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China is targeting the United States. The United States is targeting China. Tariffs, chips, ships. Constant tension. But there is something else threatening both. This threat is not war, not a pandemic, not famine. The cause is prosperity. Read carefully. In 200,000 years of human history, we have never seen...
02.05.2026
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To protect means to safeguard an object, a person, or a situation from external influences, deterioration, and dangers; to keep it away from harmful effects. While meeting with two journalist friends I hadn’t seen for a long time, we reminisced about people we once knew. As we reflected on those...
02.05.2026
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Kemal Albayrak, a former Member of Parliament for Kırıkkale in the 20th and 21st terms, made noteworthy assessments on Türkiye's legal system, security issues, school attacks, the Gülistan Doku case, and global developments during the "What's Happening?" program organized by the Effective Thought Academy.
28.04.2026
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“Excessive humility is listening to advice from mediocrity.” Humility that goes beyond the limit is bowing to the guidance of an unworthy person. This humility ceases to be a “virtue” and becomes a participation in weakness and foolishness.Moderation is essential in everything. True maturity is being able to discern whose...
28.04.2026
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The growing global power rivalry between the United States and China is intensifying across economic, technological, and geopolitical fronts, while Washington’s rising debt burden and trade policies have once again become a subject of debate. Experts are raising questions about whether recent moves are part of a broader, multi-layered strategy...
26.04.2026
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Spring is a hope rising from the soil, a rebirth blooming on its branch. Even if the harsh winter lasts long, spring always comes.No matter how difficult life becomes, there is always a new beginning within it.Look at nature…Trees wait for months as if they were dried out, but when...
26.04.2026
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The attack on a school in Urfa and the killing of nine people in a school in Maraş—did these events cause any moral discomfort among the perpetrators or the bystanders? So much lawlessness, arbitrariness, hostility, and hatred have been produced in this country that the so-called “regime cowards” in politics...
23.04.2026
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I am speaking to you with the sorrow of not being able to experience the holiday as a true celebration, friends. April 23… National Sovereignty and Children’s Day. A day that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk dedicated to children, a day that should be remembered with hope… Not every child grows up…...
23.04.2026
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I would like to share two striking historical examples that make us question why justice has been left “orphaned.” In 399 BC, in Athens—the heart of democracy—there was a thinker named Socrates. This man, who elevated questioning, reason, and curiosity, was accused of “corrupting the youth” and was executed by...
22.04.2026
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Kalibaf questions the stability of the U.S. Treasury market, highlighting structural weaknesses and comparing it to oil markets anchored by Dated Brent.
21.04.2026
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Former TRT Announcer Sırrı Er Many of the tensions we experience today cannot be explained merely by “stress,” “economic hardship,” or “shifting agendas.” At a deeper level, there is a noticeable hardening in people’s reactions to events, a serious decline in tolerance in relationships, and a growing normalization of indifference....
20.04.2026
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Ongoing uncertainty in the Strait of Hormuz continues to shake global markets. Analysts say the crisis is driven not by military power, but by both sides’ inability to step back.
20.04.2026
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