How Erdogan Plays Both Sides in the Gaza War

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[@hasimylmaz9417]

If Erdogan was born Jew in Israel, he would become Netanyahu. If Netanyahu was born Muslim in Turkey, he would become Erdogan.

[@inoovator3756]

Agreed

[@ibrozdemir]

very true, and if you look at demographic of the both countries, also similar. big portion doesnt want their leader, and there is a %30 person extra-conservative in both countries, ruining for turkey and israel

[@didd2810]

Except Erdogan is exceptionallg incompetent in his later years

[@natnaelghirma2617]

Beautiful

[@PeterPeter-pr2hi]

I'm 14 and this is deep

[@concernedcitizens4110]

So in practicality Erdogan is just trying to safeguard Turkey’s position with the West while at the same trying to be the Sultan of the Muslim world by condemning Israel. Nothing confusing there.

[@alexisvladimir8148]

Nothing wrong with a leader like this, turkey's interest should be his policies

[@riichobamin7612]

Reminds me of my PM, Mr. Narendra Modi. His party and supporters will condemn the heck out of Christian missionaries, while pursuing relations with USA, one of the biggest source of missionaries.

[@Blah888]

double game tactics ,victim card

[@eyelessclowned]

which is essentially hypocrisy

[@Gossuarit]

except the local Turks that voted for him were unaware of his backdoor deals with Israel. Now theyre aware, so they punished him in local elections

[@chavezchavo]

"So Erdogan. Do you support Israel or Palestine?" Erdogan: "Yes".

[@tacomonster5]

PEPE

[@zhen159]

He he supports Turkey

[@cheensenm]

"I hate you but i need your money" -erdogan maybe

[@houseplant1016]

He does this to everyone tbh, to Arabs too. They gave him so many loans, yet Turkish nationalists can't keep their fingers from their keyboard nowadays to hate on Arabs.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

US can by any government (Egypt, Morocco, Türkiye,). But not the people

[@lobstersexmachine]

@@carkawalakhatulistiwawe could buy the people. That’s what we did in Europe and the UK. That and the degree of autonomy we give you, but in all practicality our “allies” are just feudatories. This isn’t about buying people it’s about selling arms.

[@houzoud2416]

Turkey has elected government while Egypt and Morocco or UEA have Monarchies/ military rules.

[@thearpox7873]

@@houzoud2416 Through they do like to imprison their journalists.

[@CountryNeighbors]

Another factor influencing Erdogan's Israel policy is Azerbaijan. Both Israel and Azerbaijan cooperated deeply with regards to energy (which Turkiye is also involved), Iran, and Nagorno-Karabakh. Erdogan wants to keep Azerbaijan on its side due to mutual Turkic brotherhood, so it's not fully keen on harming Israeli interests that will hurt Azerbaijani interests.

[@rastisdiq4142]

The funny thing is that the Azerbaijani leader is actually kurdish and his nation is not really turkic by origin. And Türkiye's leader is not turkish he is laz( a nation from Georgia) and at least 60 percent of his nation are not turkish ( they are kurds , greek , Armenian)

[@kutayfrat1654]

@@rastisdiq4142so what? This is valid for all nation states with an imperial past.

[@rastisdiq4142]

@@kutayfrat1654 i mean he is kurdish and he act like he is 100 percent Turkish and talk about unification of turkic lands and etc

[@kutayfrat1654]

@@rastisdiq4142 Do you think that the concept of Turk is just a genetic equivalent? Being Turk is a cultural concept rather than an ethnic affiliation. I am also genetically Georgian, Armenian, Italian and Southwest Asian, but I call myself Turk.

[@kutayfrat1654]

@@rastisdiq4142 I am also in favor of the unification of Turkic countries.

[@Tmb1112]

Any conflict breaks out in the world Erdogan: “Money?”

[@tbrandy1405]

You make him sound like Peter Parker's landlord 🤣

[@Vandel96]

@@Edyime Fucking his countries economy is really caring, you are correct.

[@LawyerAB]

@@Edyimeyes so Turkiye’s economy is super now 😢

[@extrapolate]

@@Edyimethey sure are feeling his caring through hyperinflation making their savings disappear into thin air 😂

[@junayedalam8463]

USA: Money 👹

[@phoebus86]

This is why ideologies don't really even matter in geopolitics anymore.

