Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. The first has been the surge of a sea mucilage (sea snot) layer all over the Marmara Sea, and the mass panic it caused. The second has been the elimination of the PKK ringleader of Makhmur Camp and the ongoing operations in the Northern Iraq. The ...
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the diplomatic actions in the region, visits to the YPG branches by senior US officials, and Turkish counter-terrorism operations against the PKK… We have discussed the recent events in the region with the former Head of the Intelligence at the Chief of Staff of Turkish Armed Forces, ret. Lieutenant General Ismail Hakkı Pekin. The eyes of the ...
United World International expert Dr. Mehmet Perinçek gave an interview to the Iranian Tehran Times about claims of the so-called Armenian genocide and the political projects they serve. Below we document the interview, conducted by Mohammad Ali Saki, as printed in the Tehran Times on May 5th, 2021. Subheadings were set by UWI. Tehran – A Turkish historian and political ...
Western countries’ acusstations that China is committing a genocide against Uyghurs and disciminating against Muslims is an imperialist lie. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has created the most sophisticated legal regulation in the world with regard to national minorities and China has the most advanced practices available for dealing with the situation. I have visited the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region many ...
U.S. President Joe Biden has ‘recognized’ the so-called “Armenian genocide”. But is this really an innocent move solely aimed at “commemorating” the saddening 1915 events, as Secretary Anthony Blinken asserted, or a well-thought-out plan with real geo-strategic considerations? The U.S. official statement’s content indicates that we’re facing the latter. Two main “ideas” are emerging from the statement: Obstructing Turkey’s rightful ...
By Fikret Akfırat The US President Joe Biden has articulated the lie of the Armenian genocide. We clearly state that this step means Washington’s declaration of attack against Turkey. The fact that Biden has called Turkish President Erdoğan one day before the declaration, announcing that he will “recognize the genocide” should be read as Washington’s message to Ankara, meaning to ...
Last week, the Turkish public agenda has been busy with three main topics. First was the US President Joseph Biden’s official pronunciation of the so-called Armenian Genocide and the responses from both inside and outside of Turkey. Second was the beginning of a new phase of the operation Pence-Simsek (Claw-Thunderbolt) and operation Pence-Yildirim (Claw-Lightning) in Northern Iraq. Third was the ...
The Turkish public agenda has been busy with four main topics in the last week Firstly, HDP Members of Parliament were ripped of their immunity as requested by state persecutors. Secondly, a currency crisis hit the Turkish Lira, which has suddenly lost value as a part of the ongoing currency crisis since mid 2018. Thirdly, the Blue Homeland 2021 naval ...
Last week, the Turkish public agenda had been busy with three main topics. The first topic had been the critics against the United States and NATO over the lack of support towards the counter terrorist efforts of the Turkish government. The second topic was the newly announced Turkish Space Program, and its possible future missions of human spaceflight, including even ...
US CENTCOM Commander General Kenneth McKenzie has held a keynote speech on an event of the Middle East Institute on February 8. McKenzie outlined the US military’s view on the Middle East. The full text of the speech can be read here. New competitors in the Middle East: Russia and China The US General implicitly acknowledges a loss of the ...
The so-called Astana Format, comprised of the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey, has concluded its 15th round of talks on February the 17th in the Russian city of Sochi. Following the meeting, the three countries made a joint statement, which UnitedWorld below presents as full text. The representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian ...
Turkey and Israel are two influential countries in West Asia. Differences in the Palestine and Kurdish Questions, relations to Israel and conflicting positions in the Eastern Mediterranean have caused several major high-level crises between the two countries and led to restraint as well as downgrading in diplomatic relations. Notwithstanding this past, a revitalization and normalization of Turkish-Israeli relations is widely ...