A wide ethnic geography that we call the Arab world has continued to be the main core of a wider world of faith called the Muslim world since the first days of Islam. There are a few reasons for this. Primarily, the prophet of this sacred religion
Syrian regime leader Bashar Assad’s maternal cousin Rami Makhlouf released videos last week voicing his open criticisms aimed at some of the regime’s action
They wrote throughout Istanbul's streets, “The oppression began in 1453,” in reference to the year Istanbul was conquered. <p class="non-card" data-card
We are leaving behind a tough year. The fire enveloping the southeast, the urban wars alone are enough to describe 2015 as a problem year. This is a field of fire in which the organization turned its back to politics and the state is u
A racist, fascist, anti-Muslim so and so; in summary, a man who is up to his neck in bad ideas. But, he has a very colorful character. Who? Donald Trump; the Republican Party candidate...<
The consumption culture and culture industry, one of the most important elements of this culture, is literally constituting an “order of oppression”. We sho
The renewal of Hamas's primary declaration was expected to have a tremendous impact worldwide, and that is exactly what happened. It had risked being punished by having its election results rejected by the structure – the U.S., Russia, EU and the U.N
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a meeting yesterday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to find a permanent solution to the Idlib crisis. My first observ
The most successful and effective war propagandist in the world was Hitler’s right hand, Joseph Goebbels.<p class="non-card" data-card-id="0f8fa245-5370
U.S. Special Representative for Syria James Jeffrey’s deceit can clearly be read on his face. He is running wild at the peak of insolence. Who can call him
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
As the number of people who lost their lives from coronavirus in the U.S., which has become the epicenter of the globa
Discussing something that is "wrong" and wrongfully discussing something are not one and the same.<p class="non-card" data-card-id="2a22f115-034d-475a-1
It seems that Trump’s controversial decision has quieted down on Christmas Eve. At the UN General Assembly, almost the whole world gave the necessary response to the U.S. by rejecting its decision. I said almost because we know why those abstained
Once again a perverted murderer. This time he is not from the very developed Northern European countries such as Sweden or Norway which are well-known for high suicide rates. He is from the very developed U.S. which the world, including some of ou
There has been an unusual struggle on the European front in recent weeks. The debate over the draft budget plan prepared by Italy's new government turned in
The US and European countries, which bracket both sides of the Atlantic, exploded the democratic movements in Muslim countries for their innermost historical fear of Islam, or Islamophobia. The prejudiced attitude of the Christian west against
It’s supposedly the deal of the century, the peace plan of the century...<p class="non-card" data-card-id="bca4e63e-c4f7-4d9f-2b95-cc7bea80ad6e" data-ca
One police officer pinned down a black civilian with a knee to his neck and killed him. Ruthlessly! What’s more is that he was aware he was being recorded!<
We are talking about the vital point of the Syria issue. The Astana process, which represents rapprochement between Turkey Iran and Russia, has crashed into
Turkey has achieved many successes in its fight against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorism. By getting rid of the terror elements in the Turkish Armed
Turkey’s agreement with the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya completely changed the trajectory of a process that had been ongoing on the field f
I laugh a lot at those Sublime Porte* idiots. They always come to the scene in great hope with a new scenario. They lose it every time, but never question themselves where they made the mistake. For them, the people are idiots, pasta, coal
Following the decisions announced at the Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) on Aug. 1, five generals serving in the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) had resigned. The
“Behind closed doors, they are saying ‘Turkey was right.’ When compared to Khalifa Haftar, they are saying that Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj of the Govern
It certainly draws your attention that all the parties are updating their profiles through piety during these numbered days leading to the ballot box. So is this situation surprising to us? No! As long as we don't elaborate on the dif
There is a price for everything that we use for comfort and people in some unknown part of the world are paying this price. Since everyone cannot become rich and since the rich cannot give up their wealth, the burden of poverty must be loaded upon
In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, a new era has been ushered in for the global economy. While many economic and social indices have been revised, ne
I recently read an exemplary piece of writing that depicts how Israel is engaging in a long-term plan to infiltrate China. One of the report’s sources is Na
There is enormous change in the world's sociology including the U.S. and Europe's sociology. It is not easy to understand and analyze this change as we are still in the middle of change. Change is in process and it is yet to complete itself. Therefor
Muslims are either locked up in camps or hit with bombs all over the world. . . They are slaughtered, ostracized, marginalized, sent into concentration camp