[@LuisMSilva-yb6dv]

Have influence at the domestic level, but just this

[@eyelessclowned]

you ignored the west spreading progressivism and diplomtically protesting whenever a country tries to halt it

[@LuisMSilva-yb6dv]

@@eyelessclowned this is way China have gradually more allies

[@alessandrodelogu7931]

Did they ever really matter?

[@arrasectum]

@@alessandrodelogu7931 Up until the fall of the Berlin Wall. Nowadays, the only logical rationale is one that prioritizes capital. Anything else is vanity or complementary.

[@PeterPeter-pr2hi]

To be fair, outside of the countries that literally have 0 relations with Israel, all countries are like this I really love when people pretend that China for example deeply cares about Palestinians every time they say something in front of the UN, while Israel is their second largest arm supplier and they have a lot of trade between each other (sure, this might have slowed down after the war, but the Israel-Palestine conflict has been a thing for ages).

[@didd2810]

Same for Russia and India too. Although India seems to have reduced it's one strong pro-Palestinian stand quite a bit. Reckon it has to do with the easing of relations with the West and specially America. On the other hand, China's and Russia's relations with the US have gotten way worse than they've been in decades.

[@PeterPeter-pr2hi]

Now Russia is a whole another scenario Their relations with the West have definitely deteriorated a lot, but for a while, it seemed like Putin used that to his advantage (having good relations both with Israel and the US's enemies in the region, showing the West how he has so many allies). It also seemed like him and Netanyahu were on the same page about many things for a while. However, after the war, it became harder and harder, as Russia became more reliant on having good relations with Iran, which started entering a more direct conflict with Israel rather than just relying on proxies. They also couldn't just spout empty rhetoric about the Palestinians anymore while shaking hands with Netanyahu in the background, as the so-called "Global South" that they tried to unite was vehemently pro-Palestinian, but for Israel, everything related to being pro-Palestinian meant pro-Hamas (which does have some nuance on the political stage, as the Palestinian Authority is becoming less and less relevant, so pro-Palestinian leaders cannot really rely on it). India I think is a different case. They can't afford to be too pro-Israel because of their strong muslim minority and because of the whole BRICS thing going on (again, this whole uniting the Global South thing), but they have way too many similar things going on politically, and it's not like they can just turn their back on one of their strongest historical allies. So for Russia, their relations with Israel are deteriorating, while for India, it is the opposite, even if both try to balance between the two choices.,

[@Eltener123]

They care more than the US

[@user-nv5ve9ld7t]

@@didd2810 What do you mean? As a British Indian, I understand both worlds and trust me, India is firmly pro-Israel, and that has nothing to do with relations to the West (India is also pro-Russia for instance). To clarify, the Indian government is slightly pro Israel and the Indian public is very much pro Israel (except Muslims of course). The reasons are complex. For one, Indian history is 1000 years of Islamic invasions, oppression and many acts of evil committed by Muslims against Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs. The West with 9/11 got a taste of 0.01% of what we experienced for the last 1000 years, but for nations like India and Israel this has been our lived realities for longer than most remember. So, naturally Indians see Israel as a natural ally and a brave people that are fighting against Islamists, and that too despite all odds. And that’s another key thing. Everyone loves an underdog story. To Westerners Palestine is the underdog. But to Indians, Palestine is just full of Arabs and the entire Arabic and even Islamic world is one Ummah (mind you this is how Arabs see themselves and to a lesser extent Muslims though Muslims have more divisions such as Iran vs Saudis). With this perspective, Israel is a tiny nation you can barely see on a map surrounded by a sea of green, 7 million Jews vs 2 billion Muslims and they still win time after time. That makes them a brave and admirable people, but also perpetual underdogs and thus deserving of our concern. There’s many other reasons, but mostly it’s due to different perspectives, different history, culture and wordviews, and all underpinned by an admiration of Israeli people, their military history, and their martial spirit.

[@user-nv5ve9ld7t]

@@PeterPeter-pr2hi The Muslim minority in India has been politically neutered since 2014. The current ruling party depends on the Muslim vote about as much as Donald Trump on pink haired college feminists.

[@thematthew761]

Also. Azerbaijan is very close to Israel, which is important.

