What are the expectations for the NATO summit to be held in Türkiye? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist The fact that Türkiye will host the 36th NATO Summit should not be viewed merely as a diplomatic organizational success. This summit will serve as one of the strongest indicators of Türkiye’s rising strategic weight within the evolving international system, its central ...
Interview with Dr. Barış Adıbelli, faculty member in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Kütahya Dumlupınar University in Türkiye. Routes and corridors are taking up more and more space on the global agenda, shaping countries’ foreign policies and even their domestic politics. The war that began with the US and Israeli attack on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent ...
No holding deal between the US and Iran, the war in Ukraine facing expansion and continuing crises in Europe: The very basis of a 500-year-old order are being shaken, with uncertainty ahead. The old order has collapsed, and a new one has yet to be built. The tremors continue. No deal holds between Iran and the US The agreement between ...
The Myth of NATO’s Umbrella By Mehmet Enes Beşer For decades, NATO has provided Türkiye with a type of strategic insurance by offering it its membership. The reasoning behind it is simple: Türkiye is located in a dangerous neighborhood, which is why it requires the protection of the strongest possible alliance. From this point of view, joining NATO makes sense ...
A historic and geopolitical perspective By Halil Özsaraç – Retired naval staff colonel, naval historian First published in the March 2022 issue of Teori magazine from Türkiye in Turkish, translated into English by UWI I don’t know whether children still fall for such simple tricks. In the past, children who wouldn’t behave were often frightened into obedience by an “imaginary ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s surprise visit to Russia topped the agenda. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s meeting with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew was another widely discussed development. Meanwhile, preparations for the NATO Summit to be held on 7-8 July in Ankara, continued at full speed. Foreign Minister’s visit to Moscow ...
Interview to Turkish TV Channel Ulusal Kanal On 7–9 July, Ankara will host the NATO Summit. In the run-up to the summit, UWI author, historian and political scientist Associate Professor Mehmet Perinçek assessed Türkiye’s multi-layered developments. On 6 June, a Turkish fishing vessel was sunk after being attacked off the coast of Sevastopol in Crimea. One Turkish citizen lost his ...
Speech of an Aybars Bilgicier, Chairman of the Vanguard Youth at the WAYU congress in Istanbul. By Can Aybars Bilgicier, Chairman of the Vanguard Youth (The youth wing of the Vatan Party from Türkiye) 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 ...
Posted by by United World International 7 Min Read June 23, 2026 The Vatan Party held a press conference on June 20 in front of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Fener in Istanbul. The statement was delivered by Istanbul Provincial Chairman İbrahim Okan Özkan. In his statement, Özkan said that the government had failed to respond effectively to Ukraine’s attacks ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week in Türkiye, the visit of Venezuela’s leader Delcy Rodríguez to Istanbul and her meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was the top in the national agenda. Another topic of the week was the developments within the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) following the ruling of “absolute nullity”. Foreign ...