How does trapping Türkiye in a minefield serve national security?
The refugee issue is a critical matter not only for Türkiye but the whole world and is becoming increasingly serious by the day. The number of people displaced in world history has exceeded 100 million, and this is also a statistical record. Hum... more
Remembering Morsi on the third anniversary of his death
Mohamed Morsi, the only elected president in Egypt’s history, fell in the courtroom and passed from this mortal world into eternity exactly three years ago yesterday. On the occasion of his third death anniversary, similar to the previous year, Morsi... more
Signs of life in the Muslim world: India, China, East Turkestan
The lack of sufficient reaction from Muslim states toward the hostile behaviors and attacks in many places around the world against Islam, Muslims, and their sacred values only serves to encourage such assaults. Yet, if the states representing M... more
The dirty ties exposed by Turkey’s Syria operations
The operations in Syria that Turkey had launched 6 years ago paved the way for a solution that has bore positive fruits for the whole world, regardless of what anyone might say. Turkey was always asking for this solution but could not get the support... more
How many Eids have passed since the Tadamon massacre?
Having come to the end of yet another Ramadan, a month of mercy, abundance, contemplation, and self-contemplation, we have reached Eid. In other words, we have reached the starting point, which is where we remove all the distances separating us, wher... more
The Middle East’s future cannot be interpreted through an American perspective
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 alon... more
Anniversary of 9/11 attacks: twenty years chock-full of US misadventures
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that saw the destruction of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the symbol for U.S. capitalism. The scale of this attack, its symbolic weight, and the deaths and casualties it caused were fe... more
Is Afghanistan of no concern whatsoever to the Muslim world?
The armies established on the fortunes of the United States collapsing as soon as God’s own country withdraws could be interpreted as the infallible power of America. In other words, some believe that myriad regimes, which have various institutions a... more
Have the Taliban substantially changed, or were we wrong about them all along?
While the Taliban was capturing city after city in Afghanistan, it also maintained negotiations in Doha with the U.S. and Afghan governments. The Taliban’s advance and, most recently, its seizure of Kabul unfolding more rapidly than anticipated, seem... more
What is Turkey's role as Afghans make their exodus?
Increasing debates on refugees are gaining new momentum as fresh images exhibit the irregular Afghan influx into Turkey. This reveals how unprepared we are, even though reality afforded us more than ample time. Our irregular migration and refugee pol... more
Are some trying to take advantage of the fires ravishing Turkey?
Turkey is clearly face to face with one of the most bizarre natural disasters in its history. At first blush, the fires that simultaneously broke out at numerous locations across the country leave no room for explanation other than to deem them a “sa... more
The one thousand and one faces of coups
The debate over whether what happened in Tunisia was a coup or not seems pointless when viewed from Turkey. After all, we are a generation that is familiar with the blows that can take different shapes, under so many guises, and the many faces it wea... more
Refugee solidarity and the spirit of Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha (The Feat of the Sacrifice) is in fact a pilgrimage celebration. Eid al-Adha, the sacrifice, in addition to all the acts of worship involved in the pilgrimage, represents so many aspects such as getting closer to God through worship, and ... more