The Turkish public is closely following in and regarding Iran, like the rest of the world. Last week, an extraordinary meeting was held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, with the participation of Türkiye and Gulf countries to address the situation in Iran. In the Joint Statement after the meeting, Iran’s “attacks” against Gulf states were condemned, and it ...
First published on the website “mavivatan.com” The year 1956 stands as one of the major breaking points in modern geopolitics. The Suez Crisis began on July 19, 1956, when the United States withdrew financing for the Aswan Dam in Egypt. It escalated on July 26, when Egypt’s revolutionary leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. Britain and France perceived ...
By Craig Murray What if Trump’s apparently chaotic thought processes and intuitive decision making are all a blind, a charade? What if we are really witnessing, in the Middle East and more widely, a carefully constructed plan with very definite objectives? Has Trump in fact “planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway”, while flinging the chaff of ...
By Yunus Emre Özgün The “rules-based international order” is dead. It has not been dismantled by foreign adversaries, but systemically destroyed by its self-proclaimed architects. As the Middle East teeters on the edge of a regional conflagration sparked by Israeli strikes on Iran’s South Pars gas field and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Washington finds itself cornered. ...
As the United States and Israel continue their attacks on Iran, political and media voices from these countries are claiming that “Türkiye is the new Iran”. Although at a lower level, Israel and Türkiye maintain diplomatic relations. But threats are coming to Ankara from Israel and its ally, the United States. The Jerusalem Post warns that after Iran, Türkiye is ...
By Beatriz Bissio, Associate Professor in the Postgraduate Program of Comparative History, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro The Executive Intelligence Review (EIR) organized an online forum on March 2, 2026, titled “Epstein and the Bottomless Depravity of the Elites – Urgent Need for a Cultural Renaissance!” Beatriz Bissio, Associate Professor in the Postgraduate of Comparative History, Federal University of ...
By Mohammad Sabreen, from Cairo / Egypt Day after day, it becomes clearer to everyone that the war the United States and Israel are waging against Iran is not an easy walk or a swift military campaign. While the battles rage, the scope of the war expands, discontent grows, oil and gas prices are exploding, and fears of a severe ...
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on March 22 that he is “absolutely convinced” that the alliance will be able to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Rutte stated 22 countries, including NATO members along with allies such as South Korea and Japan, are coordinating efforts to do that. Cem Gürdeniz, a retired Rear Admiral of the Turkish Navy and one ...
By Gürkan Demir, from Tehran / Iran A united society I am in avenues where Iranians gather. After Trump’s talk of “negotiation”, Iranians are determined to continue the war until the US and Israel raise the white flag. Each life lost, each missile fell on the Iranian soil, further cements Iranian society, strengthens its cohesion, and intensifies the anger. In ...
We will present some tips that provide elements of analysis on the war between the United States and Israel against Iran and certain consequences that could arise from it: ...
By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist When discussing a U.S. ground operation in Hormuz, it would be misleading to view the issue solely through the lens of military capability. For the true determining factors are the constraints imposed by geography, Iran’s war doctrine, and the tension created by the interplay of these two with the U.S.’s global and Israel’s regional positions. ...
The war in Western Asia is beginning to ripple through Türkiye’s economy, testing the resilience of a country that sits at the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East and shares a border region with Iran. For now, daily life appears largely unaffected. At a central Istanbul gas station, there are no visible signs of panic buying or shortages. Yet ...