By Dr. Doğu Perinçek, Chairman of Vatan (Patriotic) Party (Türkiye) In an interview published in Hürriyet Newspaper, our Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan advocates armed cooperation between Türkiye and Syria to eliminate the US-led PKK/PYD/YPG terrorist organizations in northern Syria. This is a very important task for Türkiye, Syria and the countries of the region. For many years, the Vatan (Patriotic) ...
Turkish President Erdoğan claimed that Israel threatens Türkiye’s national security. The Turkish parliament held a closed session about the issue, where the government informed the parliamentarians on the confidentiality basis. We asked Ismail Hakkı Pekin, retired Lieutenant-General of the Turkish Armed Forces and former Head of Intelligence at the Chief of Staff. Pekin described in which ways Israel could pose ...
Last week, Türkiye’s agenda was mainly busy with three things. The reactions from the government to the oath of the lieutenants at the Military Academy graduation ceremony topped the agenda. Another topic was Türkiye’s participation in the Arab League meeting after 13 years. Lastly, the shoot-down of a Turkish UAV in Iraq was another important development. The oath of the ...
West Asia is living tectonic shifts at all of its corners, from the Palestine conflict over the Iranian-Israeli tensions, from Turkish-Iraqi agreements to rapprochement between Ankara and Damascus and its repercussions in the Ukraine conflict. We asked Ismail Hakkı Pekin, retired lieutenant-general of the Turkish Armed Forces and former Head of Intelligence at the General Staff, on his evaluations. Let ...
The US’s delivery of air defense systems to the PKK/YPG/PYD terrorist organization in northern Syria sparked reactions in the Turkish public. The Turkish Armed Forces made a statement condemning the US. The National Security Council provided important evaluations on terrorism, Syria, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and developing relations with African countries. Meanwhile, 102 athletes from Türkiye compete at ...
By Onur Sinan Güzaltan Some claim that the phrase “May you live in unusual times” is a Chinese malediction. Some say that the original Chinese saying is, “better to be a dog in times of tranquility than a human in times of chaos.” Let’s leave the truth to the linguists. Trump’s ear and maledictions What is left to us is ...
By Edvard Chesnokov On July 25, 2024, the Turkish authorities arrested and deported to Moscow the Russian national Evgeny Serebryakov, an alleged terrorist who had exploded the car of a high-ranked Russian Army officer in Moscow and fled to Bodrum the very previous day, July 24. Assumably Serbebryakov followed the commands of the NATO-backed Ukrainian secret services. Does it indicate ...
By Gürkan Demir, Tehran, Iran The normalization process between Ankara and Damascus, which had been suspended for a while, has been revived following President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent statements. As the two countries are taking steps towards normalization, Tehran’s position continues to be a matter of curiosity. Dr. Hamid Roushencheshm, a Political Science Department lecturer at Islamic Azad University in ...
By Mehmet Perinçek Recently, the long-awaited and necessary developments in Türkiye-Syria relations have begun to surface. The announcements made in Ankara and Damascus are promising. However, for these positive signals to materialize and lead to concrete results, there are some critical points that need to be addressed. The aim: Strategic cooperation Firstly, the aim in Türkiye-Syria relations should not merely ...
Türkiye experienced a busy agenda last week. On the anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, there arose strong voices from leading political figures against the US for its continued support of FETÖ. Another significant topic is the normalization signals between Türkiye and Syria. Last week was also the 50th anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation. Messages to the ...