Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week, Türkiye’s political agenda remained intense. A meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy stood at the top of the agenda. Secondly, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan participated in a meeting in Damascus attended by Syrian President al-Sharaa and Zelenskyy. Meanwhile, statements by the Ministry of ...
Decolonization efforts, institutional frameworks, BRICS, China and Türkiye. One of the most devastating actions of European colonialism towards Africa was the physical removal of cultural heritage from the continent. During the 1897 British Punitive Expedition, the palace of the Kingdom of Benin was looted, and more than 3,000 bronze and ivory artifacts were taken to London. Today, approximately one thousand ...
Attack on Turkish-operated oil tanker Altura: Bringing the US’ plunder and bullying policy to the Black Sea On March 26, a Turkish-operated oil tanker named Altura was attacked in the Black Sea. Türkiye’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu made a statement, saying “A foreign-flagged ship operated by a Turkish company, which had loaded crude oil from Russia, reported ...
Posted by by Mehmet Perinçek 9 Min Read March 16, 2026 Panic in Washington and Tel Aviv We are witnessing that the US and Israel have failed to achieve the objectives they had initially set at the beginning of this war. This setback has also generated a palpable sense of panic both in Washington and Tel Aviv. In many ways, ...
How is Israel’s move to recognize Somaliland backfiring? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Ethiopia last week, following visits to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, signaled not only a diplomatic engagement but also a new phase in Türkiye’s Horn of Africa strategy. The timing of the visit was particularly noteworthy, coming after Israel’s decision to recognize ...
Interview to Sputnik Türkiye. UWI author and political scientist Onur Sinan Güzaltan answered questions from Ceyda Karan of Sputnik Türkiye. Güzaltan shared his views on the Munich Security Conference, the situation in the Atlantic alliance, the objectives of a possible attack on Iran, and Russia-West and Türkiye-West relations. We present the interview translated into English.—————- “Capitalism and the West as ...
Interview with Mohammad Farazmand, a veteran Iranian diplomat and former ambassador to Türkiye By Azar Mahdavan, from Tehran / Iran Referring to J.D. Vance’s visit to the South Caucasus, Iran’s former ambassador to Ankara emphasized: The United States is more vulnerable than threatening in the South Caucasus. Recent developments in the South Caucasus, particularly J.D. Vance’s visit to Azerbaijan and ...
Ankara is daydreaming about becoming a global energy player By Melih Baş Recently, Türkiye has signed energy agreements with US energy giants. These include cooperation on energy exploration in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, as well as partnerships for overseas operations. Lastly on February 5, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources announced that Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) signed ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. In Türkiye last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visits to Saudi Arabia and Egypt topped the national agenda. Another major talking point came from Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan who made remarks on Iran during a television program. And the Epstein Files, together with the whole world, was a topic of the ...
An approach that disrupts the status quo, the construction of strategic depth, the ability to maintain multiple balances. By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The global arena is facing the reality that the liberal order, which has dominated for decades and was established after the Second World War, has collapsed, and that the Western countries that owned this order, primarily the ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week in Türkiye, developments in Syria topped the political agenda. Operations launched by the Syrian government against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which Ankara designates as a terrorist organization, were met with a positive response in the Turkish capital. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s remarks on the US, emphasizing alliance relations, ...
Bloomberg News reported last Friday that Türkiye is currently seeking to join the Strategic Defense Cooperation Agreement (SDA) signed by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in September 2025. Mohammed Sabreen, from Cairo / Egypt The Middle East appears poised for major alliances that will leave their mark on regional balances and the prospects for resolving long-standing issues in the region. Informed ...