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                <title><![CDATA[Unmaking of Europe: How a global power lost its way]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The modern world system was established by European countries. Beginning in the 15th century, developments in Europe have largely shaped the world. European countries set the polit...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[In a sleepy Istanbul district, the Turkish Wrexham rises]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Every summer, Istanbulites rediscover Kilyos, pouring north through Sarıyer to the Black Sea and filling the beaches for a few months before leaving. What remains for the rest of t...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:55:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Protecting Black Sea and Türkiye’s evolving security role]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The recent attacks on merchant ships in the Black Sea raise an increasingly concrete strategic question for Türkiye. How much responsibility should Ankara assume for the functionin...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[On 'Madonna in a Fur Coat']]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sabahattin Ali’s novel "Madonna in a Fur Coat" takes the reader on a complex journey that goes far beyond a simple love story, leading into the deep-seated dynamics that exist bene...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Israel could cost Trump the election]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Looking at the situation U.S. President Donald Trump has fallen into in the U.S. lately, I believe it is time to open fresh debates on some issues. First of all, if you ask what Is...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Why are CHP mayors leaving for the AK Party?]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The transfer of Republican People's Party (CHP) mayors to the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) continues. These transfers are not limited to a few municipalities. After the...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Yemen's is not just a sectarian war]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/yemens-is-not-just-a-sectarian-war</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The Yemeni civil war is a major multilateral and multilevel regional crisis that has been ongoing since 2014. The conflict erupted when Houthi forces seized the capital, Sanaa, and...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[World war nobody is fighting directly]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Much has been written in recent years about proxy wars. At its core, a proxy war is when one state – or a group of states – goes after its rival indirectly. Instead of fighting its...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[A state operation: May 19]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Did Mustafa Kemal Pasha go to Samsun of his own accord, or was he sent there by Sultan Vahideddin? May 19, 1919, perhaps one of the most extensively debated dates in the history of...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[A new Iraq after the American withdrawal]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/a-new-iraq-after-the-american-withdrawal</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The United States announced on Sept. 30 that it had withdrawn its troops from Iraq, although most U.S. forces had already left the country. Washington and Baghdad had begun discuss...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Mecca Pact and Türkiye’s flexible deterrence]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/mecca-pact-and-turkiyes-flexible-deterrence</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Last August, in this column, I stated that the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, which was signed by Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, showed the three middle-power countries’ desir...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[From Göbeklitepe to Teknofest: Şanlıurfa's new harvest]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/from-gobeklitepe-to-teknofest-sanliurfas-new-harvest</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Some 12,000 years ago, on a limestone ridge outside today's Şanlıurfa, hunter-gatherers raised the monumental pillars of Göbeklitepe, the world's oldest known monumental temple com...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:22:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Is a politics of 'competition within consensus' possible?]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/is-a-politics-of-competition-within-consensuspossible</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The new legislative year of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye began yesterday with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's opening address. Even if the elections are held on schedule...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Bye-bye Yankee]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/bye-bye-yankee</link>
                <description><![CDATA[As of Sept. 30, American troops have withdrawn from Irbil, closing a chapter that began with the 2003 invasion of Iraq, 23 years ago. The Patriot batteries that protected Irbil for...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:36:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Artist who shared her hallucinations with the world: Yayoi Kusama]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/artist-who-shared-her-hallucinations-with-the-world-yayoi-kusama</link>
                <description><![CDATA[When we look at a work of art, what do we actually see? The artist’s way of interpreting the external world, their imagination or perhaps a part of their inner world that would oth...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Where does China stand in Iran-US-Israel war?]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/where-does-china-stand-in-iran-us-israel-war</link>
                <description><![CDATA[There is an expression attributed to the great Chinese strategist Sun Tzu: Wars are won and lost with allies. As the unipolar world comes to an end and the footsteps of a multipola...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[United Nations has lost its meaning]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/united-nations-has-lost-its-meaning</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The United Nations was established in 1945 by the victorious powers of World War II. Despite the confrontational nature of the bipolar world system, it established a relatively suc...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Türkiye, Israel, Greece in Thucydides Triangle]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/turkiye-israel-greece-in-thucydides-triangle</link>
