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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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Why Are Turkey-West Bonds Breaking?

Why Are Turkey-West Bonds Breaking?

Friday 24 November 2017
Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, in an enemy chart. These unprecedented stances of the Turkish officials can be focused on from the two aspects of content and political influence. On the first aspect, the Turkish president’s remarks are an exposition of the real face of the int ...
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Afghanistan New Focus of Turkey’s Expansionism

Afghanistan New Focus of Turkey’s Expansionism

Tuesday 10 April 2018 ،
Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. They also aimed to copy the Turkish model of development in their own country. Their warm relationship went on for decades, until 1979, the year the Soviet Red Army occupied Afghanistan. A new period of a friendly relationship between Ankara and Kabul started ...
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Turkish Elections Close Age of Ataturk, Open Age of Erdogan

Turkish Elections Close Age of Ataturk, Open Age of Erdogan

Thursday 28 June 2018 ،
Ataturk. But under the new period, Erdogan himself is the architect of a new order for the Republic. Today, Erdogan is not simply an enforcer of already-set politics, rather, he crafts a new manifesto for the country. The turnout of the June 24 was reported to be close to 90 percent, the highest in ...
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Turkish Women May Face 3 Years in Prison over Insulting Ataturk

Turkish Women May Face 3 Years in Prison over Insulting Ataturk

Monday 23 July 2018 ،
Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, Hurriyet Daily News reported. An article in the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) protects Ataturk’s memory, stipulating one to three years in prison for explicit insults of him. Alwaght- Turkey has arrested a young women on Saturday over insulting Mustafa Kemal ...
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Why Is Iraq Worried About Turkey’s Ilisu Dam Inauguration?

Why Is Iraq Worried About Turkey’s Ilisu Dam Inauguration?

Friday 5 June 2020 ،
Ataturk and Keban is said to be 79.6 billion square meters. That is while the average water flow in the basin is only 30 billion square meters. The whole storage capacity of the Turkish dams over Tigris and Euphrates rivers is 1.5 times more than the flowing water, however.  Moreover, from the ...
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Iraq, Future Threats Posed by Water Crisis

Iraq, Future Threats Posed by Water Crisis

Saturday 7 May 2022 ،
Ataturk Dam that was completed in 1990 and can accommodate 48 billion cubic meters of water. Turkey continues to build dams on Tigris and Euphrates rivers, both life arteries to Syria and Iraq. These projects cut Iraq's water intake by 80 percent and Syria's by 40 percent.   
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Filling of Large Turkish Dams Source of Regional Dust Storms

Filling of Large Turkish Dams Source of Regional Dust Storms

Monday 16 May 2022 ،
Ataturk dams alone can store 79.6 billion cubic meters, while the Euphrates River can annually bring 30 billion cubic meters on average. This means that the total storage capacity of the Turkish dams is 1.5 times more than the whose capacity of the basin of both the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.& ...
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Turkish President Suggests Referendum on Women’s Right to Wear Headscarf

Turkish President Suggests Referendum on Women’s Right to Wear Headscarf

Monday 24 October 2022 ،
Ataturk. Erdogan has proposed a constitutional change that would soon be sent for approval to the parliament. “If this issue is not resolved in the parliament, we will present it to the people,” the Turkish president said. Under Turkish law, changes to the constitution require the appr ...
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Gloomy Days Await Turkish Economy Post-election

Gloomy Days Await Turkish Economy Post-election

Wednesday 19 April 2023 ،
Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. At the time, the economic crisis made the main reason for the AKP victory and when Erdogan assumed the office as prime minister, he began to revive the economy and transform it into a powerhouse putting Turkey among 20 major economies.  Turkey’s GDP ...
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Turkish Elections Runoff Scenarios

Turkish Elections Runoff Scenarios

Thursday 18 May 2023 ،
Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, and Ogan’s statement shows that the nationalists are discontented with Erdogan and are uninterested to ally with him. Additionally, though it may looks unlikely, the Kurds may choose Erdogan’s departure in their dilemma of choosing between Erdogan&r ...

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Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise

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