A wide ethnic geography that we call the Arab world has continued to be the main core of a wider world of faith called the Muslim world since the first days of Islam. There are a few reasons for this. Primarily, the prophet of this sacred religion
In 1759, senior officer of the Russian army Alexei Ivanovich Tevkelev and Petr Rychkov, who was assigned as governor of Orenburg, Russia’s window to the East, prepared a detailed memorandum on the general situation of the Kazakh steppes and the ba
The U.S. withdrew from the EastMed project. The Greek solution to transport Mediterranean natural gas to Europe has collapsed. The biggest projects they could devise and weaponize against Turkey went bankrupt.As soon as the U.S.
When U.S. President Joe Biden branded the events in Turkey surrounding the Armenians as a genocide, an older colleague of mine, brother Selim, shared the results of a study with the caption: “These things must be left not to the historians but to
As the countdown for the G-20 Summit in Rome continues full-swing, many are debating what the future holds for Turkey-U.S. relationsHere, we would do well to particularly remember the strategy America designed for our region over the past 3
U.S. Special Representative for Syria James Jeffrey’s deceit can clearly be read on his face. He is running wild at the peak of insolence. Who can call him
Approximately three years ago, I read an article in The Guardian written by Nicholas Shaxson, the author of “The Finance Curse: How Global Finance is Making Us All Poorer.” Shaxson had worked as a Reuters correspondent in the petrol- and dia
In his speech at the “Asia Again; New Perspectives in Developing Turkey’s Trade with Asian Countries” summit that was organized in January 2021 by the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEİK), Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said: “The
As of Monday morning in Germany at 8.45 a.m. local time, Social Democratic Party Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz made a victory speech at the party’s election center, thanking his acolytes and the people of Germany...After scooping up a gl
In one country’s city. In one of that city’s squares... a place of worship was constructed.The project was designed, its foundations were laid and walls started to go up.It was meticulously completed.The day then comes for it
Let me first begin this column with a shocking fact: We are the passengers of a ship that has lost its compass in the middle of a stormy sea, trying to find its way and orbit and to save its soul, and “we” are not the captains of this "ship."<
The world held its breath while Biden and Putin had a meeting that lasted two hours. It was no secret that the focus was going to be Ukraine, where tensions have been mounting for a while. Provided that this issue is at the core, both sides discus
The United States’ bitter fall in Afghanistan, which has been gradually unfolding for the last two decades, but which they waited for the most prudent time to announce to the world, does not consist of the failure of the operation in Afghanistan a
The protests in Kazakhstan that erupted after the hike in fuel prices in early January raged on despite the resignation of the Kazakh government and the rescission of the increase in prices, as conflict ensued between police officers and demonstra
Turkey’s relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which have been rocky for the past decade, have started to mellow in recent months.Yesterday, another strong step towards normalizing relations was taken with the visit of Abu Dhabi Cr
There is a price for everything that we use for comfort and people in some unknown part of the world are paying this price. Since everyone cannot become rich and since the rich cannot give up their wealth, the burden of poverty must be loaded upon
The issue of climate change has become one of the most important problems our world has ever grappled with. The work initiated under the leadership of the UN in the 1990s in the fight against climate change continues with more concrete steps now.<
I recently read an exemplary piece of writing that depicts how Israel is engaging in a long-term plan to infiltrate China. One of the report’s sources is Na
Last year, the UN developed an emergency action plan to fight xenophobia, discrimination, and racism. Most countries, including Turkey, signed this action plan. However, the world's wealthiest countries, such as the U.S., France, the U.K., Israel,
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who could not be deputy in the Nov. 2, 2002 elections because of a court ruling on him, participated in the deputy renewal election held in Siirt province on March 9, 2003, when the obstacle preventing him was lifted w
A Muslim is one who believes and submits to Allah, in other words, one who does not only have faith, but also abides by His orders and prohibitions, or at least accepts to abide by them. One's degree of Muslimness depends on how much they abide by th
According to studies conducted in countries such as China, the U.S., Japan, India, Italy, Spain, and Turkey, anxiety levels have been trending around 33 percent, with levels of depression hitting 27 percent. This means that every one in three peop
There is no chatter anywhere in the world, including the U.S., regarding the culprit responsible for the shattering defeat in Afghanistan.The political update in Turkey claiming that the U.S. remains defeated is as follows: “The U.S. cannot
According to Orhan Kabibay, who is following all coups like a shadow, the March 12, 1971 coup is an “orbit correction movement.” It is a movement to set Turkey, which is about to leave its orbit, into a new orbit. Gen. Çevik Bir, a
WADJDA AND UM HAROUN “Wadjda,” a 2012 production, is Saudi
The saying of Prophet Muhammed "God is beautiful and He loves beauty," sums up an essential part of Islamic aesthetics: Beauty is a divine quality and it is manifested in everything that is beautiful. Given the deepening ugliness of the modern world
DATE: Nov. 14, 2015 “President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gets news from Georgia where he has gone for an official visit to hold accession talks. At a time when he is at his most powerful and is taking the world by storm, where did the over
As everyone now knows, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday unexpectedly sacked the country’s Central Bank governor that was appointed only fo
God created humanity, never turned them adrift, and through his prophets, he has shown humanity the path of truth. God didn't even deprive His Holiness Adam, the first man, from this blessing, and assigned him also as a prophet since there were no ot
In the 1990s, the United States began to re-establish Western dominance in the Islamic region. In the period following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the dominant powers of the Islamic geography became England and France. After World War II,
We are going through a phase where the economy and all developments related to it have become more important than ever. Concepts such as economic security, intelligence, wars and attacks have now become a part of our daily life. Of course, when it
Turkey engaging in an efficacious policy in its region lately has seriously disturbed primarily the U.S. and also many EU countries. When the policies they
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