                <description><![CDATA[A prevailing view holds that the competitive rhetoric and strategic tensions between Türkiye, Israel and Greece, which have become increasingly visible in recent years, are situati...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Banality of evil in age of algorithms]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/banality-of-evil-in-age-of-algorithms</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Hannah Arendt’s account of the “banality of evil,” developed while she was observing the trial in Jerusalem of the Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann, became one of the most widely debate...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Netanyahu should be arrested]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/netanyahu-should-be-arrested</link>
                <description><![CDATA[What is happening in Gaza can no longer be seen as simply the result of war. It is an immense destruction of humanity happening before the world’s eyes: killing, displacement, huma...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[From a terror-free Türkiye to a terror-free region]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/from-a-terror-free-turkiye-to-a-terror-free-region</link>
                <description><![CDATA[For many decades, Türkiye-Iraq relations were overshadowed by the presence of PKK terrorism in northern Iraq and the absence of mutual trust as a result of differences over how to...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:28:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Tehran should take a hard look in the mirror]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/tehran-should-take-a-hard-look-in-the-mirror</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Those who remember that photograph taken in Tehran on May 17, 2010, will recall the image: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Iranian...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[What is going on in Yemen?]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The latest wave of violence in Yemen started last July when Yemen’s internationally recognized government forces prevented an aircraft from Iran from landing at Sanaa airport. In r...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Türkiye in age of connected wars]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) convenes at a moment when the international system is experiencing something more consequential than simply an increa...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Strategic meaning of grand Türkiye consensus]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/strategic-meaning-of-grand-turkiye-consensus</link>
                <description><![CDATA[On the anniversary of the 2024 Great Victory, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a call to "keep the homefront solid," and framed its strategic importance in subsequent speeches...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:39:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product!]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma" examines social media and digital platforms not merely as technological innovations, but as instruments of a new economic and social or...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Second front in Gaza genocide: Culture wars]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/second-front-in-gaza-genocide-culture-wars</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The war in Gaza has also opened a cultural front, bringing the Palestinian issue to the fore. Over the past two years, artists, directors, actors and musicians around the world hav...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[BRICS loses ground]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[India hosted the meeting of the 18th BRICS Summit in the BRICS Outreach/Plus format. The meeting took place in India's capital, New Delhi, on Sept. 13. Leaders of 38 countries atte...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Israel grows as a security threat to Türkiye]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/israel-grows-as-a-security-threat-to-turkiye</link>
                <description><![CDATA[I argued in these pages that the Türkiye-Israel rivalry had stopped being conjunctural and was becoming structural, driven not simply by the Gaza war but by the reordering of the L...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:12:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[From village to future]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/from-village-to-future</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The social and economic transformations that emerged after the COVID-19 pandemic have reignited interest in village life in Türkiye. During the pandemic, disruptions in food supply...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Tehran’s miscalculation may come back to haunt it in Yemen]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/tehrans-miscalculation-may-come-back-to-haunt-it-in-yemen</link>
                <description><![CDATA[As tensions rise again in Yemen, the real story is not simply one playing out between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia. The latest developments reported by Reuters in an exclusive stor...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[How much is Israel-Greece alliance worth?]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/how-much-is-israel-greece-alliance-worth</link>
                <description><![CDATA[As is well known, over the last decade, the Republic of Türkiye has created an extraordinary range of relationships. Alongside the regions where it has a historical mission, and th...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Who will stand up to Russia?]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/who-will-stand-up-to-russia</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The European continent is once again caught between two global powers, namely the U.S. and the Russian Federation. The continent has lost its productivity, become significantly wea...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[From perfect human to virtuous city]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/from-perfect-human-to-virtuous-city</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The fact that human beings are compelled to live together and, consequently, to establish cities has made the question of how communal life can be organized in a manner that serves...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Mecca pact, SCO, NATO: Türkiye’s multilateral foreign policy]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/mecca-pact-sco-natoturkiyes-multilateral-foreign-policy</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Türkiye’s multidimensional and multilateral diplomacy has once again come into view at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, which...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Greece’s Achilles’ heel]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/greeces-achilles-heel</link>
