Turkish Republic is 100 years old on October 29, 2023celebrated its 100th birthday. A hundred years ago Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence against Western occupying powers and their native collaborators declared the regime of the new Türkiye a republic, also marking the end of the six-century-long Ottoman rule. Türkiye
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on October 25 that he regards the Palestinian Hamas organization “not as a terrorist organization, but as a liberation group”. Devoting almost the entire parliamentary group speach to Gaza, Erdoğan said: “You cannot find any other country that bombs cities day and night with its warplanes, that sets buildings and
It is reported that Türkiye asked Hamas political representatives to leave the country on October 7, the day they launched an attack on Israel. Sources who asked not to be named confirmed YetkinReport the report by journalist Fehim Taştekin in Al Monitor, despite another Turkish source told Times of Israel that the report was “untrue”.
The chaos in the Middle East prevails as the İsrael-Palestinian conflict has merged into a war once again after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. Unfortunately, the bombardments and clashes last in its second week with a rising humanitarian cost. This environment, if prolonged, will have negative effects on Türkiye, which had been on the
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on October 17 that 500 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the Al Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital, which was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. Palestinian Deputy Health Minister Yousef Er-Rish made a statement in front of the dead bodies and ruins after the attack, saying that after
On Saturday, October 14th, marches for solidarity with Palestinian people and condemning Israel for civilian deaths took place in Istanbul (and many cities in Türkiye), as they did in many cities worldwide. It was the 7th day of the bloody clashes that began with the October 7 attack by Hamas upon Israel. Crowds of tens
The famous ancient tale “David and Goliath” appears in all three Abrahamic holy books, the Torah, the Bible, and the Qur’an. The tale depicts a young shepherd named David, who courageously confronts the Philistine giant warrior, Goliath. Armed only with a sling and a few stones, David, who was unlike his brothers not even conscripted
President Tayyip Erdoğan took a break from the cabinet meeting on October 9 to hold two important meetings. He spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Izak Herzog about the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent Israeli operation in Gaza. He expressed his regret over the civilian deaths to both
President Tayyip Erdoğan said “Türkiye is ready for mediation” after he spoke over the phone with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to demand an “immediate halt to attacks on civilians.” “I would like to emphasize that Türkiye is ready for any kind of mediation, including prisoner exchange if the parties request
The number of those killed in the Hamas attack on Israel on the morning of October 7 was more than 600 from both sides as of the late hours of October 8. In some Israeli towns, clashes between Israeli soldiers and police and Hamas militants who had infiltrated the Gaza Strip continued. The Israeli army