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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WIKI
While the Treaty of Sèvres was still under discussion, the Turkish national movement under Mustafa Kemal Pasha split with the monarchy, based in Istanbul, and set up a Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara in April 1920. The so-called Ankara government closely monitored the preparation of the draft treaty and its acceptance by the Istanbul government. On June 7, 1920, the Grand National Assembly passed a law declaring all treaties signed by the Istanbul Government since 16 March 1920 (the formal occupation of Istanbul) invalid.
During the Turkish War of Independence, the Turkish Army successfully fought Greek, Armenian and French forces and secured the independence of a territory similar to that of present-day Turkey, as was aimed at by the National Pact.
The Turkish national movement developed its own international relations with the Treaty of Moscow with Soviet Russia on 16 March 1921, the Accord of Ankara with France putting an end to the Franco-Turkish War, the Treaty of Alexandropol with the Armenians and the Treaty of Kars to fix the eastern borders.
Hostilities with Britain over the neutral zone of the Straits were narrowly avoided in the Chanak Crisis of September 1922, when the Armistice of Mudanya was concluded on 11 October, leading the former Allies of World War I to return to the negotiating table with the Turks in November 1922. That culminated in 1923 in the Treaty of Lausanne, which replaced the Treaty of Sèvres and restored a large territory in Anatolia and Thrace to the Turks. Under the Treaty of Lausanne, France and Italy had only areas of economic interaction, rather than zones of influence. Constantinople was not made an international city, and a demilitarised zone between Turkey and Bulgaria was established.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_S%C3%A8vres
Sounds more like “lebensraum.”
A caliph wannabe.l
I can’t think of a bigger turkey than....Turkey
“The Kurdish state envisioned in the Sèvres Treaty would, crucially, have been under British control. While this appealed to some Kurdish nationalists, others found this form of British-dominated “independence” problematic. So they joined up to fight with the Turkish national movement. Particularly among religious Kurds, continued Turkish or Ottoman rule seemed preferable to Christian colonization. Other Kurds, for more practical reasons, worried that once in charge the British would inevitably support recently dispossessed Armenians seeking to return to the region. Some subsequently regretted their decision when it became clear the state they had fought to create would be significantly more Turkish — and less religious — than anticipated.”
Pipe down Turkey. Your contributions ended thousands of years ago.
The Arabs, with not-forgotten centuries of Ottoman overlords removed from them over a century ago, are not very likely to succumb to Turkish hegemony again, not even over Syria. The Syrian Islamist Arabs current flirtation with Erdogan is likely to be a short lived alliance of convenience, the Arabs will disabuse themselves of soon enough. If Erdogan is stupid enough he will ignite a new multi-pronged civil war in Syria aligned much more strictly on ethnic grounds - Arabs, Turks and Kurds.
Ukraine was once part of the Ottoman Empire.
It went down along the west coast of the Arabian Peninsula and included Libya until Italy beat them in a war in 1912.
And if you look back hundreds of years yes Ukraine was part of the Ottoman Empire.
And Russia was once a part of the Mongol Empire.
Stop neo-Ottoman aggression!
See: Pasha Ataturk you muzzie scumbag Erdogan the self described “next” Caliph of the New Caliphate. Saudis have something to say about that bozo.
What a massive moronic ego- Turks. Take them out of NATO right now.
And be certain the warheads aren’t still at Incirlyk.
,,, and their inflation rate is bigger than big.
It was the breakup of the Empires that killed 100 million people.
Spheres of influence are a good thing. I’m a big Monroe Doctrine fan, and if the Turks and the Russians want their owm version, it’s fine by me.
Are you trying to say something?
Sounds like Hitler’s “lebensraum”.
Ottoman Empire resurrection notice.
Turkey must abide by it’s manifest destiny and get some Lebensraum while getting’s good
Will the US congress send $200billion in weapons to ISIS to defend against this unprovoked invasion?
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