Yasin Aktay
There can be no excuse for Islamophobia
There is no excuse for Islamophobia, xenophobia, or for inciting hate against people.In fact, the phobia in Islamophobia, meaning fear, willingly creates this excuse within the word itself.They fear, therefore they hate.They are afraid, so as a preca... more
Global Islamophobia and fascism-compatible Western democracies
“The global institutionalization of Islamophobia today shows that it is no longer specific to certain regions alone. Islamophobia can present itself in places where Muslims are minorities, where the Muslim presence lives only in memories, where there... more
Calling it ‘Armenian genocide’ will not absolve you of your own genocides
It is April. So, countries who genocide is part and parcel of their history, nature, character, countries that are infamous through their politics for drowning the whole world in blood, disorder and genocide – not only throughout history but also tod... more
The election results: They have a lot to learn from Turkey
Though it has been six days since the March 31 local elections, due to appeals to the results in many locations, primarily Istanbul, the results are yet to be finalized. Objections and deciding whether to conduct a recount of the votes or not, if suc... more
What's this pride against Turkey at the Arab League summit?
While we were busy with the local elections in Turkey, the 30th Arab League Summit was held in Tunisia. Even if we weren’t occupied with the elections, the summit had no solution or will that could solve any problem of the region and the world.Althou... more
The most comprehensive survey that exists: Turkey’s election results
We are leaving behind yet another election process with its campaigns, dynamism, discussions, tensions and interesting dialogues. When I was writing this column the general results of Turkey’s local elections were not yet clear, so I couldn’t comment... more
Turkey’s elections are imminent; let’s close ranks
We are on the eve of another election. With this election Turkey will elect its local administrators, but the impacts will certainly be beyond local. Since Turkey is no ordinary country, no event taking place in this country stays within its local bo... more
‘What does the Middle East want from the US, and what does Washington want?’
“Let it please not be mistaken that, when we make a critical analysis of our countries in the Middle East, especially on what is going on in Egypt, to our American friends, or the defenders of democracy and human rights, this is not an invitation for... more
Sisi’s attempt to become the ‘eternal president of Egypt’
Egypt is going through a process of constitutional change as the military regime increases its iron fist every other day. I would like to say here that “Egypt is discussing constitutional change,” but there is no room for any argument about any issue... more
The hatred that reared its head in the most peaceful country on earth
The racist anti-Muslim terrorist who attacked two mosques and viciously massacred people yesterday in New Zealand right before Friday prayers drew attention not with the people he slaughtered but the messages he tried to send out. With the racist and... more
How the West tries to smear Turkey’s leadership as ‘populism’
Who is going to shed a tear if something were to happen to Turkey's democracy? We had said that the answer to this question is directly related to Turkey's perpetuity problem. We also know that those criticizing Turkey in terms of democracy are very ... more
When will Turkey’s perpetuity problem end?
The current debate ahead of the elections is centered on a topic such as Turkey’s perpetuity problem, a matter that is actually beyond politics, naturally seems meaningless to some. Frankly, the first thing to be noted should be that there is no disc... more
Sisi's massacre-like executions
As many as nine opposition youth were executed by hanging last Sunday morning based on a decision taken by an Egypt court under Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi's administration. Six other people were executed the previous week. Thus, the number of youth execute... more