[@Beyonder1987]

It’s close for mutual interest

[@remenir97]

Politicians say one thing to the public, do something else behind closed doors.

[@baoringnaiding5772]

Erdogan using Hamas for personal intrest and Israel for national interest 😁

[@longballs8959]

I'd say its more the other way around

[@rmmvw]

Just like Iran using Hamas for political interests and Hamas using the Palestinians.

[@cgt3704]

How original

[@skp8748]

Wrong

[@Professor24816]

If he were self interested, he would work with Israel

[@krateproductions4872]

The TLDR of this TLDR video is: 🎶 Money Money Money Must be funny In a rich man’s world 🎶 -ABBA

[@ela6252]

Turkish citizens are SUFFERING right now. People kill themselves because they're drowning in debt. It isn't improving and going getting worse. Of course money is important for Turkey. They are not in a privileged position like western countries. Why isn't the West cutting trade ties with Israel? MONEY MONEY MONEY.

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

I guess “Free Kurdistan” is harder to chant in protests.

[@alptop20]

No one cares about Kurds. You even don’t know what you are yourselves just talk nonsense 😂😂😂

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

British and French Made line in map. So Kurdish live in 3 contry now

[@MK-hr6wv]

Turkiye doesn't opress kurds in türkiye. Palestinians cant even collect rainwater on their own land. While kurds are equal citizens, Israel calls all Palestinians, even children "N*zis", "Terrorists",...

[@niggacockball7995]

@@carkawalakhatulistiwa yes if it was all turkey they would live in ONE unified country but britbongs had to ruin it

[@happyjay9168]

Lmao

[@THESEUS999]

Türkiye's NATO membership has nothing to do with the situation. Israel is not a NATO member so Türkiye has not any responsibility towards them. Other NATO member's decisions over 3th parties ties themselfs not Türkiye.

[@Gaius_Julius_Caesar_Augustus]

You have no idea how politics work. The elites in the USA care about Israel 300 times more than they do about turkiye

[@mda990]

In theory. Things are different in reality. Israel most important ally for the US a thing the US put over everthing including NATO

[@TristanBanks]

Israel is the front line of NATOs war in the middle east. The reason that they are not a member is to avoid a direct political engagement with the likes of Iran.

[@arionell]

@@mda990 Yea no it doesn't really work like that. If it did, NATO members would've been eating eachother.

[@Free_Muslim_Unlike_Slaves]

@@mda990 turkiye does not have resposbility for us wars and its allies

[@thesomeone27]

03-05-2024 Update, now Turkey halted all trade to Israel

[@andrewwilliams6008]

Funny how Turkey criticizes Israel as an occupying power while Turkey occupied northern Syria, Kurdistan, and half of Cyprus

[@shafsteryellow]

There's no such thing as Kurdistan never has been. Also they took the territory of northern syria which is on their border from ISIS in a joint operation with the Syrian national army. They even have Russia (Assads primary ally) providing them air support. Turkey intervened in Cyprus after a Greek right wing military dictatorship conducted a coup in Cyprus whilst promising to ethnically cleanse turkish Cypriots... Turkey appealed to Britain, US, Italy and France to intervene but they were focused on cold War politics. So Turkey protected them from annihilation and recognised Northern Cyprus.

[@andrewwilliams6008]

@@shafsteryellow turkey is the only country in the world the recognizes northern Cyprus. Every other countries recognizes it as an illegal occupation. Turkey and Israel are colonial brothers and oppressors.

[@shafsteryellow]

@@andrewwilliams6008 Turkey is there by the will of the people it is protecting. They formed their own govt and live in peace. Greece shouldn't have tried to pursue enosis.

[@axzzz9164]

@@shafsteryellow So the Palestinians deserve freedom, but the Kurds don't? Typical Muslim hypocrisy.

[@shafsteryellow]

@@axzzz9164 kurds are Muslim...

[@RDSyafriyar]

"Erdogan once said that democracy for him is a bus ride. “Once I get to my stop, I’m getting off." - King Abdullah II 🇯🇴

[@brrkbtl]

Yes Erdogan actually said that .

[@bozokluoglu_]

This didn’t age well as just today Turkey banned all exports and imports to Israel

[@zico739]

Edrogan is playing the long game.

