In 2001, Jim O’Neill1 identified four emerging countries likely to become the world’s leading economies by 2050. Brazil, Russia, India and China had adopted a market economy and embarked on reforms (in the field of education, foreign direct investment and business start-ups) to integrate into the global economy. In 2006, the four nations decided to…
Against a difficult economic backdrop, Turkey’s April agenda is a busy one. Despite this, President Erdoğan is seeking to position himself as a key diplomatic leader in the region. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues his dangerous balancing act. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s statements on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s imminent visit to Turkey are a reminder of…
PALESTINE, USING BY REGIONAL POWERS? During Ottoman period, Palestine has been under Turkish authority for 400 years. After Ottoman Empire’s collapse in 1923 and a period under British mandate, a Partition Plan was voted by the UN General Assembly on 29th November 1947. This Plan recommended the creation of independent Arab and Jewish States. Palestine…
To approach Africa in a general way would be incorrect. Indeed, 55 states share a territory of 30 million km² on two hemispheres. Climate, culture and history of each country are therefore very different. Although its environment could be considered as inhospitable in a health or climatic point of view. Africa remains very attractive to…
Türkiye : a major exporter of TV series According to a survey by Eurodata, Türkiye is the world’s second-best exporter of tv series after the United States and before South Korea. Its series or « Dizi » are aired in at least 150 countries, first in Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, then extensively in Latin…
Türkiye: the stowaway in the economic sanctions against Russia In a conflict, the first actions taken by belligerents are first and foremost economic in nature. The aim is to weaken the opponent before a potential military engagement or better, to avoid it. The efficiency of these complex actions depends on the coherence of the countries…
The collapse of the Ottoman Empire gave way to a new religious movement embodied by the Muslim Brotherhood, founded by the Egyptian Hassan el-Banna. This movement, considered a terrorist group by the Arab Republic of Egypt, came to power in 2012 following the Arab Spring. Turkey supported the movement represented by Mohamed Morsi. The Muslim…
Last week on Saturday night, took place the Eurovision song contest. Loreen from Sweden has won for the second time. It was also the 10th year since TRT announced Türkiye would no longer participate. And yet, Turkish public used to love this contest and its flamboyant show. So why did Türkiye left the contest, and…
Everyone remembers the earthquake in August 1999, near Istanbul, which caused 17000 deaths. A decade later, the earth shook again further south, killing over 40,000 people in Turkey and Syria. The seismic risk in the region is very high because the boundaries of the Anatolian plate are approximately the same as Turkey’s. The fault in…
Early January, thousands of Israelis took to the street to protest plans by its new far-right government. Observers fear the plan will lower the country’s democratic system of checks and balances and deteriorate the democratic institutions.Global opinion surveys show that the public faith in the value of democracy has been declining. Yet authoritarian countries have…
