Posted on 12/19/2024 9:35:28 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that it is his country's destiny to expand its borders, particularly into Syria.
Speaking at the Scientific and Technological Research Council (TÜBİTAK) and Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) Awards Ceremony at the Beştepe National Congress and Culture Center, the President stated: "Every incident that has occurred in our region, especially in Syria, recently reminds us of this fact; Turkey is bigger than Turkey. As a nation, we cannot limit our horizon to 782,000 square kilometers."
According to him, "Just as a person cannot escape his destiny, Turkey and the Turkish nation cannot escape or hide from their destiny. As a nation, we have to see the mission that history has assigned to us and act accordingly. We see this, we do not turn a deaf ear to the calls."
Erdoğa continued: "Those who ask, 'What is Turkey doing in Libya and Syria?' may not be able to comprehend this mission. Those who do not know how Turkey has changed may have difficulty understanding the course of events. We leave them alone with nonsense. No matter what we tell those who have abandoned their empathy with their nation, it is useless. We will not waste time with them, we will focus on our goals."
Turning to the scientists at the event, he added: "I believe that you will also fulfill your responsibilities on this blessed journey..."
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Sounds like he’s channeling Kamala’s word salad...
The Sultan wants to bring back the Ottoman Empire in Syria and beyond.
Bulgarian, Greece, Armenia, Georgia, the Kurds and anyone else threatened by the Turks should forge a mutual defense alliance against any such revival of the Turkish scourge. Alone they are too weak, and they sure can’t count on the US to defend them (rather the contrary). Maybe the Russians can help provide a protective shield, and maybe Trump really will pull out of NATO to give them the latitude they would need to do this.
Yes sounds like it.
I have to refresh my memory of history, but recall the Ottoman Empire ended after World War I, and Turkey occupies only a small portion of former Ottoman lands.
Forgot, Cyprus would be another natural defense pact member.
I suspect the Syrians Assad couldn’t beat have other plans.
He’s right.
“Jehad is a continuous and never-ending struggle waged on all fronts including political, economic, social, psychological, domestic, moral and spiritual to attain the objectives of policy.” - The Quranic Concept of War
Great, now both Russia and Turkey want to reestablish their old empires. Who gets Crimea?
Sounds like a German ruler in the early 30’s a little bit.
Erdogan rather obviously wants to get the old Sunni-dominant Ottoman band back together.
Think of Ottoman Turkey and the Austria-Hungary empire as meeting similar fates of shrinkage and dismemberment in the wake of World War I.
Paging Suleiman the Magnificent.
He thinks like a German did ~90 years ago.
He should consult Brussels & Strasbourg if he wants to build a second Ottoman Empire.
All I want is peace, peace,
A little piece of Poland, a little piece of France....
Sudetenland
Well, here we go again.
My later father-in-law, a Serb from Hezegovina, always said, “never trust a dog or a Turk.” He was half right.
Also, Erdogan is including the ancient homeland Turkmenistan is his view as to what “Turkey” is. He might not have said it in this instance, but he has said it before.
Russia might want to take heed!
“The expansion of space: space cannot fit in space, so space must expand, in a way that expands space. Thus, Turkey cannot fit into Turkey.”
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