By Elif İlhamoğlu If Guinea is included, the wider Eurasian geography has witnessed profound changes in the recent days, from the Taliban government in Afghanistan over Turkish-Egyptian rapprochement to the coup in the West African country. United World International has spoken with Ret. Lieut. Gen. İsmail Hakkı Pekin about these developments and Turkey’s position. Turkey should play a role concerning ...
By Cansu Yiğit The footage showing the Afghan immigrants entering Turkey from the Turkish-Iranian border in a disorganized way, the US’ statement that it will accept the Afghans that have served them as immigrants via third-party countries, including Turkey, and the statements coming from EU countries demanding that Afghan immigrants should be stopped in Turkey have brought the disturbance related ...
By Cansu Yigit The Taliban, ousted from the power after the American invasion, have seized the power back after 20 years, even before the American troops could complete their withdrawal from the region. At the moment this article is being written, the Taliban have entered the capital Kabul, the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country, and Western powers ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. First topic was the Pakistani President Arif Alvi’s official visit to Turkey. Second were the severe floods that took place in the Black Sea provinces of Kastamonu, Sinop and Bartın, in the north of Turkey. Third was the remarks made on the Afghan crisis and the ...
The United States has started its withdrawal from Afghanistan, which in the last days have taken more a form of fleeing. As the Taliban forces have conquered great parts of the country and arrived at the capital city of Kabul, the US embassy has started burning documents, while President Biden hastily deployed 6.000 troops to ensure the evacuation of US ...
By Cansu Yiğit “Over many, many years, we’ve served together in Afghanistan. We’ve been able to contain, to a certain degree, terrorist dangers, but unfortunately we have not been able to build a nation as we would like it to look” said the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, admitting the defeat in Afghanistan during a meeting with the US President Joe ...
Last week, the public opinion in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. First was the meeting between the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. Second was the ongoing debate on sending additional troops for the security of the Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan, as the US and NATO troops withdraw from the region. ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with four main topics. First topic on the agenda was the groundbreaking ceremony for the Canal Istanbul attended by President Erdogan. Second topic was the joint military exercise conducted between Azerbaijan and Turkey in the Azerbaijani capital Baku. Third topic were recent statements from the Turkish Defense Minister regarding the ...