May 19th, 1919, is the date Mustafa Kemal Atatürk arrived in the northern Turkish city of Samsun to start the armed struggle against the imperialist occupation of Türkiye and its collaborators. The date is considered as the beginning of the war of liberation. It is today celebrated as official holiday as the “Day of Commemorating Atatürk, the youth and sports”. ...
By Yasin Okyay On May 6, the Romanian government collapsed following the passage of a no-confidence motion jointly introduced by social democrats and nationalists. The motion by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), gained 281 yes votes in the 464-seat Parliament, marking the end of the coalition government of the National Liberal ...
Romania has recently found itself in the midst of intense political upheaval, highlighting deeper concerns regarding national sovereignty and external interference. The turmoil escalated when Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the December 2024 presidential election, controversially citing alleged foreign interference, particularly implicating Russia, in an apparent effort to sideline nationalist candidate Călin Georgescu, who had gained widespread support due to his stance ...
Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu, who is skeptical of NATO and advocates closer relations with Russia, has been denied his right to participate in the elections. The decision taken by the Central Electoral Bureau was subsequently upheld by Romania’s Constitutional Court. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maria Cernat, President of the Institute for Media Research and Human Rights and faculty member at Titu Maiorescu University, together with Hamdi Yılmaz, ...
By Florin Platon, Political scientist and the founder of DieM 25 Romania “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” George Orwell – 1984 The Romanian constitutional court annulled the country’s presidential election on December 6, after Călin Georgescu’s win that “shocked” many due to “declassified intelligence reports” by Romanian President Klaus Iohannis alleging a Russian interference in the elections. Now the ...
By Gökalp Erbaş Ever since Gagauzia declared itself an independent republic in 1990 and gained the status of an autonomous regional administration through an article added to the Moldovan constitution in 1994, it has not experienced risk-free, danger-free, stable times. The region has always been turbulent, but in these times when regional crises have again come to the fore of ...
The Romanian Ministry of National Defense has requested the approval of the Parliament to begin the design and execution of the barracks on the air base Mihail Kogalniceanu, according to Radio Free Europe. In May 2020, Romanian Defense Minister Nicolae Ciuca sent a letter to the legislature explaining, among other things, that Romania wants to be “a pole of stability ...