By Onur Sinan Güzaltan Turkish politics is once again undergoing an upheaval. It all began when Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the largest nationalist party in the country and the coalition partner of the ruling government, proposed that Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the PKK terrorist organization, be allowed to address Parliament to call ...
Türkiye had a packed agenda last week. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan continued his focus on Syria, while President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made remarks regarding Donald Trump’s return to office. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu faced trial over alleged insults toward a prosecutor, and Victory Party leader Ümit Özdağ was detained on charges of insulting the President and inciting public hatred and ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist Especially since the outbreak of the war between Russia and Ukraine, it is clear that the UN structure has completely lost its effectiveness in solving problems and ensuring peace in the world. The structure of the United Nations Security Council, which was shaped according to the results of the Second World War, has turned into ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan On December 8, the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria was overthrown by groups backed by Türkiye’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), the US and Israel. Although a government-like structure led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has been established, chaos prevails in Syria. After Assad’s fall, in the north US-backed PKK/PYD/YPG terrorist organization is taking steps to ...
On December 28, Members of Parliament of the DEM Party met with Abdullah Öcalan in his prison on Imrali Island. The day after, on December 29, the Vatan (Patriotic) Party Central Executive Committee convened and has decided unanimously to declare the following statement to the State of the Republic of Türkiye, the Turkish nation and the world public opinion. Below, ...
By Mehmet Perinçek The first meeting of the Expert Council of the Standing Committee of the Forum of supporters of the struggle against modern practices of neocolonialism ‘For Freedom of Nations!’ was held on 17 December 2024, hosted by Russia’s ruling party ‘United Russia’. More than 30 experts from Eurasia, Africa and Latin America attended the first workshop. From Türkiye, ...
By Yunus Soner On the actual situation in Syria, we interviewed Ismail Hakkı Pekin. Pekin is a qualified expert on the matter for various reasons. During his active service in the Turkish Armed Forces, he finished service as lieutenant-general and head of military intelligence of the General Staff, he was responsible to conduct the so-called Adana Agreement. Within it, the ...
We conducted an interview with Deniz Tansı on the sanctions on Gazprombank. Türkiye’s position regarding the sanctions. Tansı, relating the topic in a broader context, shared his views why Türkiye “should not compel to the sanction policy of the US” drawing its possible implications on Türkiye and Syria’s territorial integrity. Here’s what Tansı stated to UWI. “Since the beginning of ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist We are witnessing the birth of a new Syria without the Assad regime. After 13 years of civil war, the more than half-century-long regime from Hafez al-Assad to his son Bashar, who seized power in a military coup on November 13, 1970, came to an end with a final 13-day counter-offensive by opposition forces. However, ...
By Adnan Türkkan, Ankara / Türkiye Former Chief of General Staff and current Chairman of the National Defense Commission in the Turkish Parliament, Hulusi Akar, responded to journalists’ questions in Ankara. We also directed our questions to Mr. Akar. Akar addressed the issues of the US’s troops in Syria Türkiye’s fight against terrorism, relations with the Syrian government and the ...