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Epstein Files: Transparency promises, political realities, and November scenarios
The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has taken center stage in American politics in recent months. Despite dramatic developments in foreign policy matters involving Venezuela, Greenland, and Iran, the Epstein files remain the top item on the agenda. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed by Congress in November 2025, requires the Department of Justice to release all non-classified documents related to Epstein, provided the identities of victims are protected. After resistance from both President Trump
12 February 2026
The "mind-bending" decade has begun: The US will regionalize. Europe is in a state of panic. Israel is in its final days.
The Soviet Union once ruled half the world. It realized it could no longer govern, and in 1991, it collapsed. The US and Europe ruled the entire world. In 2026, they were forced to admit they can no longer govern it. The West, after sinking the Soviets, became the sole owner of the world. Aside from themselves, the entire world was now their "backyard." Global power was in their hands. The world's resources were in their hands. Countries and nations were in their hands—hostage to them. THEY DID
11 February 2026
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A state of being undefined
In a statement made in January 1968, Harold Wilson, the Labour Prime Minister of Great Britain, declared that "British soldiers would completely withdraw from east of the Suez Canal." Britain had previously used the method of "releasing countries from colonial status while maintaining ties to itself," and in this way had managed to withdraw from many countries in distant regions of the world with minimal losses. Upon leaving, it had neither neglected to establish economic connections nor failed
10 February 2026
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‘Any Given Sunday’: The clash of nationalism and multiculturalism at the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl carries a meaning far beyond being the final game that determines the American football champion. In addition to being a social and cultural celebration ritual, it also corresponds to one of the iconic moments of the show business industry. In recent years, as the Super Bowl has become one of the main fronts of social polarization, the announcement that Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny would perform this year’s halftime show had already made it clear that a political message would be
10 February 2026
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Is the British part of the Epstein web unraveling now?
Lord Mandelson, who was removed from his post as the UK’s Ambassador to Washington due to the dubious relationships revealed in the documents of the conspiring pervert Jeffrey Epstein, had also resigned from the Labour Party. Mandelson had played a leading role in uprooting Jeremy Corbyn—whom the “Israel Lobby” had declared an enemy—and his supporters from the Labour Party. Another actor in the lynching campaign against Corbyn was Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney. Starmer’s
09 February 2026
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Who runs the world?
It has been almost forty years since the book "Judaism and Freemasonry" was published under the pseudonym Harun Yahya. When this book was first published, it made a big splash; we could see it almost everywhere at that time. I had also glanced at its content a few times. Years later, I can better explain why I did not want to read the book signed by Harun Yahya. The books I had read up to "Judaism and Freemasonry," the magazines I followed, and our discussion topics were in a certain direction.
08 February 2026
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How liberation became marginalism: the Epstein connection
One pillar of the liberation fetish that emerged in the post-Cold War era is cultural liberation. The aim driven by this is the dismantling of national/societal structures. These demands claim that the national structure is essentially an artificial formation, that historical cultural entities are suppressed within it, and that their eradication is sought. Therefore, what must be done is their liberation as well. Particularly, numerous dossiers are opened on an ethnic basis. The propellant, the
08 February 2026
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The Epstein Archaeology!
Three million more pages from the "Epstein Documents," vetted by the US Department of Justice, have been released. It is noted that there are another 3 million documents deemed unnecessary to publish. The documents, spilled out indiscriminately, without a specific context, like a bursting flood, raise more questions than answers. Journalists are trying to understand, like digging a well with a needle, who the pervert Epstein—now a dead man—really was and what kind of network he was a part of. Epstein
08 February 2026
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Has the expected response come from Tehran?
To understand the trajectory of US-Iran tensions, it would be appropriate to look back at the 12-Day War in June, as there are many similarities with current events. To grasp the developments, I have revisited my notes from that time and tried to look behind the scenes of what is happening today. What is going on? Has the expected response from Iran arrived… Let me explain. IRAN HAD TRUSTED THE US One. Before Israel struck Iran on June 13, diplomatic traffic was underway between Washington and Tehran.
04 February 2026
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Can Trump change the election system?