                <description><![CDATA[On the last day of August, two tables were set at the same time. In Istanbul, the first high-level meeting was being held under the framework of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement,...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Who will shape new Middle East?]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/who-will-shape-new-middle-east</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The Middle East has been undergoing a major transformation for the last two decades. First, the Arab Uprising and Revolutions that erupted in 2011 have uprooted the region. The Ara...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Domestic-regional nexus behind Türkiye’s new PKK process]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/domestic-regional-nexus-behind-turkiyes-new-pkk-process</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Something important has changed in Türkiye’s effort to end PKK terrorism. Parliament has adopted a legal framework for disarmament and reintegration. A board chaired by the vice pr...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Trajectory of astronomy-philosophy relationship in Islamic world]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/trajectory-of-astronomy-philosophy-relationship-in-islamic-world</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Astronomy occupies a distinctive place in the intellectual tradition of the Islamic world. In particular, the historic mathematics and astronomy schools of Maragha and Samarkand pl...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[New regional era beyond terror]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/new-regional-era-beyond-terror</link>
                <description><![CDATA[As Türkiye undertook its terror-free initiative, several intellectuals had anticipated early on that this process would inevitably extend beyond national borders, evolving into a b...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Inside the Washington-Ankara-Tel Aviv triangle]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/inside-the-washington-ankara-tel-aviv-triangle</link>
                <description><![CDATA[On the morning of Aug. 18, Israeli fighter jets bombed the Abu al-Duhur Air Base in the countryside of Idlib, Syria. The base had been inactive for years, and the main targets were...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:10:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[1st step of last phase in terror-free Türkiye process]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/1st-step-of-last-phase-in-terror-free-turkiye-process</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The Monitoring and Evaluation Committee of the National Solidarity and Integration Coordination Board was established under Law No. 7595 on Strengthening National Solidarity and So...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Why are Türkiye-Israel tensions becoming structural?]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/why-are-turkiye-israel-tensions-becoming-structural</link>
                <description><![CDATA[For years, tensions between Türkiye and Israel unfolded primarily through political rhetoric. Disagreements over Gaza, Palestinian rights and Israel’s regional policies repeatedly...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:49:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Israel, Türkiye tensions: Where does U.S. stand?]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/israel-turkiye-tensions-where-does-us-stand</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Israel's Aug. 18 strike on Syria’s Abu al-Duhur Air Base in Idlib was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest entry in a now-familiar strategy: make an unprovoked strike and let...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:58:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Israel lost qualities of state]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/israel-lost-qualities-of-state</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Judging by the policies Israel has followed over the past two years, it has increasingly come to resemble, from beginning to end, something far from the characteristics of a state...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[New leap in transportation: National high-speed train manufacturing and testing facility]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/new-leap-in-transportation-national-high-speed-train-manufacturing-and-testing-facility</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Over the past two decades, under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Republic of Türkiye has experienced one of the most comprehensive periods of transformation i...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Europe of a thousand divisions]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/europe-of-a-thousand-divisions</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Europe has recently faced major crises. The European Union's efforts to create an effective political union on the continent have failed. Inevitably, future efforts in this directi...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[More than a political party: The AK Party’s 25-year story]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/more-than-a-political-party-the-ak-partys-25-year-story</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Founded on Aug. 14, 2001, the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is celebrating its 25th anniversary today. A quarter of a century – easier said than done. Moreover, these 25...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Libya quietly moves toward becoming unified state]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/libya-quietly-moves-toward-becoming-unified-state</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Libya is quietly, step by step, moving toward becoming a peaceful and unified state. After years of civil war and political division following the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi, the...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:22:00 +0300</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Mecca pact: Building a Muslim security architecture]]></title>
                <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/opinion/columns/mecca-pact-building-a-muslim-security-architecture</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Three Muslim countries, namely Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, have signed a collective defense agreement on Aug. 7 in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The signatories of...]]></description>
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                        <category><![CDATA[Opinion - Columns]]></category>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:05:00 +0300</pubDate>
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