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 ...
Interview with Kadem Özbay, President of the trade union Egitim İş. The fatal shooting of a school principal in Istanbul, attacks on teachers in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş, and a growing number of incidents involving threats, physical violence and intimidation in educational institutions have reignited a national debate in Türkiye: Why is violence increasingly reaching schools, institutions traditionally regarded as among ...
Opening speech held on the international WAYU congress in Istanbul. By Kayahan Çetin – Chairman of the Youth Union of Türkiye (TGB) 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 of Türkiye and its collaborators. The date is considered as the beginning ...
Beyond “Asia Pivot” By Mehmet Enes Beşer Türkiye’s engagement with ASEAN is too often treated as a diplomatic side quest—interesting, occasionally useful, but ultimately peripheral to the “real” arenas of power politics. That framing is outdated. In a world where tariff wars, industrial policy, sanctions, and geopolitical rivalry are reshaping markets faster than ministries can rewrite talking points, Türkiye cannot ...
Interview to Sputnik Türkiye The open letter sent by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with Putin’s response, has drawn international attention. In an interview with Sputnik Türkiye, Associate Professor Mehmet Perinçek discussed the obstacles standing in the way of the peace process, Türkiye’s potential role, and the ongoing debate over Zelenskyy’s legitimacy. Zelenskyy’s letter came shortly after ...
How is Türkiye gradually increasing its influence in the new global order? By Adem Kılıç, Political Scientist Türkiye has risen to become one of the most influential actors in the globally reshaping geopolitical order, particularly in recent times—both through its success in its strategy to eradicate the scourge of terrorism, which the West has inflicted upon it for half a ...
This process, tolerated in a manner contrary to the founding values of our country, has now taken an unacceptable dimension. By Selçuk Erenerol – Spokesperson of the Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate For a long time, the Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch has been continuously supported from home and abroad to fuel its betrayal, completely disregarding the laws of the Republic of Türkiye. ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week, at the top of Türkiye’s agenda was large-scale operations against ISIS and an armed clash that broke out during an operation in the district of Yalova. Another important item in the agenda was statements by Feti Yıldız, Deputy Chair of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), regarding developments in Syria. ...
Türkiye’s REE potential represents not merely a natural resource but an opportunity to drive a new industrial revolution, achieve energy independence, and build national defense capacity. By Serdar Ali Çavuşoğlu Introduction: The geostrategic weight of the “new oil” and the birth of the “rare earths era” Human history has evolved according to the raw materials that define the pinnacle of ...
Main political events in Türkiye in the last week. Last week in Türkiye, the agenda was as busy as ever. The visit of the Turkish delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, to Syria was at the top of the agenda. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the start of the domestic aircraft carrier construction process at a ceremony he attended ...