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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Erdogan Pans US, Europe for ‘Meddling’ in Turkey’s Internal Affairs
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Erdogan Pans US, Europe for ‘Meddling’ in Turkey’s Internal Affairs

Saturday 6 April 2019
Ekrem Imamoglu narrowly emerged victorious. However, Turkey’s High Election Board on Wednesday said that it would recount local election votes in Istanbul after the AKP demanded a recount. On Friday, Imamoglu announced that he was still the winner by nearly 19,000 votes even after the recoun ...
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Erdogan’s Istanbul Loss: Big Warning But Not Tragic
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Erdogan’s Istanbul Loss: Big Warning But Not Tragic

Wednesday 26 June 2019 ،
Ekrem Imamoglu from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) won the rerun vote over the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) candidate Binali Yildirim, making the party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the biggest loser of the elections as the party fully lost the major cities in the countr ...
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Turkey Replaces Three Pro-Kurdish Party Mayors over Militant Links
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Turkey Replaces Three Pro-Kurdish Party Mayors over Militant Links

Monday 19 August 2019 ،
Mayor Selcuk Mizrakli, Mardin Mayor Ahmet Turk and Van Mayor Bedia Ozgokce Ertan. President Tayyip Erdogan had warned ahead of nationwide local elections in March of such a move against elected officials if they were found to have had connections to the outlawed militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PK ...
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Has Turkey’s Erdogan Felt The Danger?
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Has Turkey’s Erdogan Felt The Danger?

Tuesday 2 June 2020 ،
Ekrem Imamoglu, the current mayor of Istanbul and the senior member of CHP, since last year quickly rose to become Erdogan’s rival and is the most possible figure ending Erdogan’s presidency in the next election. The next parliamentary election is of extraordinary significance. If each o ...
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A Look at Turkish Election Atmosphere, Scenarios Ahead
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A Look at Turkish Election Atmosphere, Scenarios Ahead

Monday 9 January 2023 ،
Mayor Mansur Yavaş, as well as Istanbul Mayor Ekrem imamoğlu seem to be the most likely options. The third option, indeed, faces an obstacle as in mid-December 2022, the court sentenced Imamoglu to two years in prison on non-financial charges such as “insulting public figures”, and this ...
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Turkish Opposition Alliance Splits over Anti-Erdogan Candidate
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Turkish Opposition Alliance Splits over Anti-Erdogan Candidate

Saturday 4 March 2023 ،
Ekrem Imamoglu or Ankara's mayor Mansur Yavas.  I am sorry to say that as of yesterday, the Table of Six has lost its ability to reflect the will of the nation in its decisions, Aksener said after meeting her party delegates on Friday. She said her party was being forced to choose Kilicda ...
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Division in Anti-Erdogan Coalition May Grant Embattled President Another Chance
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Division in Anti-Erdogan Coalition May Grant Embattled President Another Chance

Monday 6 March 2023 ،
Mayor of Ankara Mansur Yavas, who are both from Republican People’s Party, as the proper candidates, adding that according to polls, they can win the elections by a wide margin.  Referring to her party’s exit from the coalition, Aksner said that the six-party alliance lost its powe ...
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Turkey Experiences More Protests After Istanbul Mayor’s Arrest
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Turkey Experiences More Protests After Istanbul Mayor’s Arrest

Saturday 22 March 2025 ،
Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Republican People's Party leader Ozgur Ozil stated that 300,000 people had gathered across multiple locations due to road closures preventing a single large demonstration. Imamoglu was detained just days before he was expected to announce his candidacy for the next presiden ...
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Erdogan’s Nightmare: What Can Arrest of Opposition Leader Bring to Turkey?
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Erdogan’s Nightmare: What Can Arrest of Opposition Leader Bring to Turkey?

Sunday 23 March 2025 ،
Ekrem Imamoglu as the mayor of Istanbul and one of the prominent opposition figures on charges of financial corruption and links to terrorist organizations has highly agitated the political scene in the country. The arrest has stirred waves of nationwide protests in Turkey. In major cities like Ist ...
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Erdogan Dreams of Hijacking Nowruz
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Erdogan Dreams of Hijacking Nowruz

Tuesday 25 March 2025 ،
Ekrem Imamoglu, the Turkish opposition leader who is expected to challenge Erdogan in the next presidential elections as the main opposition candidate, has pushed the country into a state of chaos.  Following the arrest of Imamoglu on charges of collaborating with a terrorist group and corrupt ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution