İhsan Aktaş All daily Yeni Şafak Columns

27.07.2025, Sunday
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İhsan Aktaş

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Israel Has Undermined the Very Capacity of Western States to Function as States

26 Temmuz 2025, Cumartesi

In the post-9/11 era, the West built its international legitimacy on a carefully crafted narrative of “universal values.” These included democracy, human rights, the right to life, freedom of expression and political participation, access to food, and protections for women, children, and the sick. Added to this were norms like the Geneva Conventions, the laws of war, and international humanitarian law—principles that allowed the West to project moral superiority as the foundation of its political

Will the Stench of Colonialism Be Cleansed from Africa’s Scorched Lands?

08 Haziran 2025, Pazar

One remark by Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré deeply moved me:“Our generation can’t understand why we’re poor while sitting on such rich resources.” Africa has long been marked by military coups, most of which were brutally orchestrated by colonial powers. But this time, something different happened: the French were driven out of Burkina Faso completely. Traoré’s interviews with international media are followed with great interest and widely shared by young Africans. The President of Burkina

Iran's regional Theory of Chaos has collapsed

04 Ocak 2025, Cumartesi

Iran and Türkiye are two regional powers that operate on the thesis that by protecting each other, both states can continue to exist. This analysis should not be read through the lens of Türkiye-Iran relations, but rather as an examination of Iran's own regional strategy. Each country develops its foreign policy and security doctrine based on its geopolitical position, history, geography, power elements, and state capacity. Since the 1978 Islamic Revolution, Iran has adopted the strategy of "spreading

Shaping the Future of Migration and Asylum Policies in Türkiye

14 Kasım 2024, Perşembe

As a nation with an intense agenda, Türkiye often has to address issues in a single year that European countries may take a decade to resolve. This fast-paced approach isn’t limited to migration and asylum policies; similar pressures apply across many areas. For example, issues like the geopolitics of the Caucasus, the Syrian civil war, the Cyprus and Greece disputes, Libya and the Eastern Mediterranean, the Palestinian occupation and Israel conflict, combating terrorism and the PKK, relations with

Neoliberals and Globalists both suffered defeat after Trump victory

10 Kasım 2024, Pazar

The U.S. election has ended, and the world will feel its political impacts for a long time. A worldview that has led humanity into chaos, tampered with human genetics, normalized perversions while declaring the natural as illegitimate, and distanced itself from all values, has taken a significant hit. This Zionist globalist mindset, built on Jewish supremacist ideology, may sometimes seem like a conspiracy theory, but the American people made a decision that prioritized their own interests over

On the Path of Martyrdom: The Heroic Epic of Palestine and the Power of Resistance

19 Ekim 2024, Cumartesi

The meaning of martyrdom for the sake of God had been forgotten by many societies. Wars of independence bring forth countless unsung heroes. During World War I and the Turkish War of Independence, every province and region had hundreds of anonymous heroes with countless stories. Just the other day, Prof. Mazhar Bağlı spoke about the organized role of a mayor and tribes during the liberation of Urfa from French occupation. These historical truths can be seen in every region of our country and in

The Second Colonial Age Will Be the End of the West

09 Ekim 2024, Çarşamba

Western nations established a colonial empire that was always brutal and exploitative, treating Africans, Asians, and Latin Americans like slaves. They inflicted suffering on humanity, creating nightmares for billions of people for the happiness of 500 million. This horrific cycle never ended. During World War II, they suffered significant blood loss due to their own sacrifices, with 40 million lives lost. As a result, independence movements arose in territories occupied by the British, French,

Erdoğan's Revolution of Confidence

28 Eylül 2024, Cumartesi

Being a continuous leader in a country’s political life for a quarter of a century, maintaining power while ranking among the top five leaders despite having the world's 17th largest economy, and turning Türkiye’s regional power into a global influence is significant. From the UN podium, Erdoğan not only harshly criticized those responsible for the massacres and genocides in Gaza, as well as those who stood behind them and institutions like the UN that, with their outdated structures, were unable

The Turkish martyr of the Palestinian independence war

15 Eylül 2024, Pazar

Today, the Palestinian flag is flown more frequently around the world than the American flag. When Palestine eventually becomes an independent state, it will be one of the smallest countries in the world. Yet, half of the world's nations have rallied in support of Palestine. Throughout history, Jerusalem has been a sacred place for Jews, Christians, and Muslims. During the time of Caliph Umar, it became a part of Islamic lands, and after Mecca and Medina, it is the third holiest site in the Muslim

Will Iran give up on its regional chaos doctrine?

22 Ağustos 2024, Perşembe

The Iranian state, established despite the United States, re-emerged on the world stage after the 1979 revolution. The founding ideology of the newly formed Iranian state was fundamentally based on anti-Americanism. However, a closer look at Iran's official ideology reveals several key points that need to be examined more closely. The first argument underlying Iran's official ideology is the widely accepted belief in its opposition to the United States. Since the establishment of the Iranian regime,