[@hope_seeker]

After 7 months

[@Neurromancer]

It offended me to call me "Middle Eastern". I never see myself and tens of millions of people in Turkey like that.

[@e.v3832]

It's fit whatever their agenda😂, Turkey is Eurasian country not European nor middle eastern

[@user-vo9wd6tx6c]

What about "Eastern Mediterranean"? It seems like that term is becoming more popular.

[@omarosama155]

It also offends me that mongols that got mixed with Greeks get to be on the same level as the cradle of civilization.

[@Sinner85]

It doesn't matter what you think. It matters what world thinks and they mention turkey as a middle eastern country. You can read Wikipedia or Google 😊

[@Neurromancer]

@@Sinner85 The world is not just about Western Europe and America. The Balkans, Eastern Europe, Asia, and even the Middle Eastern countries see Turkey as neither Middle Eastern nor Asian. During the Ottoman period, Indonesia defined the Ottomans as western Muslims. People can edit Wikipedia as they wish. There is no need to have an academic research background to enter Wikipedia.

[@vitoanania6042]

Palestinians have right to self determination (fair enough), Turks in Cyprus have, but Kurds don't have it? In a world of hypocrites, Türkiye is the most hypocrite of all

[@elturco2421]

Kurds live freely in Iraq and Syria

[@crimson3970]

It’s just politics. Not hypocritical. People just want what is best for their people, even at the cost of others.

[@ozgurd5920]

turks in cyprus and palestinians in israel was genocided. kurds in turkey are equal citizens.

[@JMK948]

Top 15.

[@didd2810]

​@@ozgurd5920The Turks in Cyprus are what Israelis are in Gaza

[@solschwarz5169]

Erdogan does have muddled policies. Probably something to do with balancing hating Israel while managing a country. He's not an Israel "critic", but an Israel hater.

[@av3902]

as all people should be

[@lotcam4046]

Critics are now-a-days called anti-semitic. .

[@bloodfiredrake7259]

All sane people hate a genocidal, colonial and aparthied state.

[@luishernandezblonde]

I think you forget the fact that in Turkey (as well as their Turkic brother Azerbaijan) still carry a significant resentment against the Palestinians for perceived betrayal by the Palestinians against the Ottoman Caliphate in 1916. This is not known in most Muslim countries, yet it becomes more important to understand why the Palestinian betrayal hit the Turkic world hard - to a point they established ties with Israel out of this resentment.

[@zahidcan]

Turkish public hates arabs especially after refugee crisises If israel wasn't so blood thirsty Israel would be a great ally to Turkey but they are so brutal even the biggest arab haters hate israel more

[@onurkoyuncu]

you are wrong at so many level mate, there are no more than handful of people who judge other countries by whether if they got independance from Ottoman empire. Nobody cares that anymore. Your thinking is from 30-40 years ago its 2024 now, it has been quite while since that generation died.

[@mansur8451]

The betrayal was from Arabia. The Levant for the most part was quite loyalist - except Lebanon but that was because the Maronites wanted a free state.

[@yunustahakosoglustudent2626]

It was only the palestinian arabs that betrayed us btw. They are now paying the price to israel.

[@luishernandezblonde]

@@mansur8451 Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian intellectuals had plotted a similar coordinated rebellion. However the French consul in Beirut deliberately left the papers of Arab independent intellectuals for the Ottomans, resulted in most of them being hunted and murdered. And the Levant was victim of an Ottoman-engineered famine earlier, but I guess this is hidden in your textbooks.

[@NVV193]

Turkey just cut Trade with Israel. Let’s see how this goes

[@youtubekarib7311]

Edrogan is a hypocrite

[@crimson3970]

He’s just a politician. Every politician plays the field. It’s a game.

[@bababababababa6124]

He is, but that’s just Turkeys foreign policy. Turkey looks out for themselves first and will always switch who they support when it is convenient to them

[@zurielsss]

Like Netanyahu

[@a.d.sstudioanimation6438]

All the turks are

[@TheJohnnyJohnny]

Erdogan is love, Erdogan is life❤❤❤. Long Live Erdogan

[@davidboltbear147]

In the 90s and earlier 2000 israeli like to visit turkey.

