By Mesoud Sadrmohammadi Iran is currently in the midst of presidential election campaign activities. With only a few days remaining in the campaign, candidates are attempting to establish their strength by visiting various cities and hosting election rallies to show their grassroots support. This is to strengthen their position in the wake of the televised debates. While all observers considered ...
Europeans looking for an alternative By Fabriano Verde What impact did the economic situation have on the election results? The economic situation has had a significant impact on the results of the European elections. Economic hardships, such as the rising cost of living, rising energy prices and financial pressure on sectors such as agriculture, have influenced voter behavior. Many citizens, feeling ...
Turkish President Erdoğan called it a “threat to national security” and added his country would not permit the establishment of a “Terroristan”. He referred to a planned referendum in the Northeast of Syria, east of the Euphrates. The self-declared autonomous entity here, militarily, politically and financially supported by the United States and led by the PKK’s Syrian branch, had announced ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan The center, however, suffered a significant defeat. President Emmanuel Macron was forced to call for general early elections. In the elections on June 30 – July 7, the “extreme” right and left parties will likely deal another blow to the center. So, what will happen afterwards? There are three possibilities: 1. The center will, as it ...
By Kıvanç Özdal The Rassemblement National received 31.4% of the votes in France in the last European Parliament election, while Macron’s Renaissance party gained only 15.2 percent. After the results, Macron announced the decision of dissolving of the National Assembly. New elections will be held on June 30. So French politics is now open to new, and maybe surprising, developments. ...
Both the weather and the political agenda are hot in Türkiye. President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the main opposition CHP’s headquarters for the first time in 18 years and met with his counterpart, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan participated in the BRICS meeting held in Russia at a time when Türkiye expressed its interest ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen This article presents the sociological and class structure of the voters of the National Rally party (Rassemblement National – RN). The Ipsos polling institute conducted a survey with France Télévision, Radio France, France 24/RFI and Public Sénat on June 6-7, with a sample of 8,923 people registered in the electoral rolls representing the French population aged ...
By Tunca Arslan New Caledonia, a former French colony and currently an autonomous region in the Overseas Territories Community located in the South Pacific, remains unsettled. Despite the declaration of a state of emergency, pro-independence protests that began on May 13 continue unabated on the island 17,000 kilometers away from France. The French media have intriguingly blamed Azerbaijan, Türkiye, China ...
The horror produced by the brutal Zionist actions in Gaza and the West Bank is a clear expression of the inability of the West and capitalism to provide peace and development for humanity. Zionism has proposed – in the name of a supposed divine mandate – to sweep the Palestinians from the territory that belongs to them. These facts are ...
By Aykut Diş The warnings of Russian president Vladimir Putin regarding the TurkStream and Blue Stream pipelines during the International Economic Forum meeting have become a hot topic. Putin said to the heads of international news agencies that Ukraine sees the natural gas pipelines connecting Russia to Türkiye as “targets”. Russian President also called on the journalists, saying “Please inform ...