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Zeynep Conkar
Zeynep Conkar is a deputy producer at TRT World.
Zeynep Conkar is a deputy producer at TRT World.
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Washington's Israel consensus is cracking, and this time it's not just the Democratic left
A House revolt among Democrats, a public rebuke from Republican JD Vance, and a bruising phone call with Trump all point to a new phase in US-Israeli relations.
6 min read
Inheriting democracy: Gen Z reflects on July 15, ten years later
They were too young to vote or fully understand the events of July 15, 2016. A decade later, Gen Z looks back on the night that shaped their understanding of democracy.
6 min read
A decade of remembering July 15: Songs, verse and names that carry a nation's memory
Ten years on, the memory of the heroic night lives on in poems, marches and the streets named after those who lost their lives defending the country.
9 min read
From a Calabrian fisherman's son to Ottoman Grand Admiral, how Kilic Ali Pasha rose to rule the seas
A Calabrian galley captive who rose to command the Ottoman navy for sixteen years, and who appears by name in Don Quixote, is buried steps from Istanbul's busiest cruise terminal, Galataport.
8 min read
Who is Andy Burnham, the man likely to become Britain's next prime minister?
Andy Burnham, the frontrunner to become Britain's next prime minister after Keir Starmer's resignation, is facing fresh attention over his record on Palestine as he prepares to take over Labour.
4 min read
The revolving door at Downing Street: Starmer's exit and the ten-year cost of Brexit
Keir Starmer's resignation as UK prime minister this week makes him the sixth post-Brexit leader to fall before completing a full term, capping a decade in which Britain has cycled through prime ministers at an unprecedented pace.
7 min read
Can the Strait of Hormuz return to business as usual after the US-Iran deal?
The Strait of Hormuz may be open again on paper, but lingering security risks, shipping disruptions and disputes over its future management suggest that a return to normal remains far from certain.
7 min read
Netanyahu’s henchmen behind Gaza genocide may now face ICC scrutiny
For years, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir have done Netanyahu's dirty work – arming settlers, starving Gaza, and erasing Palestinians from their land. Now, the court that already wants their ringleader may be coming for its enforcers too.
6 min read
‘Unprecedented act of savagery’: How Israel’s new law places Palestinians on death row by default
A new Israeli military order makes execution the default sentence for Palestinians convicted in attacks that kill Israelis, deepening the dual legal system built on racial discrimination, military rule and permanent proximity to death.
6 min read
How Israel's genocide in Gaza brought the Palestinian catastrophe, the Nakba, into global focus
On the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, a generation raised on its memory watches history repeat itself, this time, before the eyes of a world that can no longer look away.
6 min read
