Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Western media have described Sunday’s presidential election in Turkey as the most important vote in the world in 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was first elected Prime Minister in May 2003, and since then he has also been elected President. The election on May 14 is between […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was met at the airport by Prince Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz on May 18 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ahead of the Arab League summit. Prince Badr, who is the Deputy Emir of Makkah Province, walked with al-Assad into the reception room, where they sat […]
Lotfi Hassan Misto, who was killed on 3 May 2023 by a US drone strike in Syria. (Photo courtesy of the Misto family) The Cradle | May 19, 2023 After US military officials claimed to kill an important Al-Qaeda figure in Syria in an airstrike earlier this month, evidence from the dead man’s family indicates […]
MEMO | May 17, 2023 Ankara, on Wednesday, called on Germany to release Turkish journalists arrested in Frankfurt after reporting on the Fetullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkiye, Anadolu News Agency reports. “The detention of Frankfurt Bureau representatives of Sabah newspaper by the German police today, without justification, […]
Press TV – May 17, 2023 A Lebanese political expert says incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to get the support of people in urban areas in the recent election mainly due to his interference in Syria and the fallout of his intervention in the war. In an interview with the Press TV website, […]
By Alexandr Svaranc – New Eastern Outlook – 16.05.2023 Despite decades of sanctions imposed by foreign powers, the Islamic Republic of Iran has garnered tremendous experience surviving and thriving in isolation. Given Tehran’s political system, which is not so much a theocratic form of government as an independent course, is under attack by Iran’s adversaries, […]
Will Turkey’s eligible voting population of about 60 millions individuals chose for a return to democratic values and a supposedly secular system termed Kemalism or will they opt for a course of steady-as-she-goes, which would herald a return to a life determined by the Prophet’s example and the divine law that is Sharia?
Sputnik – 13.05.2023 ANKARA – Turkiye has no plans to wait until it is brought back to the US F-35 multirole fighter program, from which it was officially removed two years ago, and seeks a refund of $1.4 billion paid for the jets, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday. “We want out money […]
Observing the electoral process in today’s Turkey provides information that experts could not previously have guessed (or they were making their own assumptions without being able to confirm them). This refers to topics of primarily external nature rather than just to internal political interactions between the ruling party and the opposition bloc. The author is […]
RT | May 12, 2023 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu for claiming without evidence that Moscow is interfering in Türkiye’s upcoming elections. Erdogan claimed that the West, and not Russia, is “manipulating the elections in Türkiye.” “[Kilicdaroglu said that] Russia is manipulating the elections in Türkiye. Shame on you!” Erdogan […]
