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BY: İbrahim Karagül* Will there be another coup attempt? Or what kind of scenario will those who are attempting to drag Turkey into a civil war to make it kneel come up with next? Will [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* Will there be another coup attempt? Or what kind of scenario will those who are attempting to drag Turkey into a civil war to make it kneel come up with next? Will [ More … ]
Over one hundred and fifty states gathered in the UN during the last week of September in an annual international forum with the cheapest commodity: TALK. No speaker did not make a reference to the [ More … ]
Three years ago, the Syrian researcher George Kadar mentioned to me a new term he called “demographic engineering in Syria”, i.e., redistributing Syria’s population according to new sectarian, religious, and ethnic maps. I thought then [ More … ]
BY: İHSAN AKTAŞ* The occupation of Afghanistan by the Soviets and the occupation of Iraq by the Bush administration prepared the ground for the germination and flourishing of terrorist organizations in the Middle East. As [ More … ]
BY: Yasin Aktay* Every year about the same time in September, New York turns into some kind of diplomacy fair or festival where diplomacy traffic peaks due to the U.N. Security Council. The speech given [ More … ]
Finally, the US Secretary of State John Kerry has shown some anger at the UN Security Council. He has questioned the credibility of his dear colleague and Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the Syrian question. [ More … ]
A year ago, Iran seemed on the verge of a new relationship with the United States and the world. In his address to the United Nations last fall, President Hassan Rouhani said the nuclear deal [ More … ]
BY: İLNUR ÇEVIK The U.S.’s help for the PYD is not only giving the Syrian Kurdish terrorists more fighting power, it is also bolstering the terrorist campaign that the PKK is waging against Turkey The [ More … ]
BY: HILAL KAPLAN Turkey is a key regional player. Although what Turkey has experienced over the past six months would turn any country into a failed state, Turkey has a robust state mechanism and [ More … ]
BY: Özlem Albayrak* A few days ago at the United Nations Opening Ceremony speeches, U.S. President Barack Obama said he hoped that world poverty decreased and conflicts around the world ended. He also added that [ More … ]
BY: MELIH ALTINOK* President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s address to the U.N. General Assembly was promising as it initiated a long-overdue debate. What has the U.N. done so far? Is there a problem with its [ More … ]
BY: MERVE ŞEBNEM ORUÇ* Today, the world is more insecure and restless than ever, while people are concerned about the future. If not today, then when will the world powers step up to make revisions to [ More … ]
BY: Erol Göka We, as a nation, need to reflect on Europe and the Turkey issue whether it is in the scope of EU membership or not. The increase of Islamophobia and racism in Europe, [ More … ]
The failure of the latest ceasefire in Syria must inspire more concerted and imaginative attempts at finding success. When it comes to Syria it is easy to despair and hard to find solutions. The failure [ More … ]
By: Mohamed Abu Saada* There are rising concerns to the Palestinians that Israel will launch a war against Gaza Strip, in exploitation of the current crisis in the Arab region, and in light of the emergence [ More … ]
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