The country was hit with two very severe earthquakes last week. Therefore it was a very rough week for the Turkish public. The only agenda among the public was around the earthquake, its consequences and outcomes. Devastating earthquakes that hit southeastern Türkiye On February 6th, two catastrophic earthquakes struck southern and central Türkiye, as well as northern and western Syria. ...
Mehmet Yuva, head of the Türkiye-Syria Friendship Movement, is in the region hit by the earthquake to help people in need. He shared his observations and views with us during his heavy schedule in these difficult times. We thank him wholeheartedly. Yuva proposes a three-pronged road map for the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Syria and Türkiye at the ...
To the global public opinion One week has passed since the earthquake catastrophe that Türkiye and Syria have gone through. Experts say that this catastrophe was not only the biggest one in the last 100 years but one of the biggest in the last millennium. The last week has displayed how Türkiye, with its nation, state and armed forces has ...
There is a difference between the borders on the world’s surface and those below it. That difference may sometimes decide on the matter of life and death. The most recent earthquake in southern Türkiye and northern Syria is demonstrating this. Below the surface, the earth’s different plates comprise the natural borders. According to experts, the earthquake was caused by the ...
It seems that difficult mediation roles are becoming attractive to the Gulf countries. Two months ago, Qatar succeeded in resolving the stalemate in relations between Türkiye and Egypt by arranging the impossible handshake between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi prior to the opening of the World Cup finals held on its soil. This constituted a ...
By Nahed al Huseini reporting from Damascus / Syria The year 2023 began with an important diplomatic turn. After 11 years of interrupted diplomatic relations, defense ministers of Türkiye and Syria came together in a trilateral meeting in Moscow. Speaking to United World International, Syrian Member of Parliament, Dr. Nabil Toumeh said if conducted with “mutual understanding and respect, these ...
In the neighborhood of Strasbourg Saint Denis in Paris, is also referred to as the “Little Istanbul”, an attack was conducted on a street where also one of the PKK center is located. 3 people were dead including some PKK members, while 3 more were injured. The culprit of the attack, a French citizen named William M., was caught by ...
Today we present the third and last part of our interview with Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yuva. In this part, Yuva speaks about the vision of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, for Türkiye and Syria. Especially in your recent writings and speeches, you refer to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s plan for a regional confederation including Türkiye and Syria. ...
The public agenda in Turkey has been quite busy last week. An extensive air strike campaign is still ongoing by the Turkish Armed Forces against the US-backed PKK terrorist organization targets in northern Syria and Iraq. And a possible ground support for the operation is now on agenda in Türkiye. Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), made ...
Today we publish the second part of the interview with Prof. Dr. Mehmet Yuva, who worked for a long time in the department of history at Damascus University, where he lectured on the history of the US and modern history. Yuva also taught modern history of Cyprus, Türkiye and Syria in the graduate program of the same university. He took ...