By Halim Gençoğlu French colonialism had profound and multifaceted impacts on African people across a vast geographical expanse, from Senegal to Madagascar, and from Algeria to Congo. French colonialism often prioritized economic gain for France at the expense of African populations. This exploitation took various forms, including forced labor, land expropriation, and unequal trade practices that favored French interests. African ...

There is no law at the state or federal level in Germany regarding the use of the German language for “gender equality”. Similarly, no new standards have been established for official writing rules. Yet, an increasing number of official institutions, universities, companies and media outlets are revising their use of the German language to align with gender equality. The debate ...

By Mesoud Sadrmohammadi Ebrahim Raisi, the president of the 13th government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, lost his life because of a helicopter crash incident. After Mohammad-Ali Rajai, who was assassinated on August 30, 1981, he became the second Iranian president after the revolution to die in office, leaving his mark on history. Public questions about the crash and ...

Doğu Perinçek, Vatan Party Chairman, held a press conference on 14 May 2024 and evaluated the Turkish government’s ‘Savings and Efficiency Package in the Public Sector’. Perinçek also announced Vatan Party’s ‘Radical Solutions for Savings and Investment’. Perinçek stated the following:    What is savings? Savings are the values that a country allocates to investment from its total production in ...

By Yunus Soner “International relations increasingly display mafia-like methods”, says Ismail Hakkı Pekin, retired Lieutenant-General and Former Head of Military Intelligence at the General Staff of Turkish Armed Forces. That is his response to the assassination attempt on the Slovakian Prime Minister. We also asked his opinion about the appointment of a civilian as new Minister of Defense in Russia. ...

By Ali Rıza Taşdelen Between May 1-5, 2024, we spent four days at the Polisario Front’s Boujdour Refugee Camp on Algerian soil, near the Western Sahara border. As representatives of Aydınlık newspaper and Ulusal Kanal from Türkiye, we attended the meeting organized by the Sahrawi Journalists Union with the theme “A Media Perspective on the Western Sahara Issue and Developments”. ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, along with other officials, passed away in the helicopter crash in northwestern Iran on 19th May. UWI author, historian and political scientist Mehmet Perinçek shared his evaluation on the incident in a broader regional and international perspective. Could you give your overall view on the helicopter crash? A few days before ...

Türkiye witnessed two significant judicial decisions last week. PKK terrorist organization-affiliated Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) executives, including former chairman Selahattin Demirtaş, were heavily sentenced to imprisonment. The other judicial decision was the release of the generals arrested in connection with the “28 February Coup Case” after more than 3 years of detention. Another important event of the last week was ...

By Kohei Mizugaki, civic activist The recent visit to Yasukuni Shrine for worship by dozens of officers of the Ground Self-Defense Force, including the deputy chief of staff, has been criticized as being systematic and unconstitutional, violating the principle of separation of religion and state. The excuse that it was a private act cannot be accepted, since the official vehicles ...

By Mohammed Sabreen It has become clear that the successive developments in the Middle East region imposed “urgent needs” on the countries of the Middle East. These were translated into intense consultations between the major countries in the region on the Palestinian issue, and the Gaza war came to highlight a rare moment of harmony between these countries regarding the ...