Leyla İpekçi All daily Yeni Şafak Columns

EDITION :

Leyla İpekçi

Archive Column

Leyla İpekçi has been a frequent contributor to Yeni Şafak for years, penning columns on a variety of topics for the daily

10 columns listing

From Islamist terror organizations to loving hearts

Şub 04 2017, Cumartesi

Like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, there are some Muslims who frequently use the term, “Islamic terrorists”. In fact, this is the crux of our problems. On the one hand, of course, terrorism does not correspond with Islam, as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said. A believer's heart can never be a terrorist; the more radical they become, the more they love, so much so that he comes to be identified with Prophet Muhammad and a friend of God.On the other hand, however, there are terrorist orga

They didn't blame their own states as much as they blamed Muslims

Oca 31 2017, Salı

The anti-immigrant executive order signed and implemented by new President Donald Trump in America, the land of freedoms, founded by immigrants who came from different parts of the world, presents an amazing lesson to humanity.It is as if there were not thousands of millions of war victims in front of our eyes ever since the U.S. invasion on Iraq started in 2003 – add to this the invasion of Afghanistan, the Syrian civil war, the anti-Gadhafi period in Libya, the chaos in Yemen, et cetera.While

The main theme of new strategic alliances

Kas 26 2016, Cumartesi

The European Parliament (EP) has decided to temporarily freeze its negotiations with Turkey. This decision is political and sociological. The Turkish society is however happy that it is no longer under the EU's tutelage. It would be a waste for global companies to invest in researching on this perception. This fact has been embedded in the violence, terror, occupation, coups, tutelage and global instigation networks for tens of years. Besides; this did not happen all at once. Let us put aside th

The rest: Theory, analysis, survey, opinion, interpretation, idea, thought…

Eki 18 2016, Salı

Ever since we repelled the July 15 invasion attempt with an infinite will, we are expected to reconcile with the language of “human right diplomacy” as if the Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK), it's Syrian franchise Democratic Union Party's (PYD) and Daesh's terrorist states are not being established, as if civilians are not being massacred daily, like everything is on a normal course. We are being threatened by the blood shed by terrorist organizations, but we are expected to keep silent, seekin

How will the blockade on consciences be lifted?

Haz 28 2016, Salı

Today, in a global period which everybody is in alliance with everybody on certain issues and in dispute on certain others, we have no further knowledge other than rumor of what strategies are being planned with Israel through Egypt, Syria, Russia and Iran. Or other than the kind of expansion being planned toward the natural gas agreement mentioned by politicians. Also, for example, what kind of reciprocal measures may have been developed against terrorist organizations such as Daesh and the Dem

If love institutionalizes instead of hate...

May 17 2016, Salı

Last week we were in the Balkans, far from Turkey, where the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu encouraged the people to stage a bloody riot against the presidential system. We visited dervish lodges and friends and attended seminars organized by TİKA and the Yunus Emre Institute in Pristina, Prizren, Yakova, Ohri, Truga, Skopje, Kosovo and Macedonia. Two years ago, we hit the roads with the same intentions and visited a similar region.I would like to leave disc

American version of hatred for Erdoğan and its function

Nis 09 2016, Cumartesi

The first time I went to the US was through President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Washington. Since I actually left journalism long years ago, I did not take part in the airplane photo.Since I did not belong to any “neighborhood,” I did not consider such a thing. Closely watching a leader who was either loved very much or hated intensely, witnessing the force of attraction and repulsion surrounding him, how fury and beauty formed with those waiting for him in the streets affected me immense

The world as seen from Washington, DC

Nis 02 2016, Cumartesi

Just when I had let go of my youthful dreams of rediscovering America, I stepped foot on American soil at the age of 50. Besides, this visit was with the occasion of the President's critical Washington trip. Travelling on the President's plane with journalists, bureaucrats, and businessmen alone, meant impression, interpretation and observation within itself.My observations will of course be put down on paper, as I am one who focuses on the reflection of politics on society and immaterial dimens

Special representatives of the blood and hate strategy!

Şub 02 2016, Salı

I was reading an article on how “The U.S. special representative for the struggle against Daesh met with the YPG and Arab allies in Kobani,” which is ordinary news in a region where we live and breathe war. Suddenly my eyes were fixated on a space between lines. This government has always had special representatives deployed to different places in the world, since it has been a global actor. Why shouldn't it be a global actor for the struggle against Daesh!Whether strategic or not, it is routine

Justice, no matter what!

Eki 13 2015, Salı

Many, who, like myself, defended for years that Kurds were oppressed, voted for their party so that they can have representation in Parliament, brought up on the agenda – no matter what – the tyranny of the state in the 1990s through various channels during the opening and reconciliation processes, are today, greatly disappointed.As if to mock the steadfastness of the families and friends of soldiers and police, who, at the prime of their life, including children and civilians, were treacherousl

July 15

Jerusalem: The Story of a City

Ramadan

Election

Sport

Maltepe Mah. Fetih Cad. No:6 34010 Zeytinburnu/İstanbul, Türkiye

Corporate

Contact

LEGAL WARNING: BIST name and logo are protected under the "Protection Trademark Certificate" and cannot be used, quoted or changed without permission. The copyrights of all information disclosed under the name of BIST belong entirely to BIST and cannot be republished. Market data DirectFN Finansal Veri ve Teknoloji Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti. provided by. BIST stock data is delayed by 15 minutes.