In late 2024, a quiet but symbolically charged diplomatic shift appeared imminent: the Organisation of Turkic States (hereinafter: the OTS), a bloc increasingly aligned around cultural kinship and strategic coordination, was expected to extend formal or semi-formal recognition to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (hereinafter: the TRNC). The move would have marked a historic...
One of the most prominent and undoubtedly the most imminent issue on the international agenda is the genocide on Uygur Turks in East Turkestan – a province in China that is also, though less commonly, known under the name Xinjiang. At first, the Chinese government imposed strong restrictions on Uygurs, increasingly denying them to freely...