Turkish FM Fidan warns Talabani’s PUK in Iraq to distance itself from PKK
Hakan Fidan’s visit coincided with news that Iraq’s National Security Council had officially designated the PKK as an outlawed group.
PYD/PKK
Turkey’s Right to Self-Defense Requires Cross-Border Operations in Syria and Iraq
Since 2015, a total of 764 mortar attacks, rockets, and missiles have been fired from Syrian territory, targeting Turkey’s populous…
Turkish opposition ex-official gets 10 years in jail
A court in capital Ankara on Friday sentenced Aysel Tugluk, a former senior official of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party…
‘No civilians killed or hurt in Operation Olive Branch’
Turkish deputy PM says if Assad regime enters Afrin posing as PYD/PKK they will be targeted, militias will be targeted…
Erdogan tells Tillerson Turkey’s regional priorities
During their meeting at the presidential complex, Erdogan “explicitly” told Tillerson Turkey’s priorities and expectations from the U.S. on bilateral…
Turkey-US relations close to breaking, warns FM
Cavusoglu warned that, strained due to American support for the YPG in Syria, Turkish relations with the U.S. are close…
PYD/PKK kidnaps minority teens into battle
Isho Hanna and Elias Hanna, both aged 19, were on their way to university in Haskah when the Asayesh kidnapped…
PYD/PKK-Daesh cooperation in Afrin
In order to aid their fight against the Turkish Armed Forces and the Free Syrian Army, PYD/PKK released Daesh members…
New PYD military quarters in Faysh Khabur
According to a Turkish newspaper, the U.S. allowed the PYD to establish a new camp in Faysh Khabur – at…
VIDEOS
Nakba Survivors Speak: “The sky was our blanket and the ground was our mattress”
Politics Today
May 17, 2021
Palestinian refugees still long for returning to their towns and villages from which they were expelled in 1948. As Israeli bombs fall non-stop on Gaza, Politics Today spoke to four Nakba survivors. Nakba has started in 1948 but it has not stopped since then.
Exploiting the Female Body: The YPG Case
Politics Today
February 2, 2021
Women in the YPG are represented in the Western media with happy and pretty faces who fight for freedom, equality and democracy. However, this is a marketing strategy that conceals the fact that these women also suffer from depression, harassment, and exploitation. In this video, two experts, Huseyin Alptekin and Zeliha Eliacik, explain how the female body is exploited by the YPG.
Political Blocks in the Middle East
Politics Today
January 7, 2021
Major political shifts and divides are occurring today in the Middle East. There are alliances and blocks that emerged. This geopolitical restructuring is taking place in a multipolar world, where regional actors will depend more on their hard-power to secure their interest. Andreas Krieg, Ali Bakeer, and Giorgio Cafiero comment on the political blocks in the contemporary Middle East.
How Political Borders Are Redrawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East
Politics Today
December 7, 2020
Political borders are changing and re-drawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East. A revisionist paradigm predominates over the global politics and the status-quo of earlier decades is left behind. Sami al-Arian, Heba Raouf Ezzat and Adam McConnel comment on the changing political borders in contemporary international politics.
Kingdoms of Fire: The Political Backstage (Part I)
Politics Today
October 26, 2020
Kingdoms of Fire is funded by the UAE, directed by a British, and the satellite channel is owned by Saudi Arabia. It is more than just an art that has attracted so much attention due to its funders, timing, and giving a completely different narrative of history. In this video, three experts Dr. Heba Raouf Ezzat, Dr. Vehbi Baysan and Dr. Yenal Göksun explain the political background of this TV drama.