[@eviataryarhi6708]

Even till 2023 Israelis are the major tourist and economic relationship

[@user-hp6ye8zt9b]

​@@eviataryarhi6708 turkey has almost 0 tourists from isreal turkey received over 50m tourists in 2023 while total population of Isreal is less than 10m

[@houseplant1016]

​@@user-hp6ye8zt9blmfao how is that an argument that Israelis don't visit Turkey.... We didn't say only Israelis visit Turkey

[@Gossuarit]

@@eviataryarhi6708 thats just false bru. It's mostly Russians and Arabs. Israelis were warned against travelling to Turkey in 2023

[@bukhariapdelahi7072]

@@Gossuarit turkey is too big to care about israeli tourists

[@user-di2mj5ts8z]

0:22 you can hear the giggle in his voice

[@pseudoprof]

I can confirm that this is a very balanced and accurate view on Erdogan and Turkiye's position. Very well done TLDR!

[@deniz_0909]

Being the middle man of the world is not easy

[@StarterOffical-Jousha-lf6ig]

"Erdogan, a man of man. And this classified him as gay"

[@phantomgaming563]

Then what would that make biden?

[@StarterOffical-Jousha-lf6ig]

"@@phantomgaming563 A Man of Great Dementia with forgetting his name"

[@phantomgaming563]

​@@StarterOffical-Jousha-lf6igAnd also Trump.😂

[@StarterOffical-Jousha-lf6ig]

​@@phantomgaming563"A Man of Great Builder in Mexico with his words"

[@genekendrick679]

​@@StarterOffical-Jousha-lf6igbro's on a roll😂😂😂😂

[@user-pp8ry4un3c]

he's in a tough position. on one side he's hated for supporting israel. but if he cuts ties with israel and falls off with the west, the economy will take a hit, which will also get him hated again. may allah make it easy for him to fix his situation.

[@diekssus7194]

Just pointing out that the thumbnail and title are once again very different and clickbait.

[@Mike-od2mz]

Looks like you jumped the gun a bit. Turkey just suspended ALL trade with Israel.

[@skp8748]

😂 this channel is a hate channel

[@trollingbastard]

​@@skp8748that's how you see it because you just hate facts

[@sarabdar8168]

Believe me he would still be saying this cuz the script and the money gor his pay comes from tel aviv😂 You know how much israel has to put aside in the budget for these people so they can try (and fail misarably) to make israel image better Anyways i am unsubscribing it cuz dude doesn't care how many people die all he cares is about the script they hand him along the sweet money

[@tk5gqj514]

Ships are still going back and forth between İsrael and Turkey though. They probably just like to ride empty ships then

[@sarabdar8168]

@@tk5gqj514 any proof to back what you just said?

[@fatiguejras]

Striping your country of billions of dollars when the home economy is shit is another level of stupid. I hope Turkish people will vote him out.

[@FlanPoirot]

sadly I don't see it happen the same way there's no way putin or kim jong un will get out of power peacefully

[@abdullatifakay4404]

yes he will be i hope. Last year election was stupidly unbearable. He rigged the election with immigrant votes but also candidate choice was abhorrent so he won but not anymore with Istanbul or Ankara mayors.

[@abdullatifakay4404]

@@FlanPoirot erdogan lost his mandate in the last month's election and i kid you not he could've been removed last your if it wasn't for stupid candidate choice. Nobody wanted him but he forced himself and later people barely accepted him because anybody is better than erdogan but he lost. Erdogan will be voted out in one or two years.

[@zahidcan]

@@FlanPoirot Turkey has free elections not even close to your examples and Israel is commiting far worse crimes than ISIS people don't mind cutting ties with isreal

[@Beyonder1987]

@@FlanPoirotErdagon has won every presidential election fair and square. He has the support of rural and conservative people. The libs hate him and the globalist western right and left hate him because he won’t submit

[@johnelway9879]

Erdogan watched your video and said on my watch.

[@egyptianmapper437]

Another factor to consider is that Turkey recently halted it's trade with Israel

[@humimimimi901]

Erdoğan is a snake and will probably bring them back if there is even a ceasefire, Turkish economy isn't in the state to deliberately halt money coming in

[@korkufilmleriscarymovies2283]

​@@humimimimi901you're snake

[@navetal]

1:37 It's Haim, not Tshaim. There is no "ch" in Hebrew (outside of loan words).

[@phantomgaming563]

Can you name me some of those loanwords?

