Turkey, PM Gul, The Formation of a New Pan-Islamic Union?

The Formation of a New Pan-Islamic Union? Warren Pollock January 18, 2002 Warren Pollock

Abbdulla Gul, the new PM of Turkey, spent eight years in Saudi Arabia working for the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). The activity of that bank remains largely opaque yet it has considerable reach across the Ottoman and Arabian world. Bank members carve out a piece of the globe greater than the European Union. It includes the middle of Africa, Turkey, Arabia, the "Stans" of the former Soviet Union, and Malaysia. Economically the foundation for a Pan-Islamic-Union may be formed and ready for the political mortar to be poured.

Current events, recent trends, and the flow of money suggest that Turkish Prime Minister Abdulla Gul may be motivated towards achieving the long-term political objective of a Pan-Islamic Union.

Rather than using military means, the tools of choice for Gul in building a Pan-Islamic union will be diplomatic, economic, and religious-cultural. The time horizon for this potentiality resides between five and ten years out. By that time, the Pan Islamic Union will be a nuclear enabled power, backed by the gold standard, and financed through the control of oil.

Abdulla Gul's domestic support in Turkey derives from public outcries for economic relief, wider trends towards a political Islamic identity, the history of the Ottoman empire, and an eighty year old enforced exclusion of Islamic values in governance. These factors have enabled Gul to become Prime Minister in light of a strong, politically active, military averse to fundamentalism.

These domestic issues are essential to his continuity as the leader of Turkey but they are secondary to his greater aspirations.

Gul has a wide reputation as a politically savvy and sophisticated. He will not jeopardize his domestic hold by advocating for an Islamic fundamentalist agenda although he may/may not be sympathetic to that ethos. He will balance any accommodation to Islamic movements with the potential resistance from the Turkish military.

We are currently seeing an individual recently elected to the head of a "third tier" government able to conduct sweeping diplomacy within the greater Islamic Pan-Arabian world. These regional relationships existed before he rose to power from his experience at the Islamic Development Bank.

Abbdulla Gul spent eight years in Saudi Arabia working for the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). The activity of that bank remains largely opaque yet it has considerable reach across the Ottoman and Arabian world. Bank members carve out a piece of the globe greater than the European Union. It includes the middle of Africa, Turkey, Arabia, the "Stans" of the former Soviet Union, and Malaysia.

The Islamic world, and that bank in particular, has been working towards a universally accepted Gold based Islamic Dinar and international banking mechanisms rooted in Islamic Law also known as Shari'ah. The Pan-Islamic-Union would derive significant power should the Gold based Dinar replace the dollar as the settlement currency for oil.

The Islamic Dinar currently interchanges with International Monetary Fund Special Drawing Rights (SDR's). SDR's are an amalgam or aggregation of currencies that can be used in place of gold as a central banks reserve currency. It can also be used to make payments to other "countries" or "economic unions."

Turkey will continue to move away from its existing alliances and leanings towards the United States, NATO, the EU, and Israel. Accommodations will be made to these legacy interests where needed and only at a large price or through extreme pressure.

The real moves to a Pan-Islamic Union will occur behind the scenes and will continue to blindside a stunned American foreign policy. Gul's main focus will be on the international stage. He will draw upon financing from Saudi Arabia. The United States will not prepared to contend with a powerful and insular diplomatic undercurrent emerging from within the Islamic world to which it cannot influence or be privy to.

Forecasts of events, even in the near term, are never certain. However, we are currently seeing a new political dynamic originating from Turkey that conflicts with both recent history and traditional US interest.

Some emerging trends can be found not only in the past of the Ottoman Empire but also in this intelligent, resourceful, cunning, and dynamic Islamic leader.

Economically the foundation for a Pan-Islamic-Union may be formed and ready for the political mortar to be poured. Who better positioned to this end than Gul.

The insights of Mr. Pollock have been featured in the "Journal of Homeland Security," "Intelibridge," "Worldnetdaily," and CNBC. In response to 9-11 Mr. Pollock has engaged in a grass roots effort to analyze the structure, causes, conduct, and performance of America's response. Mr. Pollock was formerly a Vice President of a brokerage technology company and has extensive experience in International management, finance, technology, and disaster and contingency planning. Mr. Pollock has worked extensively in Europe and Asia.

This is asinine. Real BS. Sows the seeds of paranoia, of hate between allies..

Our national dream is to help our neighbors rid temselves of their undemocratic systems, not to make subjects of them once again. This is also the US vision.

Also, our military is charged with the protection of the secular nature of the republic. No worries, FRiends..

Your perception re Turkey US cooperation was the same as mine in December of 2002. I had to revise my forecast based on a study of Islamic Development Bank, which occurred ahead of the current Turkish extortion game. Besides being an "practical extremist" (practical in that Gul will support extreme ideas to the extent that he can get the vote and the Turkish Military will let him) he also has ties to Saudi Finance and the Royal Family. So much for the US Turkey alliance.

Turkey - Update/Revision Jan 24, 2003

The original forecast in December for Turkey did not take into account trends towards a Pan-Islamic Union and PM Gul's ties to Saudi Arabian banking.

"Turkey will continue to move away from its existing alliances and leanings towards the United States, NATO, the EU, and Israel. Accommodations will be made to these legacy interests where needed and only at a large price or through extreme pressure.

Moves to a Pan-Islamic Union will occur behind the scenes and will continue to blindside a stunned American foreign policy. Gul's main focus will be on the international stage. He will draw upon financing from Saudi Arabia. The United States will not prepared to contend with a powerful and insular diplomatic undercurrent emerging from within the Islamic world to which it cannot influence or be privy to.

Domestically Turkey will balance any accommodation to Islamic movements with the potential resistance from the Turkish military.

Turkish support for US forces may be limited. Turkey will be oppressive to Kurds.

Seems strange that Turkey would want to align itself with a system comprising a team of backward misfits who aren't close to figuring out the proper relationship between religion and government - not to mention other deficiencies too numerous to count. Sound's like every modern nation's dream. Then again, cultural & economic suicide seems to be a popular path these days. That's sums up most of the battle we're fighting in good ole America. Sure hope your reassuring words hold true. By the way, do you have many compatriots that believe as you do?

Ok, let me rephrase that:

If the thought is that Turkey will travel backwards in time and become a religious state once more, then that's bull.

If, OTOH, the thought is that Turkey will lead these suckers into and through a transition to democracy, then I'd say Go baby, GO!

We are not considered proper Muslims, however, because we don't force our women to dress like nuns, and we don't beat female students back into burning school houses because they dared escape a fire without their burkas (This happened recently in Saud-land)...

I am a big fan of Attaturk I consider him a personal historic hero the likes of Ben Franklin and George Washington.

The point I am making is that Gul took advantage of a bad economy and a call for less pure secularism to get elected. He is a very dynamic guy and he has an economic endgame for the region to a Pan-Islamic Economic Union.

>> endgame for the region to a Pan-Islamic Economic Union.

If that means that the rest of the Muslims elevate themselves to our way of governance, then that might be a pretty powerful thing.

It would solve the Kashmir issue once and for all, as Pakistan should get the hell outa there..

But I see it a real chore to secure a Turkish leadership position among the Arabs and Persians..

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