Turkey has long since expressed its thoughts and attitude regarding Syria and Iraq. Ankara time after time stated what sort of a future the sectarian approach of the Maliki regime in Baghdad would drag Iraq into; and what sort of a state the blood
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who could not be deputy in the Nov. 2, 2002 elections because of a court ruling on him, participated in the deputy renewal election held in Siirt province on March 9, 2003, when the obstacle preventing him was lifted w
A Muslim is one who believes and submits to Allah, in other words, one who does not only have faith, but also abides by His orders and prohibitions, or at least accepts to abide by them. One's degree of Muslimness depends on how much they abide by th
Yes, I'm making a generalization and I'm not abstaining from it. The Western civilization is framed by a triangle of blood, fire and death. The context of this frame is formed by two-facedness and double standards. We had repeated our
The Greek Administration of South Cyprus is trying to suppress Turkey’s rights in the Mediterranean with support from the Western colonialist mentality. Tod
The rumors circulating that the U.S. is going to withdraw its defense systems and warcraft from Saudi Arabia; the prisoner exchange with Iran; the United Ar
The article the previous day was to bid farewell to 2018 and today's article was supposed to ring in 2019. It did not happen, because, once again, we were l
Can the disagreement between the U.S. and Russia over the Syrian crisis be the reflection of the bigger agreement? It is interesting how both countries can stay in Syria through disagreement. Turkey should discus
According to Orhan Kabibay, who is following all coups like a shadow, the March 12, 1971 coup is an “orbit correction movement.” It is a movement to set Turkey, which is about to leave its orbit, into a new orbit. Gen. Çevik Bir, a
WADJDA AND UM HAROUN “Wadjda,” a 2012 production, is Saudi
The saying of Prophet Muhammed "God is beautiful and He loves beauty," sums up an essential part of Islamic aesthetics: Beauty is a divine quality and it is manifested in everything that is beautiful. Given the deepening ugliness of the modern world
Nearly everybody likes Rumi, and knows him too... I cannot say there will not be a soul who does not like him. There must be. Actually, it is a good thing that there are. For a saint, not having any deniers is seen as a deficiency. A saint is
DATE: Nov. 14, 2015 “President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gets news from Georgia where he has gone for an official visit to hold accession talks. At a time when he is at his most powerful and is taking the world by storm, where did the over
We are witnessing a war between goodness and evil, beauty and ugliness, mercy and ruthlessness, morality and immorality, faith and denial. This is a tough struggle. Any evil might be expected from a rascal who places a bomb under a table and explodes
Comments are continuously written and issued about the prediction of a chaotic atmosphere in the Middle East by a number of lobbying and power centers known as Neocon-Evangelists. According to the West, the heart of the Old World, called the Middl
In many countries (especially in the EU), it can be observed that even though it has been 10 years since the 2008-2009 global crisis, the recession created
The imperial superior mind, its tin soldiers; the Parallel Structure, PKK and Iran have lost the war they waged on Turkey since 2011. They have tossed the sponge in too soon. Their attempt to poison Turkey wasn't successful.
Names are passing before our eyes. It writes "miner" on his helmet. Numbers follow one after the other.. 151-250-284…. charts pass by the screen. The presenter ticks off the "transformer", pointing out at the flames spreading into the mine. S
Ethnic cleansing is one of the most ordinary crimes in the world. We should be against ethnic cleansing regardless of wherever and whoever and against whom it is committed. We should try to end this crime as if annihilating an epidemic.<b
We have already toppled the first half of this year. Naturally, the estimations over “what the next year will bring us” accelerated considerably. While some are saying that next year will bring improvement, a wide segment is estimatin
God created humanity, never turned them adrift, and through his prophets, he has shown humanity the path of truth. God didn't even deprive His Holiness Adam, the first man, from this blessing, and assigned him also as a prophet since there were no ot
Books about entrepreneurship in the future will contain the lessons we should have learned today. For the past 20 years, entrepreneurship became more solid with its borders and earnings. Beyond politics and economics, the Greek crisis is an important
Libya of course is of vital essence to Turkey in terms of its geopolitical location. <p class="non-card" da
In addition to the training of qualified workforce required by law enforcement at the Police Academy, both academic and field studies are ongoing with rega
In an article I wrote for this column shortly before self-isolation, I had mentioned the possibility that this year Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to M
We are not the only ones anxiously awaiting the results of the Istanbul mayoral election: the world’s oppressed people are just as curious. I have been rece
There are many topics written and discussed on the last period of the Ottoman Empire. One of these is that after World War I, borders were drawn based on oi
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