[@yuvalw7543]

​@@phantomgaming563chucha, chikloof off the top of my head

[@solschwarz5169]

There are 2 letters in Hebrew which don't have an English equivalent. They are often spelt with a ch, even though it's not pronounced as the English ch

[@navetal]

@@phantomgaming563 Chupchiq (pointy end of something) from Russian Chubchik (something to do with hair strands, I believe? I don't speak Russian.) Also Pancher (flat tire) from English Puncture, with the same meaning (there is a Hebrew equivalent, Neqer, but Pancher is more commonly used.) Of course you also have names of things like Ketchup or places like Czechia.

[@bomoose]

chet

[@averagemoe7879]

FYI, as of this morning, Turkey has cut economic ties with israel per Bloomberg

[@TheSayk]

Love the videos guys, but pls, the intro is too loud. This happens in most if not all your videos. Pls turn it down.

[@zacharys9874]

The gall of turkey to call anyone else occupiers after what they still do to northern Cyprus is hilarious to me

[@Thedimensionalwarrior]

Nothing surprising here, Erdogan is the definition of the word hypocrite

[@3three3]

Soooo he's just an average politician?

[@phantomgaming563]

​@@3three3No shit sherlock.

[@yunustahakosoglustudent2626]

True

[@bababababababa6124]

Not like Turkey is the ONLY NATO member to criticise Israel, I feel like most have 😂

[@phantomgaming563]

Which other NATO states criticise israel as much as turkey though?

[@trrr938]

Spain for instance​@@phantomgaming563

[@lilbang5018]

@@phantomgaming563spain for example

[@bababababababa6124]

@@phantomgaming563Spain, Ireland, Sweden, Belgium and a few others have all expressed their disappointment with them

[@houseplant1016]

​@@phantomgaming563Belgium, Spain,France, U.K, Ireland, Sweden and Slovenia

[@user-xt1bz2rs4v]

It's pronnounced KHaim Hertzog, not Chaim.

[@chickendetective3270]

Where can I get the list for sources? I would love to use some of them for my research.

[@origross8956]

Then he cries about Kurdish terrorists in Sweden...

[@yunustahakosoglustudent2626]

Also true

[@rastisdiq4142]

Definitely not terrorists

[@merve6987]

Never mind, don't worry about Erdogan so much. Many countries, such as Sweden, have hurt themselves by allowing such people into their country. They have managed to drive even the calmest people in the world, Japans, crazy. Did you see? And it will be Europe's turn as well. Do not be surprised if you hear the words: Sweden is the homeland of Kurds, biji Kurdistan! 😂

[@yottazeta2919]

The real reason is that Erdo is using Kamas as a tit-for-tat as the blue star supports the Kurdish analogues of Kamas against Turkish interests.

[@Theactualclips]

Why is every rapper so after drake. Even after all he’s accomplished in the rap music industry.

[@GekomsuFuzzy]

6:01 "they are going to make us miss hitler" is a mistranslation from original statement but to be honest, that's funny how he made this statement as if it was obvious that there would be a translation error.

[@bomoose]

your pronounciation of chaim herzog makes me cry

[@metasferous6319]

This aged like milk without a freezer on a hot day

[@mnm1273]

Why?

[@s.c.360]

He is a true fence walker.

[@sergiodasilva6505]

Who wrote this script? IS it just me or was there repetition with minor adjustments within the same video?

[@CruelCaption]

Turkiye isn't an Arab country. How does a KZbin channel with this much information not get small things right.

[@iskenderboyga4879]

He didn't say that, where did u hear that

[@shafsteryellow]

This is just a hate channel

[@Minposu123]

He said non arap which means not arap

[@MustafaKulle]

Turkey: Condemns Israel for being an occupation while occupying Cyprus. Lol 🇨🇾

[@Gossuarit]

cyprus i get it, greece shouldnt have attempted that coup and went for the reunification. Consequences innit. but kurdistan

[@sandman4663]

Most ppl who live on the island are more Greek than Turkish lol but okay Bruv

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Cyprus is 50% Turkey

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

It could be said to be an occupation because .Greece was the first to want to unite Cyprus with Greece . Starting a war

[@VisotCL]

At first, everyone support Turkey invading Cyprus to free from the Greeks, then everyone turn against Turkey when they push to far and Turkey had to back down. It’s the same thing happening on Israel to free Gazan from “Terrorist”

[@JokeShinet]

I think previous Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak tried to do the same thing

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

US can by any government (Egypt, Morocco, Türkiye,). But not the people

[@TrTurkiyeTravel]

Because education in all those countries is very low.

