Why are Muslims so behind in today’s world? Erdoğan asks Islamic summit

The Islamic Summit hosted by Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, with the theme of “The Role of Development in Achieving National Sovereignty,” was attended at the presidential level by Malaysia, Turkey, Iran and Qatar, received participation from 18 countries... more

Will this summit be NATO’s funeral ceremony or a new beginning?

This year London will play host to NATO, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary, but will it bear witness to what may be the end of the alliance? That is yet to be seen.Will the summit be a funeral ceremony for NATO, which French President Emmanue... more

Whose plans to pilfer Libya drowned in the Mediterranean’s cool waters this time?

Members of “Libyan Expatriates in Turkey” visited me Saturday in Istanbul for a scheduled meeting. One of the meeting topics was the new regulations concerning the residency types and duration of the sessions, which the Directorate General of Migrati... more

Who will ‘Kingdoms of Fire’ fool? Will it be able to outshine Turkish TV series?

The release of “Kingdoms of Fire,” the television series that recently started airing on United Arab Emirates-based MBC TV, owned by Saudi Arabia, is evaluated as a move aimed at breaking the influence of Turkish TV series’ legendary impact on the Ar... more

Who’s causing chaos in Iran? What can the US promise Iran’s public?

The demonstrations in Lebanon, followed by those that broke out in Iraq, show that a new wave of change is coming through public movements in the Middle East. Beirut and Baghdad being two of the four Sunni cities under Iran’s control makes Iran an in... more

What ever happened to Trump’s Middle East plan?

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy contains three steps that don’t really make sense as a whole. All three steps concern both Turkey and Israel, and as they all intertwine, it is obligatory to reinterpret all approaches of international... more

Despite the Arab League, the greatest support for Turkey’s Syria op comes from the Arabs themselves

The Peace Spring Operation launched by Turkey is successfully continuing with the help of God. Targets are being approached with extreme sensitivity – as expressed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – to prevent any harm to civilians – exactly as it w... more

Is it the US’s job to protect the 'Kurds'?

The Daesh threat was the most important reason the U.S. used to justify its presence in Syria. However, according to U.S. President Donald Trump, as that threat has been 100 percent eliminated, it should be time for the U.S. to leave Syria.Trump earl... more

CHP’s Syria conference

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) held an “International Syria Conference” in Istanbul and unfortunately it did not surprise. Had Syria’s despotic leader Bashar Assad, who slaughtered millions of his own people in the most brutal ma... more

The Arab Spring is picking up from where it left off

The events happening in Egypt today show that the process that started as the Arab Spring has not ended with coups and counter-coups, and that it will not end so easily. The discourses, slogans and demands of the revolutions that took place in 2011 a... more

Sisi is a serious security problem for Egypt

The demonstrations that erupted after a match in Egypt show that the bells of doom have started ringing for Trump's “favorite dictator.” The demonstrations, which have been spreading every day since they broke out, have brought together the social co... more

Trump’s 'favorite dictator' Sisi is in a pickle

The consequences of friendship with the U.S. seems to be a perpetual mystery, doesn’t it?Or to be more precise, the U.S. is generally a country that is detrimental to its allies.For that reason it seems to better not be friends at all or just preserv... more

Saudi Arabia is trying to spite Turkey for Khashoggi, Qatar support by visiting Southern Cyprus

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Abdulaziz al-Assaf paid a visit to the Greek Administration of Southern Cyprus and met with his counterpart Nikos Christodoulides.This is no visit that can be overlooked by saying, “Saudi Arabia is an independe... more