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22.12.2024, Sunday
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Ersin Çelik

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The West's Race to Damascus and Türkiye's Strategic Stand

22 ديسمبر 2024, الأحد

When the Americans met with Ahmed Al-Shaara—whom they had labeled a terrorist and put a $10 million bounty on—we ran the headline on our website: “BROUGHT HIM TO HIS FEET FOR FREE.” Our newspaper followed up with the headline: “A DIPLOMATIC RUSH TO DAMASCUS.” Western countries were lining up to meet with Al-Shaara. Italian Prime Minister Meloni announced they were ready for dialogue. The German government sent a delegation. France stepped foot in Damascus for the first time in 12 years and raised

A Morning Brighter Than Snow: Syria's Dawn of Freedom

09 ديسمبر 2024, الإثنين

Last night, I went to bed with the intention, prayer, and hope that “God willing, by morning, Damascus will have been liberated.” On the morning of December 8, 2024, we woke up to this very news. Joy, gratitude, amazement, and excitement filled the air. For the past few days, I’ve been saying to a few people around me, *“I’m witnessing the most predictable and strategically orchestrated developments of my career.”* Let me be clear: for the past two months, I haven’t had the slightest doubt that

Bombs in Our Pockets: Will We Submit?

19 سبتمبر 2024, الخميس

We can’t simply label the explosions of beepers in Lebanon as "cyberattacks." Various horrifying scenarios will undoubtedly be written about Israel's unimaginable methods. According to recent news from American media and expert opinions on social media, the shocking impact of the beepers exploding on Hezbollah members is spreading across the globe exactly as Israel intended. The target wasn’t just Hezbollah, as with the genocide suffered by Gazans over the past 12 months. Israel is crossing a new

When will this pass?

30 يوليو 2024, الثلاثاء

The genocide in Gaza has surpassed 300 days. For ten months, every moment, a people are being slaughtered, a city is being destroyed. As Gaza endures one of the most severe genocides in history before our very eyes, we are left struggling. We have often asked, "What can we do?" and have frequently felt ashamed of our helplessness. We marched when we could, shouted slogans until our voices gave out, gathered, stayed up all night, and initiated boycotts. Yet, our efforts neither satisfied us nor halted

Germany's inferiority, deadly hatred, and that truck!

03 يوليو 2024, الأربعاء

The streets of Germany were impassable due to the overwhelming presence of Turkish fans celebrating football. I’m not exaggerating. While the Germans, as organizers, were managing the tournament, the Turks were masterfully commanding the public scene as a dominant minority. Despite our national team not being favored, their advancement from the Euro 2024 groups and reaching the quarter-finals was a significant football achievement. Meanwhile, the performance of Turkish fans in the heart of Europe

We do not want Zionist "citizens"!

31 مايو 2024, الجمعة

My apologies for that mistake. Here is your original text made to sound natural in English: I can hardly bring myself to say “Turkish citizen” and associate Zionists with Turkish identity. However, there are many Zionism supporters in our country. One of them, who has been the focus of our reactions since yesterday, is the writer Azra Kohen. Based on her surname, we thought she was Jewish, but she stated that she comes from a Muslim family. Her religion does not concern us. What concerns us is her

Our Bare Hands and Israel!

28 مايو 2024, الثلاثاء

On the night of May 26, a disturbing scene unfolded before us. Israel bombed tents housing displaced Palestinians in the area near the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) warehouses with warplanes. Dozens of people burned to death in the blazing tents. This atrocity was experienced by Gazans who had lost their homes, families, and survived countless bombings, being displaced multiple times. They sought safety near the UN warehouses in Rafah, a so-called safe zone. The International Court

Restricting access to X in Türkiye is only a matter of time

15 أبريل 2024, الإثنين

After being acquired by Elon Musk and renamed, but still referred to as Twitter by users, access to X in Türkiye is on the verge of being restricted. From what I've learned, bandwidth throttling is imminent for X. But before diving into the details, I'll provide a bit of personal insight. "I hope not to return." I closed my X account a week ago. It's something I've been contemplating for a while and mentioned to those close to me from time to time. Some didn't think it was possible, naturally saying,

Eid agenda: The blatant jet fuel lie

11 أبريل 2024, الخميس

This holiday, naturally, the main topic of conversation among family, friends, relatives, and social circles was the recent local elections. Most of my relatives and social circle are AK Party supporters. Their astonishment, sadness, anger, and disappointment were evident. We had plenty of discussions, and I heard many reasonable, logical comments. One of my uncles said, "Write this down: Before the evening prayers, we talked for a long time. I realized that most of our peers didn't go to vote.

The deadlock in the Istanbul mayoral elections...

27 مارس 2024, الأربعاء

With just one week left until the elections, Ekrem İmamoğlu has changed his tactics and rhetoric. He has sidelined both his party, the CHP, and Istanbul. He also seemed to panic a bit. In recent appearances, he portrayed a figure of a president who either couldn't remember his promises or didn't know why he made them in the first place. Naturally, his lack of awareness about Istanbul reflected negatively in the polls. İmamoğlu began soliciting votes not to serve Istanbul but to further his own political