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The Arab world turned upside down by films, TV series

24 Mayıs 2020, Pazar

WADJDA AND UM HAROUN “Wadjda,” a 2012 production, is Saudi director Haifaa al-Mansour’s feature-length film. I was only recently able to watch it when it was screened at the IKSV (The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts) film festival.It seems that Wadjda opened the world’s doors to Mansour’s career as a director. It shot her straight to the top, as she gained the support of the U.S. and world film markets. Such that she was invited to speak at the Davos Forum in 2019. The film was shot ent

Beirut, the site of Judgement Day…

11 Kasım 2017, Cumartesi

It seems these days we will keep singing Fairouz’s song “Li Beirut,” which starts with “A greeting from my heart.” While depicting the city’s atmosphere which changed with civil war, she says the city tastes like fire and smoke. Li Beirut is the song that best describes the atmosphere of the city which has experienced 15 years of civil war, whose every street has been used as a position for militias, which has bullet-riddled buildings, and where assassinations and murders are unaccounted

Female president

13 Mayıs 2017, Cumartesi

Since 1997, Iranian women have insistently become candidates in every presidential election. They bring up this issue in every political debate, discuss it or make it be discussed, despite the mullahs and the constitution that considers this to be in contradiction with Islamic laws. Article 115 of the Iranian constitution stipulates that individuals who are eligible to be president must be one of religious or political dignitaries (rijal). The objections of women start at this point, concentrati

Life goes on, but...

17 Aralık 2016, Cumartesi

Following the massacre that ended the lives of 44 people with 400-500 tons of explosives, we are obliged to live our mourning and share our pain, grief and express our grief all the while cursing the perpetrators. Of course “life goes on,” but this does not mean “we should protect ourselves from grieving, we should not allow ourselves to hurt and make sure nothing happens to us.” This week Fatma Karabayık Barbarasoğlu held an amazing mirror to our faces with the articles she wrote on what is evo

They are targeting Turkey's survival

17 Eylül 2016, Cumartesi

At an Eid program he attended, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the threat Turkey faced continued, that we needed to keep the July 15 spirit alive and that the real target was Turkey's survival. Meaning that he clarified the real issue as Turkey being permanent in the region and adopting a mission against being wiped out of the region.What I gathered from his speech was that he saw July 15 as a start for guarding Turkey, and he was trying to warn us against the traps that were yet to come. Wh

Danger of starvation

05 Mart 2016, Cumartesi

The asylum seekers who have reached Piraeus Port are being kept there in order to keep them from accumulating at the borders. Their numbers are estimated in the 200,000s. The Greek-Macedonian border is opened under control, and about 10 people are allowed to enter Europe through Macedonia. Afghans and Iraqis are not allowed entry under any circumstances. Syrians are chosen and granted a European visa; those who have stayed in Turkey for more than six months are sent back to Turkey with the excus

Migrating and remaining refugees

06 Şubat 2016, Cumartesi

Neither bad weather conditions nor tight security measures, nor the bargaining power of the European countries could prevent migration to Europe. However, Syrians are not the only ones on this train. Many people from Morocco, Iraq and Afghanistan want to try their fortune in Europe with a story of victimization. They have a single goal and that is a future in a safe country.The refugees' migration paths are very long, enduring and risky. It requires deep consideration to witness the march of th

Does the Kurdish movement want reconciliation and peace?

23 Ocak 2016, Cumartesi

The 1990s were the years of trauma for all of us. Our stance against the things experienced in the Southeast of the country and the view of the Islamic fraction on this issue are obvious.May those who are not lazy look at the publications. Today neither the government is the government of that time, nor the outlawed PKK, nor the regional powers and situation.Confusing today with those days emerges a situation suitable for sophistry which does not work at all. In the picture that appeared today

What should be Islam's political vision?

02 Ocak 2016, Cumartesi

Times of illness give the opportunity to repeat some incomplete readings. When putting together today's column, I wanted to share notes from an interview that calls us to rethink our old issues… The upcoming years are going to be an era in which many incompatible definitions of the Muslim world, both strategic partner and enemy, are going to be pushed. When preparing for this era, there are going to be two principle questions. These long-debated questions for which no method could be determined

Who is fighting for what? Where is Demirtaş going?

26 Aralık 2015, Cumartesi

The areas Eurasia and Russia separated from each other, the Ottoman Empire-Byzantine and Orthodox basins have been the focus of both civilizations and clashes. It seems that this situation has been continuous. At the top there is war among religions, civilizations and radical movements and at the bottom is war of the big commercial hegemony, which is actually a war of trust, monopolies and great vested interests. The projection of this war includes the following 50 years. Meanwhile many people

​The Arab world turned upside down by films, TV series