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We see more. Do we know more?
We have probably never seen this much of the world. A war breaks out thousands of kilometres away and, within minutes, it's on our phones. A war. A protest. An earthquake. An election. A historic moment unfolding in real time. Someone is there. Someone has a camera. Someone is live. We see everything. Or at least, we think we do. Because seeing something is not the same as understanding it. And perhaps that is one of the biggest challenges facing journalism today. The world does not need more content.
23 September 2026
Instagram chief's children don't use Instagram — so why should ours?
Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, in an interview he gave a few days ago, made confessions on a normal plane of thought that would drive all parents to take radical decisions for their precious children: "My children don't use Instagram." Just think... None of his three sons, aged ten, eight, and six, can touch the world's largest social media application that their father sits at the head of. So let us ask: Why does the man at the very top of Instagram so carefully shield his own children from
19 September 2026
Wasn't everything going to be fine?
In July 2024, Donald Trump was subjected to an assassination attempt at an election rally in Pennsylvania. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sent a letter to Trump, who escaped the attack with a light wound, conveying his wishes for a speedy recovery. Under the letter he shared on his social media account, Trump wrote in his own handwriting: "Mahmoud, very nice. Thank you. Everything will be fine. Best wishes." Mahmoud Abbas appeared quite hopeful about this reply. Trump took the presidential
19 September 2026
Zionism beyond Israel
I believe the question of what difference the distinction between Judaism and Zionism makes occupies the minds of many people. This was not even an issue that was dwelt upon before October 7, 2023. Of course, it has been spoken of and debated in certain circles. We can assume that those who follow the Palestinian cause seriously are familiar with such distinctions. The comments coming from our readers also show that those who find such a distinction unnecessary are in the majority. For this reason,
19 September 2026
This is an open conspiracy against the Mecca Pact
One. The US invaded Iraq and then left it to Iranian influence, opening the way for Tehran to become a regional power. Now we are watching a parallel process. Iran, which lost strategic ground in the Caucasus with the Karabakh victory and saw its regional depth weakened with the fall of the Assad regime, is now expanding in the south after the US-Israeli attacks. Of course, this was not Trump's aim. But he could not defeat Iran by military means. Iran, for its part, is trying to emerge from the
19 September 2026
British Jews and the 'Israel divide'
In the Western world, "pro-Israel politics" now loses elections. The shift in public opinion against Israel is also forcing governments to some extent to keep their distance from Israel. Because of the genocide in Gaza, Israel has begun to be treated as a "pariah," like the Republic of South Africa, where the "White Racist" regime once held sway. This is an irreversible process. In the US, bipartisan support for Israel has become limited to the centrist wings alone. Young voters in both parties
19 September 2026
Getting past Hormuz is not enough to end the war
While the Trump administration is spreading hope that the Iran war will end before the November elections, the pressure the conflict exerts on regional economies and the global financial system is taking on new dimensions. The Houthis' advance along the Yemeni coast and their attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure are deepening the gulf between Washington's calculation to reduce the war's impact and its regional allies' security concerns. Despite the Pentagon's statements that the Strait of Hormuz
19 September 2026
The Central Bank holds steady, but manufacturing is contracting!
The interest rate decision that the markets were eagerly awaiting was announced last Thursday following the Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. In line with the general market expectation, MPC members kept the policy rate—the one-week repo auction rate—steady at 37 percent. In taking this decision—that is, leaving the policy rate unchanged rather than cutting it—we see that the emphasis was mainly on energy prices. In the MPC text, it is emphasized that despite the continued
13 September 2026
Settler violence or settler terrorism in the West Bank?
While the meaningless agenda regarding the avoidance of using the concept of "settler" in Türkiye continues to exist, twelve European countries, including the UK, have decided to impose sanctions on illegal settlements in the West Bank. After this decision was announced, there were also leaders among Western leaders who showed the courage to call Zionist settlers in the West Bank terrorists. In this framework, concepts such as "settler violence," "settler terrorists," and "illegal settlements" were
13 September 2026
The ever increasing importance of alternative energy corridors
The global economy is facing a wave of energy crises caused by geopolitical risks. With the escalation of tension in the Middle East, the simultaneous riskization of the Strait of Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb, two of the most important routes of global energy supply, is changing the balance in the markets. Because in the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of world oil trade and a quarter of LNG shipments pass, risk and the Houthis' threats to commercial ships at Bab-el-Mandeb, the southern gate
13 September 2026
The West's ordeal with its "Zionist Frankenstein"
The number of illegal Zionist settlers in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank has surpassed 750,000. The West Bank and East Jerusalem did not become this way overnight. They were brought to this point step by step over decades. Western regimes bred a "Frankenstein" in the occupied territories, and now they are at a loss as to how to bring this monster they kneaded with their own hands under control. Twelve Western governments, led by the UK, France, and Canada, announced that they would impose
13 September 2026
Governing Gaza: It can't be Dahlan
The most fantastical of the theories put forward about Gaza's future and how it will be governed appears to have been put back into circulation these days: "Muhammad Dahlan, once one of the most powerful actors behind the scenes in Palestine, will return from his exile in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the moment the 90-year-old Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas dies, and seize power. Dahlan will govern Gaza along with the West Bank." In the details of the news spreading through whispers,
13 September 2026
How does the "Jewish mind" sink a brand?
