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The following article was written by Bekir Azar and translated from Turkish into English by Behcet Kaya

The International Court of Justice has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and his previous defense minister, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.   Why? The current Tel Aviv regime has gone berserk with their ongoing spree of murdering innocent civilians and is the reason the ICC genocide decision has come this far.   The ICC’s arrest warrant decision infuriated Israel. (Although freaked out would be a more adequate definition) As frequent diplomatic traffic increased to Ankara, it has become quite evident Israel believes that President Erdogan is behind the ICC arrest warrant decision. As a result, and behind the scenes, Israel has started a slander campaign against Türkiye.   After the announcement, France, Holland, Belgium, Italy and Jordon have given notice they will arrest Netanyahu and Gallant if visits their respective countries.   While the ICC’s arrest warrant has divided the internationa...

Misunderstood Turks by Behcet Kaya

There is a media frenzy in the United States about Türkiye, particularly in the U.S. defense sectors. What they are concerned about is how Türkiye managed to be so successful in developing military weapon systems.   In addition, there is ongoing analysis of how the Trump administration should follow current U.S. foreign policy with respect to Türkiye.   First, I would like to discuss Turkiye’s rapid success in becoming number eleven in world weapon industry. Eleventh is determined by the world military hardware seller's system. In 2003, when the Erdogan administration came to power, Türkiye was only developing 20 percent   its own military equipment. As of today, it has reached 90 percent and is aiming to become 100 percent as soon as TEI company completes its Turkish made jet engine which is estimated to take another 3 to 5 years. By that time KAAN 5th generation fighter jet will be a completely Turkish made aircraft.   Why does this rapid success surpri...