As the world rapidly returns to a period defined by traditional power balances and violence, it is imperative that we strengthen ourselves across all domains, from the economy and military power to science, technology, art, culture, and the quality of human capital. To achieve this, we must urgently resolve our internal issues and focus on
Artificial intelligence technology, the escalating severity of climate change, new types of hybrid warfare, the rollback of globalization, the mobilization of culture, art, and civil society, international terrorism, and the re-division of the world into new poles are driving us toward a vastly different world. In such a world, just as war is too important
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is scheduled to visit Washington to meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken within the framework of the Turkey-US Strategic Dialogue Mechanism meetings on March 7-8, diplomatic sources confirmed to YetkinReport. Meanwhile, intelligence sources announced on March 4 that the head of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT), İbrahim Kalın, also
On the evening of February 7, a car exploded and caught fire in Mashtel, a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad. Shortlye thereafter, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed responsibility for the airstrike in a statement; it was in retaliation for the killing of three American soldiers in a drone strike on January 28 against the secret
If asked how we remember 2023, we would probably say that we are glad it is behind us. Unfortunately, 2024 doesn’t look any better. But haven’t we also used such expressions for the past years? The years when the world was free from war and conflict are few. Nevertheless, what we call major war have
“We are making the wall impassable,” says Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya in an interview to YetkinReport, adding “We have prevented 88,854 people from crossing the Syrian border since we took office. We have audio recordings of smugglers that we listened to with a court order; there are those who tried 15 times and complained of
As the leaders of G20 countries are getting ready to go to Indonesia to have their first face-to-face meeting after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Türkiye found itself without an envoy in Jakarta, right in the middle of preparations for the summit due to take place on November 15. Professor Aşkın Asan, a former parliamentarian
Türkiye’s National Football Team was pooled with Armenia along with Croatia, Wales and Latvia as the ten UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying groups have been confirmed following the draw in Frankfurt on October 9. The draw reminded a diplomatic phenomenon from back in 2008 as Armenia and Turkey had been pooled in the same group in
Back-door diplomacy between Syria and Turkey has been accelerated, a Turkish newspaper columnist reported, adding that “one-to-one talks are being held”. “Recently, back door diplomacy between the Damascus Regime and Ankara has accelerated. Negotiations are taking place one after the other,” Hande Fırat, Hürriyet Newspaper columnist wrote on Sep. 20 in her op-ed. Fırat stated