YouTuber Ruhi Çenet's documentary "Hasidic Jews," published on August 26, reached 70 million views in a week. What actually made the documentary go viral were the methods developed to circumvent religious rules prohibiting work on Shabbat, the Jewish holy day. A phrase used by a Hasidic man—"The Jewish mind found a solution for this too"—quickly turned into a social media format. People around the world humorously applied the same sentence to absurd solutions they found for everyday problems while
11 September 2026
Europe's sanctions are not enough to liberate Palestine
The sanctions on Israeli settlements announced by 12 countries, including France, Spain, the UK, and Canada, carry the potential to create concrete costs for the deepening occupation. These decisions also mean that a principle European governments have long expressed only at the level of rhetoric is being put into practice for the first time. We are seeing the message that opposing the expansion of settlements must also have a counterpart in trade relations with Israel being put into practice. However,
11 September 2026
Where are their canton state maps now? Countries are now uniting! This is Türkiye's thesis! After Yemen, Kashmir?
During the Iraq invasion period, the plan of the US and Europe—the entire Western alliance—was this: to "weaken strong states and fragment large maps" across the entire Middle East, our geography. To render this geography even more ineffective and keep it under control in the 21st century through ethnic or sectarian divisions. To prevent the region from becoming an "actor" while the global system was being rebuilt. THEY WERE GOING TO ESTABLISH CANTON STATES, CITY-STATES! JUST LIKE DURING THE CRUSADER
09 September 2026
From economic encirclement to hot war: Washington's Iran strategy
On August 24, the Trump administration signaled its shift toward an encirclement policy by declaring an 'economic D-Day' against Iran, and has since shown that this strategy can be supported by military conflict from time to time. The resumption of American attacks a few days later, and Iran's retaliatory missile strikes on American bases in the region, indicate that low-intensity continuous warfare will proceed in tandem with the economic encirclement policy. In other words, Washington does not
06 September 2026
What shattered the fallacy that Israel is a safe homeland?
On October 7, 2023, the Palestinians plunged Israel into a major security crisis. On that day, one of the most fundamental promises of Zionism was called into question, and the thesis that Israel is a safe homeland for Jews began to be scrutinized. One of Zionism's most important theses was that Israel, built as a settler colonial structure, was a safe homeland for all Jews. Zionist leaders like Theodor Herzl attached great importance to the safe homeland thesis. In this way, it would be easier
06 September 2026
Zionists have always set their sights on Cyprus...
I had intended to write a column about the increasingly growing Zionist Jewish population in Cyprus in recent years. After completing my reading, I noted down on the Saturday, September 5 page of my agenda: "Subject: Israel-Cyprus." (I determine my column topics in advance this way and record them in my agenda. Unless there is an urgent development, I stick to my plan. This way, my mind operates within a certain order.) Then, last Saturday—August 29—I saw, with a beautiful coincidence, that this
06 September 2026
Zionists have zero shame left!
In the occupied West Bank, "Zionist-fascist settler terrorism" is intensifying day by day. Almost every day, Zionist terror continues to claim lives in the West Bank. Western administrations, meanwhile, try to manage the situation by imposing slow-motion sanctions on the Zionist-fascist settlers. These administrations separate settler terrorism from the Israeli government. They ignore the organic connections between the settlers and the Israeli government. Israel, which is carrying out a full-time
06 September 2026
We don’t just watch the news anymore. We live Inside it.
Think about how you found out about the biggest story this week.Chances are, you didn’t go looking for it. It found you. Maybe on Instagram. Maybe on X. Maybe through a WhatsApp message. Before you knew it, you had watched the video, read the comments and probably seen three different versions of what supposedly happened. That is news today. We don’t just watch it anymore. We live inside it. And working in media, I see this every day. A story can travel around the world before a newsroom has even
04 September 2026
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