By Dr. Halim Gençoğlu The first modern concentration camps in history were shown by the British during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) in South Africa. These camps marked a significant and controversial turning point in the history of warfare and civilian treatment. The British used concentration camps to control the Boer civilian population (mostly women and children) and cut off ...
By Michael Roberts * Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson have been awarded the Nobel (really the Riksbank prize) in economics “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.” Daron Acemoglu is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Simon Johnson is a professor at the same university. And James Robinson is a professor at ...
By Tahran Oruçoğlu, Baku, Azerbaijan French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Azerbaijan was interfering in France’s internal affairs. He noted that “some independence leaders (from New Caledonia) have reached an agreement with Azerbaijan.” However, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said Baku had never taken such a step and would not take it. Answering our questions on the subject, the founder and editor-in-chief ...
By Ali Rıza Taşdelen In 2017, the year Emmanuel Macron was elected president, France started to lose its influence in Africa. Because in the 2000s, Africa had started to turn towards China, the centre of attraction of the New World. The imperialist powers, especially France, together with the US, staged a series of coups and invaded countries in order to ...
In 1798, the French, under the leadership of Napoléon Bonaparte, invaded the Ottoman province of Egypt. That same year, the British defeated the French navy at the Battle of Abukir. Nevertheless, the French retained a presence in Egypt until 1801, when they were forced out of the territory by joint British Ottoman forces. In 1799, Napoléon led an expedition into ...
By Adem Kılıç* Africa is a continent that is surrounded by the Suez Canal, the Red Sea and Sinai Peninsula at the east, the Atlantic Ocean at the west, the Indian Ocean at the south and the entire Mediterranean at the North, and its entirety includes many islands around. African continent covers an area of approximately 31 million Km2, which ...