In a conservative podcast, Trump sparked a debate that raised concerns about election security by stating that Republicans should seize and nationalize elections. He had previously suggested that elections were ‘unnecessary,’ a statement the White House later dismissed as an obvious joke. Last week, the FBI—with the participation of the Director of National Intelligence—conducted an operation to retrieve 2020 ballots and records from Fulton County, Georgia, demonstrating Trump's persistent claim
04 February 2026
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Syria: A litmus test for humanity
The comprehensive report titled “Syria Report: Insights, Proposals, and Solutions,” prepared in collaboration by the Cihannüma Association, the Human Rights and Freedoms (İHH) Humanitarian Relief Foundation, and the Digital Memory Association, was introduced to the public last Saturday at a well-attended event hosted by Istanbul Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University. The program began with an overview of the report by Prof. Dr. Abdülkadir Macit, Coordinator of the Cihannüma Theoretical Inquiries
04 February 2026
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Trump moves forward in the fog..
Having built up a major military presence in the Gulf, Trump says he will resort to military intervention if Iran does not accept U.S. conditions. Türkiye, Egypt, and Qatar, meanwhile, are working to establish a genuine negotiating table between the U.S. and Iran in order to prevent war. Israel, American neocons (the two are the same), and mainstream hawkish Republicans argue that Iran is at its weakest moment and want Trump to deliver the final blow. Trump is hoping that Iran will raise the white
03 February 2026
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Trump's tough test...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration policy—over which policy adviser and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller appears to exercise near-exclusive authority—treats Latin immigrants in the United States, whether present through legal or illegal means, as if they were hardened criminals.In practice, these measures appear to have turned into a form of “mass deportation” through racial profiling carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which operates under the Department
31 January 2026
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One thing at a time
Strength and knowledge do not grow when we scatter our attention. They grow when we focus, when we dedicate ourselves fully to one thing at a time. Imam al-Ghazali, one of the greatest thinkers in Islamic history, was once asked how he wrote his masterpiece, Ihya Ulum al-Din. His answer was simple: "At any given time, I worked on only one chapter, one topic, one issue." There is a lesson in this simplicity. To truly learn, to grow, and to achieve, we must give ourselves fully to a single task. Whether
30 January 2026
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The demographic crisis of the American Dream
The latest U.S. census data show that as of the end of June 2025, population growth has fallen to its lowest level in American history. Since the 1990s in particular, net migration has made a significant contribution to population growth, but the most recent data indicate a sharp decline in net migration. Low birth rates, experienced in many countries around the world, are also being seen in the United States, but this is not the main factor behind the slowdown in population growth. Although population
30 January 2026
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A belated confession in Davos
President Erdoğan’s “One Minute” outburst at the 2009 Davos summit went down in history as a stance that exposed the injustice of the international order and Israel’s privileged position within the system. Having said that he would never return to Davos, Erdoğan must have seen—ironically, in the debates at the most recent summit—that Davos has now arrived at the very point he articulated back then. Canadian Prime Minister Carney’s speech stood out as the clearest example of this. Admitting that
27 January 2026
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Domestic developments putting pressure on Trump..
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaking at the “Davos Forum,” not only declared the rules-based, liberal international order dead, but also explained “what this order really was.” Carney places more responsibility on the U.S. and Trump than on anything else for the death of the international order. However, he does not say much about what kind of order should replace the old one. Carney proposes “values-based realism” for “middle powers” such as Western European countries. Yet Carney’s realism
26 January 2026
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A belated confession!
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the global system’s main debate platform, left a strong mark on the agenda. Carney said that the Western-centered, rules-based, liberal international order has collapsed due to the “Trump effect.” I added the phrase “Trump effect.” Because Carney did not mention Trump by name in his speech. Yet Carney’s arguments were clearly linked to the shock caused by Trump’s initiatives regarding Canada and Greenland. Israel’s
25 January 2026
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What did the threat to occupy Greenland achieve?
President Trump, who argues that the United States must acquire Greenland one way or another for America’s security, chose to soften the occupation threat by saying in Davos that he would not resort to a military option. Trump, who had announced an additional 10% tariff on European countries opposing the U.S. acquisition of Greenland, also said after his Davos meetings that he was, for now, backing away from this step. It is said that Trump softened his stance in return for Europe’s principled acceptance
22 January 2026
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Why did the US and Israel abandon the PKK? Türkiye succeeded. Erdoğan succeeded. Where are those who threatened Erdoğan?
After US Ambassador Tom Barrack’s statement that “we no longer need the YPG,” followed by Trump’s remarks to the effect that “we helped them a lot, and it didn’t work,” the PKK/YPG has effectively ended—it is history.An organization that occupied Türkiye for decades, served as the vanguard of Syria’s fragmentation, acted as the armed enforcer of US and Israeli interests in the region, and became one of the main drivers of geographic instability has now passed into history. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WEAPONS
21 January 2026
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