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There are often key moments in the world of geopolitics where if missed, leave one detached from the reality and consumed by the false narrative portrayed by the media. After the intentionally flawed coup attempt in Turkey, you would have come across vast analysis by independent journalists who talk about […]

Turkey, Russia, China Following U.S. Plan for Syria

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Many believe Erdogan concocted the entire thing in order to work towards his totalitarian Islamic leaning regime while the other narrative is that America were genuinely trying to overthrow Erdogan. Both views I have heard from Turkish friends. Ankara has to choose the latter view because they could not possibly tell […]

Erdogan’s Victory is Muslims Defeat

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The Arab Spring saw a host of “revolutions” that deposed dictators on the basis of their authoritarian rule, yet post-Arab Spring some states collapsed entirely, others clung on to power and some were overthrown by new dictators. It has now become clear that the Arab Spring was indeed engineered through Western NGO’s […]

What is the Future for Egypt?

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It was apparent to some that the military coup, no doubt designed and executed by the U.S. at the hands of their agent Fehtullah Gulen was doomed to fail. What looked like a genuine attempt at first raising the hopes of the secularists, Gulenists and Fehtullah Gulen himself, began to […]

The Military Coup Designed to Fail?

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On this very day, 3rd of March 1924, the world witnessed the greatest calamity that they have ever encountered, whether they knew it to be, or not. It was on this very day that the Turkish National Assembly, formed on the 23 April 1920, officially abolished the Caliphate, ridding the world […]

The Abolishment of the Islamic State in 1924 – How ...

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Just a decade ago Turkey had met the set of democracy and governance-related requirements as a candidate for the European Union. Their economy was booming and their policy of keeping peace with neighbours allowed them to trade with ease and efficiency. They were setting themselves as a model democracy for […]

Turkey swings to the West and the Muslims lose hope ...

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In June 2015 Brookings Institution released a  paper titled Deconstructing Syria: Towards a regionalized strategy for a confederal country that detailed the policy that the U.S. should take in solving the Syrian crises that was unsurprisingly fomented by them. In this short post I will look at some of the key […]

The confederal and autonomous zones of Syria – Master Plan ...

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