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We thought China was the last country where we weren’t embarrassed about freedom of expression, but thanks to the Instagram ban, we’ve learned we’ve managed to fall behind even them, according to Maruf Buzcugil’s article in Ekonomim newspaper. Instagram is also banned in China, but the Communist Party government turns a blind eye to university
In recent days, President Tayyip Erdoğan’s sole piece of positive news came from the National Intelligence Organization (MİT), which orchestrated one of the most comprehensive prisoner swaps between the USA, Russia, and Germany. However, following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on July 31, a stream of unfavorable news and decisions suggests that all
No official statement has yet been made regarding how Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran, where he was attending the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. However, several emerging scenarios are gradually taking shape. These scenarios primarily revolve around whether the attack was carried out from external or internal sources. On the
As a matter of fact I anticipated what MetroPoll research company’s July survey results would be. In my last conversation with company’s head Özer Sencar, I got the impression that according to the June results, Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) which had lagged behind in the March 31 elections, was starting to recover, while
First and foremost, we must not leave unaddressed the audacity of Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who suggested that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “is going down the path of Saddam Hussein,” of Irak. The political future of Erdoğan will be decided solely by the Turkish electorate through their votes. Katz, a minister under Benjamin Netanyahu,
On July 23, 2023, the US Congress opened a shameful chapter in the history of humanity and democracy. On the day when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was called as a guest of honor for the 4th time and received a standing ovation at the joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives, the
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers his fourth speech to the US Congress in Washington on July 23. News agencies highlight that President Joe Biden’s first meeting with a foreign leader, after withdrawing from the election race, will be with Netanyahu on July 25. Vice President Kamala Harris, whom Biden has endorsed as his successor,
President Tayyip Erdoğan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis were in Cyprus on July 20, on the same occasion but for completely different reasons. For Erdoğan and Türkiye, July 20, 2024, marked the 50th anniversary of the “Peace Operation”, as Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit called it in 1974 to liberate the Island’s Turks from massacres.
In Türkiye’s busy agenda, the visit of a high-level Turkish delegation to Niger on July 17 should be read as an important stage in the Türkiye-France rivalry that has recently come to the fore in Africa, beyond extensive bilateral contacts and agreements. The oil and gas agreements signed with the West African country of Niger
Donald Trump was shot during his campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 14. He sustained a minor injury to his ear, narrowly escaping death by mere millimeters. The shooter was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was killed at the scene by the Secret Service. The FBI, in their wisdom, has announced that they