The Central Committee of the Vatan (Patriotic) Party convened in April 2024 under the chairmanship of Chairman Dr. Doğu Perinçek and decided on the “Declaration of the National State” and “We are the Pioneer of the National State”. UWI documents below the Vatan Party’s analysis of the current national and regional situation and its strategic positioning. Situation: State Weakness and ...
On April 2, 2024, Vatan Party Chairman Doğu Perinçek held a press conference to evaluate the results of the local elections and outline the tasks ahead. In summary, Perinçek stated the following: The problem before us: Getting rid of the Weak Government and the Destructive Opposition. Türkiye has lost and the US and Israel have won in the elections We ...
Local elections in Türkiye resulted in a heavy defeat for the government and a victory for the main opposition party, Republican People’s Party (CHP). A total of 48,153,788 citizens voted in the elections held on March 31, with a turnout of 78.53%. 35 political parties and independent candidates participated in the elections. Big shock for AKP in metropolitan cities The ...
Mehmet Perinçek analyzed Turkey and Ukraine’s accession process to the EU for Russia’s Izvestia channel. Perinçek’s commentary in Russian is translated into English by United World International. The EU will never accept Türkiye because it wants it to always wait at the door of membership. In this way, it hinders Ankara’s cooperation with Moscow and Beijing, Turkish political analyst Mehmet ...
Last week in Türkiye, vote on Sweden’s NATO membership in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) was at the top agenda. The visit of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi was another important event. The announcement by the National Security Council (MGK) regarding the Montreux Convention, related to the insistence of the US/UK on entering the Black Sea, also found its place ...
Since the US-backed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has shifted its focus towards Eastern countries. In this period, cooperation in energy, economic, political, and even military fields has been developed with countries in the region, primarily Russia and Iran. However, the AKP government has failed to develop an economic model alternative US-centered ...
Iran, Yemen and Türkiye hit US-Israeli targets in the region. Resistance organizations in Syria and Iraq also carried out actions in the same direction. Iran hit the US bases in Northern Iraq and the US Consulate General in Arbil with missiles and drones. The operation targeted US centers in the region, especially the US base near Arbil International Airport. Iran ...
Last week, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Hungary was the top topic in Türkiye. Secondly, the steps taken in pursuit of hot money made the headlines. And many political parties engaged in the debates on Sheikh Sait, who led the rebellion against the new-established Turkish Republic in 1925. Erdoğan in Hungary President Erdoğan was on a 2-day visit to ...
Interview by Meral Akkaya The Republic of Türkiye today, 29 October 2023, is 100 years old. What did the Republic bring to Türkiye? Where has the Republic given to Türkiye in 100 years? Why did Mustafa Kemal Atatürk become a world leader? And what’s ahead of the Republic at the beginning of its second century? Historian and political scientist, Uwidata ...
By Fikret Akfırat On August 7th, Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan delivered an opening speech at the 14th Ambassadors Conference, outlining the government’s foreign policy approach and the course it intends to follow. Fidan bases the government’s foreign policy understanding on the following principles: “We will undauntedly work to bolster Türkiye’s position as an efficient, influential, fully independent actor that ...
The NATO summit in Vilnius concluded, doors have been opened to Sweden’s membership. Meanwhile, tensions are increasing in the Black Sea. The Turkish government has meanwhile announced new measures in the economicy policy that mount up to a fundamental turn. Retired Lieutenant General Ismail Hakkı Pekin brings all these factors together in his interview. Now, after the NATO summit, a ...
The recent NATO summit had Sweden’s membership as one of the main topics of diplomatic negotiation. Türkiye and Hungary remain the two member countries that have not yet approved that membership. Regarding his country’s approval, President Erdoğan presented three main demands: The fight against the PKK, the updating of the customs union and the elimination of visas between the European ...