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There is a city in the world where it seems as if the heartbeat of time itself is felt. This city is Jerusalem. Jerusalem is a uniquely special place that has stood for thousands of years, with each stone holding a different story. This city is like a vast meeting point where different cultures and beliefs come together.Jerusalem Has Many NamesJerusalem is so ancient that throughout history it has been known by many different names. In the earliest times it was called "Urusalim". In our language

The First Crusade was a military campaign shaped by religious and political objectives, spanning from Europe to Middle East in the late 11th century. This Jerusalem, aimed at reclaiming Jerusalem from Muslim control, was a process filled with pilgrimages, battles, and massacres against the Muslim population. In its aftermath, conflicts with the Seljuk Turks altered the regional power balance.Background and Causes of the CrusadeThe First Crusade emerged as a consequence of the religious, politica

The latest statements from the United Nations once again lay bare the scale of the genocide unfolding in Gaza. UN Secretary-General’s Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric clearly emphasized that should Israel continue its ground operations, Palestinian families already struggling with a humanitarian crisis will be pushed to the very edge of an abyss.Anadolu Ajansı, “BM: İsrail'in Gazze harekâtı devam ederse Filistinli aileler uçurumun kenarına itilebilir.” Anadolu Ajansı, 14 Ağustos 2025. Erişim tarih

Four Assassinations: Bullets That Shook Palestine is a historical work authored by Taha Kılınç and published in 2024 by Ketebe Yayınları. The book examines four major political assassinations in the 20th century Middle East, directly linked to the Palestine and Jerusalem issues: King Abdullah bin Hussein of Jordan (20 July 1951), King Faisal bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia (25 March 1975), President Muhammed Enver Sedat of Egypt (6 October 1981), and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (4 Novembe

Who Was Saladin al-Ayyubi?Selahaddin-i Eyyubi was a great commander and ruler who lived during the Middle Ages. He was born in 1137 in Tikrit (present-day Iraq). As the leader of the Muslims, he fought against the Crusaders and became a great hero in the Islamic world by capturing Jerusalem in 1187. His name has become synonymous with justice, courage, and mercy.How Did He Conquer Jerusalem?Selahaddin-i Eyyubi participated in many battles but is best known for taking Jerusalem from the Crusaders

“What do I care about Jerusalem or Palestine?”—we live in an age where people share Ramadan greetings for Isra and Mi’raj while uttering such words. What a contradictory, superficial, and disconnected age this is... There is abundant knowledge but little awareness; plentiful sharing but deficient understanding; plenty of words, but no conviction.When Mi’raj is mentioned, people feel emotion—but they do not know where it took place. Those who know pretend to have forgotten.Mi’raj begins in Jerusa

Some journeys are not undertaken to reach a destination, but to understand or to convey a truth.Like the physical and spiritual journey undertaken by Prophet Ibrahim in search of truth…Like Gandhi’s Salt March, which exposed the injustice of colonial rule…Like Martin Luther King’s famous movement, which declared to the world America’s moral contradictions…My own first journey aboard the Sumud Flotilla was precisely such a journey.It was not only a civilian initiative aimed at breaking the siege

The Conqueror of Jerusalem: Saladin is a Turkish television series that premiered on TRT 1 on November 13, 2023, blending historical, fictional, action, and drama genres. Produced by Akli Film, the series chronicles the life of Saladin Ayyubi, founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty and the leader who liberated Jerusalem from Crusader occupation. Directed by Serdar Özönalan and Sedat İnci, with a screenplay written by İsa Yıldız and Serdar Özönalan, the series is also available on the Tabii platform. Sta

Erdem Bayazıt is one of the poets who have become the voice of spiritual resistance, going beyond being merely one of the prominent figures of modern Turkish poetry. His poems do not merely express individual emotions but also intensely reflect social and historical suffering. Particularly the issue of Jerusalem and Palestine acquires multilayered meaning in Bayazıt’s poetic world. For him, this geography is not merely a physical space; it is an image where civilizational identity, faith, justic

Nuri Pakdil (b. 1934, Kahramanmaraş – d. 18 October 2019, Ankara) is a writer, essayist, playwright and thinker who stands out in Turkish literature and intellectual history for his distinctive language, his aesthetic framework centered on the concept of “native thought,” and his protest-oriented literary stance. Recognized as one of the most influential representatives of Islamic thought in literature during the Republican era, Pakdil established a unique intellectual circle through the journal