A Quiet Opportunity for Regional Peace By Mehmet Enes Beşer People often toss around the word “peace” like it’s easy to build and protect and somehow the world’s problems vanish. But if you look past the flash, not much actually changes. Trust barely gets by. Military spending just keeps going up. There’s always some new drama in the world. So ...
A recent forum in Ankara presented optimistic evaluations, but there are stones on the road ahead. Relations between Türkiye and Central Asian countries are entering a new phase in the energy, trade, and transport sectors. At the Türkiye-Central Asia Forum in Ankara, experts and representatives from the region emphasized that cooperation has not only an economic dimension but also a ...
Can the OTS transcend symbolic gestures to address the complex interplay of historical grievances, environmental collapse, and governance failures driving unrest. By Mehmet Enes Beşer The autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan, nestled in Central Asia under Uzbekistan’s sovereignty, has long been a simmering cauldron of separatist tensions. Recent protests in 2022 against proposed constitutional changes—which sought to revoke the region’s autonomy—highlighted ...
United World International author Mehmet Perincek gave an interview to the Kazakh press about the 10th summit of the Organization of Turkic States, which was held in Astana on October 3, 2023. We present the interview, published in Russian, to our readers translated into English. The initiative of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to develop interregional trade and a common market ...
We are determined to make the process of participation to the Organization of Turkish States of the Islamic Republic of Iran successful. Vatan Party Chairman Doğu Perinçek held a press conference at the Vatan Party Headquarters in Ankara on April 19, 2023 at 13.00 and announced the Decision of the Vatan Party Presidential Board regarding the process of participation of ...
By Prof. Dr. Ata Atun * Leaders of the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus in the past and present have committed the same political error. They both assert that they wish to live in harmony and create a “so-called” single state with the Turkish Cypriots, and they are unafraid to take whatever measure to deny them the right to ...
By Prof. Dr. Ata Atun * The Cyprus issue, which has been on the table for the last fifty years, did not begin in 1974, as Greeks and Greeks claimed, and Türkiye did not occupy the island. The Greeks’ and Greek Cypriots’ deceptive black propaganda tries to show that Türkiye invaded the island of Cyprus in 1974 for no reason, ...
Hosted by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Ninth Summit of the Organization of Turkic States was held in Samarkand on November 11. During the Summit, The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has been admitted to the Organization of Turkic States as an observer member increasing the number of participant states in the Organization to ...
By Doğu Perinçek Chairman of Vatan Party (Türkiye) This is the second part of an articles series on the Organization of Turkic States and Türkiye’s approach to it. 2. Our policies on the Organization of Turkic States 2.1. Positive contribution to Turkic states, Asia and humanity We, as the Vatan Party, like the whole Turkish nation, welcome the unification of ...
By Doğu Perinçek Chairman of Vatan Party (Türkiye) Until today, Turkish states have been establishing organizations under names such as “Turkic Language States”. This is the first time unification takes place under the name “Turk”. We list the characteristics of the Turkish states and the policies of Vatan Party in two parts. 1. The common ground of Turkish states 1.1. ...