From women’s associations in Istanbul to international environmental and humanitarian initiatives, Emine Erdogan’s public life traces the changing place of conservative women in Türkiye.
Safiye Bayraktar
2 October ,2026
An in-depth report exploring how Gulf and Turkish airlines became central to economic diversification and soft-power projection, and how escalating regional conflict is exposing the vulnerabilities of an industry built on open skies and global connectivity.
“O Hell, open your gates—Hafez al-Assad is among your beloved.”Zainab Sayed still vividly remembers the phrase her father uttered when commenting on the death of Hafez al-Assad. It was an unbearably hot summer day that those present in the house...
While Israeli and American military strikes on Iran dominate television screens and newspaper headlines and analysts debate the intelligence efforts that preceded and accompanied the attacks other forces are quietly operating within Washington’s broader strategy to pressure Tehran. These forces...
Since 2013, the northern Syrian province of Raqqa has undergone one of the most complex experiences in the country in terms of shifting control and changing systems of governance. A succession of different powers has ruled the city, each leaving...
While diplomatic statements pointed toward a significant breakthrough in the Geneva negotiations where Tehran appeared ready to offer guarantees acceptable to Washington that it did not intend to enrich uranium for military purposes Israeli and American aircraft were refueling in...
Estimates of the potential patterns of confrontation between Iran and the United States preceded the outbreak of the war itself. Military exercises conducted by both sides, escalating rhetoric, and gradually increasing military deployments had already revealed the contours of the...
The first voice Iranians heard after the official announcement of the assassination of several Iranian leaders in the joint U.S.-Israeli strike foremost among them Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was that of Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council....
On the morning of February 28, 2026, “Israel” launched a surprise strike deep inside Iranian territory, describing the attack as “preemptive,” aimed at eliminating threats surrounding the state. The U.S. administration responded by saying the strike came in reaction to...
The global Zionist movement and its influential lobbying networks across the world could hardly have imagined that just 140 minutes would be enough to undermine a narrative meticulously constructed over decades. That narrative initiated by the Israeli occupying state and...
Despite the fluctuating pace of negotiations, indicators of escalation are mounting in ways that suggest an almost inevitable slide toward war particularly with the deployment of the U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln to the Middle East, alongside Iran’s launch of...
