Turkish President to the island and the debate in the UN Security Council on the opening ...
Unrest in Central African Republic: French intervention? Major unrest has erupted in the Central African Republic as rebel forces advancing on the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, have been pushed back. The UN said Sunday that after a destabilisation phase, the situation was back “under control”: Vladimir Monteiro, spokesman for the UN’s MINUSCA peacekeeping force told AFP on Sunday that ...
Omer Celik, spokesperson of Justice and Development Party (AKP), reacted to the statements of Iranian politicians about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s post on Twitter. “These Iranian politicians have lost enough compass to confuse Iran’s enemies with our President, who has always regarded Iran as a friendly and brotherly country,” Celik said, stating that he condemned the language some Iranian politicians ...
Bernard-Henry Levy’s provocative trip to Libya Bernard-Henri Levy, the political philosopher who actively participated in the destruction of Libya in 2011, arrived in Misrata this week. The official purpose of the visit was reporting about mass graves in Tarkhuna left by Haftar’s forces, a story which is supposed to be published in the Wall Street Journal. #Tarhuna. Just after my ...
A new wave of escalation has flared up in Libya due to the latest airstrikes on the Al-Watiya airbase. The attack was leveled against a military facility located 140 km south of Tripoli, and damaged Turkish air defence systems housed there. Ankara officials warn that the incident is likely to escalate the ongoing conflict in the wartorn North African country. ...
At the end of February, the world was discussing the restrictive measures that had to be taken against the Coronavirus pandemic. Now, just 3 months after, people are beginning to criticize these measures and demand the end of the restrictions. This situation reminded me of a tweet by George Friedman, the founder of Stratfor (A think tank associated with the ...
A globally influential topic, the Coronavirus outbreak has become a matter of existence for states in the international arena and in terms of responsibilities of its citizens. There are reports from around the world, particularly in Europe, about collapsed healthcare systems, people fighting over, and soldiers patrolling the streets to maintain the order. While the outbreak has wiped off the ...
Although the Coronavirus has become the main subject of interest in Turkey and the rest of the world, the geopolitical struggle in Syria also continues. After the martyrdom of 36 Turkish soldiers in Idlib, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met in Moscow where they signed an agreement which included a ceasefire in Idlib, a ...
Like the rest of the world, the main topic of the week in Turkey was the Coronavirus. TV channels showed virus-related broadcasts all day and night, while people across social media shared virus related content non-stop. On March 5, Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca announced the first Coronavirus case in Turkey during a press conference. The number of cases has ...