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Ekrem imamoğlu The ongoing protests and demonstrations began in Turkey in last March, due to the suspension of the Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem imamoğlu.  The protests take place in the major cities and notably in Istanbul and Izmir. The ruling party in Turkey AK Party (justice and development) has detained more than 100 people since 19th March.  Background  Early Life  Ekrem İmamoğlu, born on June 4, 1970, in Trabzon, Turkey, he is a prominent Turkish politician and a key figure in the country’s contemporary political landscape. Representing the Republican People’s Party ( CHP ), İmamoğlu has emerged as a symbol of change, democratic resilience, and modern governance in Turkey, particularly through his office as the Mayor of Istanbul. Beginnings   İmamoğlu's political career began in 2008 when he joined the CHP. He was elected as the Mayor of Beylikdüzü , a district on the European side of Istanbul, in 2014. His work in Beylikdüzü, known for transparency and urban i...

  The M23 (March 23 Movement) is a rebel group that has played a significant role in the ongoing conflict in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Originating from the volatile region of North Kivu, M23 has been at the center of tensions involving various armed groups, local militias, and international forces, contributing to a complex humanitarian and political crisis. Background of the conflict  M23 emerged in 2012, as a breakaway faction from the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP), a militia that had been active in eastern DRC since 2006. The CNDP, led by former general Laurent Nkunda, had initially been formed to protect the Tutsi ethnic community against attacks from rival groups. However, after Nkunda’s arrest in 2009, the CNDP was integrated into the Congolese military under a peace agreement. Despite this, many former CNDP fighters were dissatisfied with the conditions and the failure of the agreement to address their grievan...

  " we are fighting a a war of drones " the Ukrainian deputy minister of innovation said. Nobody can imagine before how the Ukrainians will stand in front of the huge military equipment of Russia.  The technology proves again that manpower and artillery are not the last word.  Innovation that was driven by a strong willpower and the quest of freedom will defy any kind of tyranny.  The Ukrainian army owned before three years a modest number of these drones,  and they were hard to control.  The turning-point of success and the name of the game, Ukraine  received many young volunteers who had the skill and intelligence.  Some of them they played before video  games,  so they gained a large experience  , not like someone new in the field of drones,  in order to be capable to fly it safely and effectively,  you need hours of simulation training.  Ukraine now produce more than 1 million drones a year  " when I see my b...

  A kurdish girl from Erbil Yesterday the global media were covering one major event; the announcement of the kurdish Labour Party (PKK) leader Abdullah  Öcalan addressing the fighters to put down the arms and dissolve the party from his imprisonment in Imarlı island in Turkey.  What was the background of this decision now, and the cause of the fighting since four decades . Kurds identity  The kurds are an ethnic group native to West Asia, with a territory that includes now ; a part in Turkey ; Iraq ; Iran and Syria  The majority of the kurdish people are now settling in Turkey,  with more than 15 million largely in the southern east region.  With a world diaspora including another 15 million with a majority in Germany.  After  the world war  I , and the dissolution of the Ottoman empire, the great power in Europe discussed the "kurdish question " in the Treaty of Sèvres, and cannot reach a consensus over the limits of the kurdish land a...

  Located in the heart of Syria,  the city of Palmyra dated back to the 3th millennium BC, and is among the six syrian UNESCO world heritage sites. Many civilizations changed hands of the city,  including the roman empire ; the Rashidun muslim caliphate, due to its important location along the silk road untill  its destruction in 1300 by the mongol empire. Today, Palmyra is endangered,  with the ongoing civil unrest in syria and its remote site from the capital  Damascus(200km) . the city was theatre of crime against humanity in the beginning of the Syria civil war in 2011, and it's capture by the Islamic caliphate group ISIL in 2015. Brief history The turning point of Palmyra history was during the reign of king Odaenathus who launched a full-scale war against the Sasanid empire and its king Shapur I in 260s. Zenobia, the wife of the king , succeeded him and proclaimed herself "empress " and established a large empire from the north in today's Ankara the c...

  Coffee arabica cherries  The origins of arabica Coffee dated back to Ethiopia, but it was first "commercialised " in Yemen by the arab merchants. 1. Arabica Coffee was first used by the Sufies. During the times of the the Memluk sultanate (13th to 16th century) earlier before the domination of the Othoman empire; Cairo and Aleppo were the the two main hubs for the islam sufism.  The most radical branches of religion in the arab peninsula,  considered the "new drink" haram; though, in other places in Egypt and Syria large "Coffee shops " were opened all around the major mosques like Al-azhar, so Coffee it was related to spiritually due to its effect to keep the mind alert, during the nighttime prayers and devotions. 2. Arabica Coffee was first introduced to Europe by the Turks. During the invasion of today Hungary at the battle of mohács in 1526, the Turks introduced Coffee which already reached Vienna the hub and the major capital of Europe at that time,...

Pro-ukraine supporters during the Euromaiden revolutions. "I need ammunition, not a ride". Those are the words of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the US administration offered him help by fleeing the country after the Russian invasion in 24 February 2022. The obvious thing is, when president Donald Trump gave his last statement about Zelenskyy as he called him a "dictator" doesn't follow completely what was happening in Ukraine in the last three years. He might not know, or; not willing to know,  as his nature and habit always weighing every situation as a vantage point and an opportunity for financial gain.  Ethics,  morals, had nothing to do in the glossary of Trump policy and his advisors.  We must highlight here the courageous statement of the UK prime minister Keir Starmer who refused to yield to those statements of the US cabinet by threatening the deployment of British troops in Ukraine if there will be a deal with Russia to end the war. Tot...