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Will France and the UK Recognize Palestine?

30 Temmuz 2025, Çarşamba

France and the United Kingdom have issued back-to-back statements expressing intentions to recognize Palestine. It’s only natural that such declarations raise questions—especially about their credibility. And skepticism is warranted. After all, both countries were parties to the infamous Sykes-Picot Agreement, which laid the groundwork for today’s conflicts. That agreement fractured the Ottoman territories, divided them into smaller states, and paved the way for the creation of Israel. Britain spent

Is the UK orchestrating mass starvation in Gaza?

23 Temmuz 2025, Çarşamba

The myths built around Israel through Holocaust films and publishing efforts are rapidly unraveling. Zionists have shattered the imaginary world they constructed around Jews by subjecting Palestinians to a brutal system of colonial dispossession, ethnic cleansing, forced exile, and genocide. Today, much of the world is witnessing the consequences of Zionist Israel’s settler-colonial expansion in Palestine—and beginning to reassess its alignment with the Anglo-Saxon West. The mythology surrounding

Companies and universities in Israel’s West Bank settlements

09 Temmuz 2025, Çarşamba

In my previous piece, I analyzed UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s report based on its executive summary. I argued that the report’s use of specific, descriptive language—both in the summary and in the body—is crucial for accurately situating Israel and Zionism in their proper context. The significance of this language becomes clearer when we consider the impact of Zionist propaganda following World War II. In the Western world, Zionists succeeded in framing Israel through the lens of antisemitism

Zionist Israel is waging a proxy war on behalf of the United Kingdom

05 Haziran 2025, Perşembe

In this column, I'll try to show that Germany’s support for Israel isn’t directly tied to its historical guilt over the Holocaust committed against Central European Jews during World War II. It’s well known that the ideology of Zionism—aimed at establishing a new homeland for Jews on the Eastern Mediterranean coast—didn’t face resistance from Central European nations. In fact, Germanic and Slavic peoples of Central Europe played an active role in the founding of Zionist Israel. Like the Germans,

The Historical Significance of Barrack’s Syria Message and the Eastern Question

29 Mayıs 2025, Perşembe

A message from Tom Barrack, whom Trump appointed as the U.S. Ambassador to Ankara, has caught the attention of many. Barrack made an assessment about Europe, the U.S., and the Eastern world—that is, our Ottoman geography—over the past century. The introductory part of his assessment reads as follows: "A century ago, the West imposed maps, mandates, drawn borders, and foreign rule. Sykes-Picot divided Syria and a broader region not for peace but for imperial gain. This mistake cost generations. We

Who can accuse the expansionism of the futuhat period of being imperialist?

04 Mayıs 2025, Pazar

Among the common features of nationalist and Islamist movements in the Islamic world is their opposition to colonialism. In general, Marxist movements also share this anti-colonial stance, which aligns them in this regard with nationalist and Islamist movements. However, the groups representing these three movements differ in how they are practiced across various countries. These differences become even more apparent in more distant regions. One notable example is how Marxist groups relate to religion.

Palestine: Revolt, Rebellion, and the Muslim World's Identification with the Uprising

30 Nisan 2025, Çarşamba

Although Israel achieved many of its short- and medium-term goals from the 1920s onward—when the Zionist project first took on concrete form—it has ultimately fallen short of its long-term objectives, despite backing from global superpowers. This might sound surprising to many, but it's important to remember that the Zionist movement’s ambitions in the 1920s extended far beyond the borders that Israel has reached today. Unfortunately, thanks in part to the work of well-known historians in Türkiye,

The Western global order is unraveling in Palestine

25 Nisan 2025, Cuma

The Palestinian people's active resistance, which began under British mandate rule, has continued without interruption. The Palestinian struggle, particularly concentrated in Gaza through Hamas, has naturally seen its ups and downs over the past century. Zionist Israel and its supporters have repeatedly believed they had broken Palestinian resistance and achieved their goals. Yet just as often, we've witnessed astonishing rebirths of resistance in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem that have

What to make of ethnic cleansing in Palestine?

17 Şubat 2025, Pazartesi

In 2005, when Israel was forced to withdraw from Gaza, settlers also evacuated their illegal settlements. Ariel Sharon played a major role in this decision. The departure of Zionist settlers from Gaza was a significant development. However, after this, Zionist Israel began implementing a new plan: Gaza was placed under blockade. Even the food supply for Palestinians was calculated, and every possible measure was taken to make life difficult. The Zionists believed that Palestinians would not be able

What did the Palestinians achieve in Gaza?

27 Ocak 2025, Pazartesi

After the ceasefire agreement was signed in Gaza, Israel continued targeting ordinary people in the West Bank. This is hardly surprising. As a colonial outpost for Britain and the U.S. in the Eastern Mediterranean, Israel views these attacks as necessary for its strategic goals, which are rooted in settler expansionism. Even while the genocide in Gaza was ongoing, settler groups in the West Bank had already begun plotting their next moves for Gaza. TRT World’s documentary Sacred Occupation provided