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Human Nature and Politics
Long before Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei claimed that the earth is indeed round, Persian scholars, such as Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi and Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni, even went on to study the rotation of our round planet. However, it was the story of Galileo, who was persecuted and then executed, that became...
Explained: Turkish Elections 2023
In one week, Turkish citizens around the world will once again cast their votes in the presidential run-off round of the Turkish elections, after the first round did not conclusively bring a decision as to whom is going to rule the Central Asian nation over the next five years. In this article, the elections will...
(Mis-)Understanding Iran
Recently, the Islamic Republic of Iran has experienced an intense period of unrest and uprising. This wave of unrest has amounted to nationwide protests that were further fuelled by the violent opposition of the government. Initially, starting in mid-2021, the protests were directed at the worsening economic situation that included water shortages and inflationary pressures...
Toxic Politics: Left vs. Right
Two hundred years ago, nobody would have had a clue what could hide behind the title of this article. Today, everybody has a very specific idea about what is meant by it. What is common terminology today, is actually a very recent development. Without going into much detail about how we came to view the...
Making Türkiye a Superpower: A Roadmap
In a non-devletist world, every nation aspires to ever-increase its power against other nations. Where the idea of genuine knowledge production has not been established yet, the survival of societies and nations is closely linked to the quality of inter-societal power relations. This holds especially true for nations with considerable economic weight. The greater the...
How to End Wars & Violence
No healthy person would ever desire to experience violence in any form. It is one of the underlying threats shaping our behaviour and which we have to adapt to. Though humans have a tendency to seek danger, we avoid violence by nature. But how come there is so much violence in this world? How come...
