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 ...
By Mohamed Sabreen, Cairo / Egypt There is no doubt that Turkish-Syrian reconciliation is “inevitably coming.” Rather, we are witnessing a frantic race by the Turkish opposition to snatch the reconciliation card from the government’s hands and outperform Erdogan in the matter, head start to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It is surprising that Erdogan is rushing reconciliation, and ...
Turkish President Erdoğan called it a “threat to national security” and added his country would not permit the establishment of a “Terroristan”. He referred to a planned referendum in the Northeast of Syria, east of the Euphrates. The self-declared autonomous entity here, militarily, politically and financially supported by the United States and led by the PKK’s Syrian branch, had announced ...
Both the weather and the political agenda are hot in Türkiye. President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the main opposition CHP’s headquarters for the first time in 18 years and met with his counterpart, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan participated in the BRICS meeting held in Russia at a time when Türkiye expressed its interest ...
Last week in Türkiye, the top news was the call for cooperation with the Syrian government against the separatist terrorist organization PKK/YPG, made by Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), coalition partner of the leading AKP. Another important News was the AKP’s decision to once again change the education curriculum, which has been altered multiple times over ...
By Mehmet Yuva Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with members of the Central Committee of the Syrian Ba’ath Party on January 16. Urgent issues of the country, as well as various current global topics, especially Palestine, were discussed in the meeting. A few days after the meeting, by presidential decree, Syria’s National Security Chief (former General Intelligence Director) Ali Mamlouk ...
United World International author Mehmet Perinçek commented on the latest PKK attack, US and Israeli plans in the region, the importance of confrontation in the Eastern Mediterranean and the opportunities offered by the Astana meeting scheduled for the second half of January in terms of clearing terrorist organizations to RIA Novosti. We present the interview, published in Russian, to our ...
Syrian State President Bashar al-Assad’s close associate, former Advisor to Syrian Ministry of Information Prof. Dr. Bessam Abu Abdullah, was the guest on Ulusal Channel from Türkiye. We present some key points from Abu Abdullah, where he evaluated Israel’s attacks on Palestine and latest developments in Western Asia. Translated from Turkish into English by Uwidata. Greater Middle East Project Prof. ...
By Orçun Göktürk / President of the Turkish-Chinese Belt and Road Institute Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping ahead of the opening of the 19th Asian Games. Apart from a visit to Moscow, this is Assad’s first trip outside West Asia since the imperialist intervention in Syria in 2011. Almost 20 years after his visit in ...