Balkan Daesh Fighters in Numbers
Some of the highest numbers of foreign fighters joining Daesh came from the Balkans, and these states now face the huge challenges of dealing with returned fighters and their families.
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The maritime deal has significantly redrawn boundaries within the Eastern Mediterranean, and will strengthen Turkey’s position in ongoing negotiations in…
Bosnian Genocide Denier Peter Handke Receives Nobel Prize in Literature
Despite strong international criticism, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Austrian author Peter Handke. Handke’s open denial of…
‘Happiness Means Fighting’: Haluk Bilginer’s Long Road to Emmy Award
Turkish Actor Haluk Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards, for his performance in the…
Who Was James Le Mesurier of the White Helmets?
Le Mesurier is largely seen as the co-founder of the White Helmets, and the loss of such a major advocate…
Mazloum Kobani Is Becoming another Thorn in US-Turkey Relations
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Despite President Donald Trump repeatedly saying that US troops are staying in Syria in order to ‘secure the oil’, data…
Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi postponed
President Erdogan warned that Turkey cannot share a platform with any terrorist organization which poses a threat to its national…
No arms to PKK/PYD: Turkey awaits US to keep its word
Turkey is yet to come out of its decades-old fight against the PKK, and thus the creation and support for…
Suu Kyi runs past Trump to win Islamophobia Award 2017
The Islamophobia Awards is hosted annually by the Islamic Human Rights Commission, a non-profit organization established in 1997. It hosted…
Hezbollah’s anti-Arab position “unacceptable”
Hariri’s resignation announcement put Lebanon into a state of uncertainty and had the potential to submerge the country in Middle…
Nov. 27: daylong mourning in Tukey for Egypt’s terror victims
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NATO posts another apology to Turkey
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Syrian opposition to send united delegation to Geneva
Opposition groups fighting against Bashar al Assad and allies in Syria agreed on Friday to send a united delegation to…
PKK/PYD preventing Syrian Kurds to return home
For the Syrian Kurds, the YPG is not just an organization that fights Daesh in Syria as claimed by the…
Erdogan, Putin & Rouhani agree on preserving Syria’s territorial integrity
The National Dialogue Congress aimed at “gathering delegates from various political parties, internal and external opposition, ethnic and confessional groups…
The Atlas of Islamic Thought
After three years of intensive work, the Atlas of Islamic Thought project, has finally come to an end. This project…
Turkey to receive first S-400 in 2019
Turkey’s National Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli told parliament’s Planning and Budget Committee that “the first delivery of the S-400 air-defense…
Turkish Red Crescent to support 1,500 Palestinian Families
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Turkey and Islamic Development Bank sign deals worth $500M
Giving information about the IDP, Hajjar said that IDB partnered with COMCEC in order to address issues such as rapid…
“Butcher of Bosnia” jailed for life
Ratko Mladic, 74, has been convicted by a U.N. tribunal in The Hague on charges of genocide and crimes against…
Hariri returns to Lebanon for first time since resignation
“Today I presented my resignation to the president and he urged me to hold onto it for more dialogue about…
President Erdogan gives important messages at COMCEC
“Who are the winners of weapon orders given by Islamic countries from the West? Who benefits if brothers turning themselves…
