For Türkiye, BRICS is the way out of diplomatic and military encirclement in the Eastern Mediterranean. UWI presents the second of the interview with Prof. Dr. Hasan Ünal, international relations expert from Ankara’s Başkent University. In the first part, Ünal described the US and EU pressure on Türkiye in the Cyprus issue. In the following part, he shows how Türkiye ...
In truth, the Union targets Türkiye’s territorial integrity both at land and the sea. Most recently, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan participated in the EU Foreign Minister’s informal meeting in Brussels – the first time since years. Despite that, the accession of Türkiye to the European Union has stalled since years, too. Ankara’s demands for an actualization of the customs ...
Türkiye experienced a busy agenda last week. On the anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, there arose strong voices from leading political figures against the US for its continued support of FETÖ. Another significant topic is the normalization signals between Türkiye and Syria. Last week was also the 50th anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation. Messages to the ...
By Fikret Akfırat The ongoing war in Gaza has shown once again: Behind every evil in West Asia is the deep cooperation of the US, the UK and Israel. In Cyprus, the South Caucasus, Libya, Syria, Iran and Iraq, Türkiye’s supposed allies US and UK are working close together with Israel to enlarge the factors against Türkiye’s interests. This tripartite ...
November 15 marks the foundation day of two different states in the Middle East: The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), in 1983, and the State of Palestine in 1988. Their historic leaders, Rauf Denktaş and Yasser Arafat once met and expressed envy to each other’s standing: Denktaş told Arafat he was envying Palestine, because it was recognized as a ...
Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Işıksal, Special Advisor to the Turkish Repubic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President on International Relations and Diplomacy, a Member of the Negotiation Team and the Chairperson of the International Relations Committee, has penned an article for “Anadolu Agency Analysis” discussing the United Nations’ double standard regarding the Pile-Yiğitler road project, which has been in progress since 1974 ...
By Prof. Dr. Ata Atun * Leaders of the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus in the past and present have committed the same political error. They both assert that they wish to live in harmony and create a “so-called” single state with the Turkish Cypriots, and they are unafraid to take whatever measure to deny them the right to ...
In recent weeks, very dynamic developments, or rather targeted moves, have been observed in Azerbaijan’s foreign policy. In parallel with this, official Baku is making successful and visionary maneuvers in various directions. The Azerbaijani state is taking successful steps towards its territorial integrity and security, cooperation with the Turkish States, and becoming the energy center of the world. First of ...
Hosted by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Ninth Summit of the Organization of Turkic States was held in Samarkand on November 11. During the Summit, The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has been admitted to the Organization of Turkic States as an observer member increasing the number of participant states in the Organization to ...
By Adem Kılıç * The Cyprus problem is one of the oldest negotiated problems in the world in the field of international relations. It is one of the issues that enter the international literature as ‘frozen conflict’, in this sense, it resembles the Lebanon, Israel-Palestinian, Taiwan, Kashmir, Abkhazia-South Ossetia and Karabağ issues.The biggest problem on the island derives from Britain’s ...