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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
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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America is not surprising anyone in Syria!
The history of American foreign policy is full of examples in which Washington has used vastly different groups across different regions of the world, only to either leverage them later in a larger bargain or abandon them altogether once their usefulness expired. From Southeast Asia to Latin America, from Afghanistan to Iraq, non-state actors that have entered power struggles across a wide geography have learned firsthand that American support is not permanent. The developments unfolding in Syria
20 January 2026
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Seeing a place as a journalist
Being a journalist changes the way you travel—and honestly, it makes it more rewarding. Things move faster. Plans come together quickly. Someone always says, “Let’s go now.” Doors open, schedules adjust, and suddenly you’re somewhere you didn’t expect to be, learning things you didn’t plan to learn. There’s a rhythm to it. As a tourist, you follow the city. As a journalist, the city meets you halfway. You’re not just looking at places—you’re moving through them with purpose. Offices, studios, newsrooms,
20 January 2026
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The race for “Great Spheres of Influence” has begun!
The destinies of the Middle East and Latin America, just as during the Cold War, are once again becoming intertwined today. In 1953, a joint coup by the United States and Britain crushed Iran’s nascent parliamentary democracy. Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, was removed through this coup. The Shah, who owed his throne to the US and Britain, went on to rule Iran despotically. Similarly, in Chile in 1973, Salvador Allende—like Mossadegh, elected through democratic
19 January 2026
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Would Lindsey Graham fight a war in the name of any religion?
American Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, speaking to the press in Israel—the forward outpost of Zionism—once again says, “this is a religious war.” When we search the phrase used in the statement, “this is a religious war,” in English, some very interesting articles come up. One of them was published in The New York Times Magazine in 2021. Digital sources describe the author, Andrew Sullivan, as a “British-American conservative political commentator.” In the headline of Sullivan’s column, the
19 January 2026
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So what happens if Iran strikes Israel? A regional “Nuclear Shield” must be established
For no clear reason, the US and Israel pushed the entire world into a state of alert with talk of “attacking Iran.” Social unrest inside Iran was interpreted as “Iran is collapsing.” They were swept up by the enthusiasm of Iranian opposition groups and supporters of the Shah’s regime. When Israeli provocations and Trump’s careless statements were added to the mix, the entire region went on war alert. But there was no real preparation. The US, which spent a year preparing and amassing forces before
15 January 2026
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It is not just about Yemen, but Saudi Arabia’s return to the stage
Saudi Arabia’s (SA) unexpected reaction to the developments in eastern Yemen in the final days of last year suddenly exposed a grand plan that has been quietly taking shape across the Middle East. Within this revealed plan lay a story of betrayal, encirclement, and a so-called ally working for its own interests for a long time—at the expense of its other partners. In Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s long silence, which had surprised everyone, turned out to be part of a major plan that, in fact, everyone was
15 January 2026
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America’s immigration fight: from border security to internal conflict
The killing of Renee Good by an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officer in the state of Minnesota has had an effect that undercuts the Trump administration’s rhetoric about combating illegal immigration. The shooting death of Good—a U.S. citizen and mother of three—while she was trying to move away from the scene sparked outrage and significantly expanded anti-ICE protest actions. ICE, which is tasked on behalf of the federal government with ensuring border security, attempting in major
13 January 2026
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The tragedies of small states..
The “United Nations,” established after the Second World War, set rules precisely to prevent actions like what Trump did to Venezuela. Today, however, we are living in a period in which the rules-based, liberal international legal order has lost its function. The impunity enjoyed by genocidal Israel, and the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela—during which the country’s president and his wife were openly seized and abducted from their bedroom—have become the final nails in the coffin of this
12 January 2026
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Why is the UAE running a campaign to smear Islam’s image?
Information has begun to emerge indicating that the United Arab Emirates is directing and financing smear campaigns against the image of Islam in the West. At first glance, this appears quite surprising. After all, the UAE is an Arab and Muslim country, part of the Arab world. The sense of surprise stems precisely from this fact. One would not expect a country that is Arab, Muslim, and part of the Arab geography to be involved in negative approaches toward Islam and Muslims. Moreover, in the West,
12 January 2026
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“Ancient Neocons” became the United States’ source of inspiration!
As a curious student of history, the similarities between current events and those of the past strike me as highly intriguing. The scenery changes, but people largely remain the same. In my previous article, I likened the US intervention in Venezuela to the military intervention of the “Athenian Empire” against the island of Melos some 2,500 years ago. The “great power rivalry” between the “rising power Athens” and the “established power Sparta” ultimately led to war. Athens’ “Delian League” and
11 January 2026
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Why you should read ten pages out loud every day
Reading silently is good. Reading out loud is better. My dad always advised me to read ten pages out loud every day. He believed it would improve my communication. He was a skilled public speaker, and I saw how much of his impact came from clarity, tone, and confidence. Reading out loud trains your mind and your voice together. You notice each word, each sentence, and how ideas flow. Mistakes stand out. Confusing sentences become obvious. Your thinking sharpens, and your speech becomes more confident.
09 January 2026
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On what is happening in Venezuela...
Regarding what is happening in Venezuela, two possibilities appear to exist here. The first is that the neocons who emerged as the new elites of the United States failed to understand that the collapse of the Soviet bloc and the end of the Cold War stemmed from a global systemic crisis—one that would eventually strike them as well. They surrendered themselves to a state of victory intoxication. The second possibility is that, even if they did see this, they sought to overcome it by turning it into
08 January 2026
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The kidnapping of Maduro: Two approaches, two worldviews
The concepts of the West and Europe no longer point to a continent or a world that has resolved its internal contradictions. Differences rooted in nationality and religion—between Latins and Anglo-Saxons, or Catholics and Protestants—are once again being treated as meaningful categories due to rivalry and calculations of interest. This development renders the categories that have shaped our thinking for nearly two centuries increasingly dysfunctional. When we say that the familiar world is collapsing,
07 January 2026
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