Doomsday matters: Tehran-Riyadh alliance!
BY: Nedret Ersanel To say it as politely as possible, not too many people doubt any longer that the U.S. had some sort of involvement in the July 15 treachery. The same belief also applies [ More … ]
BY: Nedret Ersanel To say it as politely as possible, not too many people doubt any longer that the U.S. had some sort of involvement in the July 15 treachery. The same belief also applies [ More … ]
Turkey has shut down a television station for allegedly “spreading terrorist propaganda” after the country extended the state of emergency declared following a failed coup d’etat last summer. Turkish authorities also suspended nearly 13,000 police [ More … ]
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım expressed concerns Tuesday on the emergence of Mosul as the new center of sectarian conflict as the operation to clear ISIS terrorists from the city of Jarablus continues. Speaking at [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* Anti-Westernism is a common feature in various political ideologies in Turkey. From the leftists to the nationalists to the Islamists, people from across the political spectrum are critical of how the West [ More … ]
BY: HILAL KAPLAN* Barack Obama’s legacy cannot be read separately from the failure in Syria Russia and Assad forces have been mercilessly bombarding Aleppo for days. About 1,000 people are said to have been killed [ More … ]
BY:İbrahim Karagül* President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan finally launched the Lausanne discussion. He made the statement that ignited discussions in relation to how an empire was pillaged, how it was divided into pieces/states, how it was [ More … ]
-Mevlut Cavusoglu reminds US of pledge to push back armed wing of PYD/PKK to east of Euphrates Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has reminded the U.S. over its pledge to push the YPG to the east [ More … ]
By: İBRAHIM KALIN* If the last five years of this brutal war have taught us anything, it is that establishing safe zones is the only viable option to stop these insane massive killings, destruction of [ 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 … ]
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: 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 … ]
– Turkish president says it must be the international coalition that brings down Daesh, not terrorist groups Update: On Gulen’s Extradition – The United States arming the PYD/YPG is a source of concern for Turkey [ More … ]
BY: SERDAR KARAGÖZ* Days after the explosions in New York and New Jersey, nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States Hillary Clinton faced the cameras to demonstrate how serious she was in [ More … ]
BY: NAGEHAN ALÇI* It has been nearly one month since Operation Euphrates Shield was launched. The operation, which started in Jarablus, helped unify the 100-kilometer line between Azaz and Jarablus with the opening of the [ More … ]
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