[@DRKrust492]

Erdogan's issue is with Netanyahu and his policies, not Israel. My issue is with Netanyahu and his policies, not Israel. So, I get it.

[@Ynhockey]

It should be noted that Israel's response to Turkish restrictions on Israeli imports of their goods was to restrict the import of *more* Turkish goods. This is because Erdogan's move hurts Turkey much more than Israel, but they did cherry-pick the restrictions that would hurt Israel most. Israel just took this policy further, in order to make it painful for Turkey. On the other hand, Turkish exporters are already using European countries' ports to export to Israel, because they need the money.

[@yuvalne]

Chaim Herzog pronouced as "Chime" 💀 seriously guys, this would have been the easiest pronunciation check ever.

[@sandejunior]

Guys you forgot Sweden and Finland 0:23

[@TurielD]

You should look into why Netanyahu backs Hamas.

[@steffplaysmapping1104]

With their history with the Kurds, it kinda feels like projecting. I do think that the rethoric Erdogan uses makes it harder to critize Israel, since he clothes it in remarks that arguably trivilizes the Holocaust (and perhaps also the Armenian genocide). Comparing Netanyahu to Hitler are of course not criticism of Israel, but only a dilution of history. I think this balancing act erodes the goodwill that Turkey has, as they seem to benefit from Israeli connections while having a leader that uses bigotry to "defend" the Palestinians.

[@cazwalt9013]

A friend to all is a friend to non.

[@kbram7363]

good

[@sPanKyZzZ1]

To not miss that Turkey has very close relations with Quatar.

[@sla8tful]

You left out the fact that the flotilla had weapons hidden inside the belly of the ship

[@alie.m.1474]

Why did Israel apologise and pay reparations if the ship was hostile? Liberate yourself from Hasbara mate you’re making an ass of yourself

[@sla8tful]

@@alie.m.1474 there’s videos of the weapons. They apologized for having to arrest and detain Turkish citizens. It was better to let go of ego then be right and lose a vital trading partner.

[@alie.m.1474]

@@sla8tful they’re fake videos, ask yourself why the IOF confiscated everyone’s phones and cameras

[@Benbobr]

3:10 you have forgot to mention that the commando uncovered weapons on that ship which were being smuggled to the strip

[@Kardas1]

Who are you lying to they literally had wooden sticks while the soy boy idf had fully automatic guns let’s see them try that with a Turkish commando there . Israel only kills civilians.

[@tacicalchannel7225]

Source? They has been planting weapons in places for many years and now to justify the attacks

[@WriteInAaronBushnell]

@2:59 based af

[@samsungbook560go4]

Türkiye not Turkey

[@SongulDuger]

Simple: Ottoman Empire ruled both Jews and Arabs, so Turks, Jews and Arabs were all neighbors, maybe it has something to do with understanding the both parties??

[@MrGoldhandles]

You say rules over but why completely neglected the land now Israel. It was backward with very small population. It had no industry no electricity, or running water. It was really a place the ottomans held in complete contempt. To be clear this has nothing to do with Jews or Arabs or anything other than, and I may be misremembering but I think the ottoman just saw the land as worthless. And anyone who wasn’t ottoman proper (from certain places within the empire) where lesser.

[@SongulDuger]

@@MrGoldhandles Thank you for sharing your ideas, and most importantly, for doing so respectfully! The decline of the Ottoman Empire can be attributed to various factors, one of which was the depletion of financial resources following the reign of Kanuni (Suleiman the Magnificent). This marked the beginning of a gradual decline in both political and economic spheres. Comparing Israel today with the Ottoman Empire is a stark contrast. The vast expanse of the Ottoman Empire, spanning across Anatolia, often failed to meet the needs of its people. However, it was thanks to the Republic and the leadership of Atatürk that a modern nation emerged after its collapse. It's worth noting that Kanuni's father, Selim I (Yavuz Sultan Selim), placed great importance on Jerusalem due to its significance as a holy site for three major religions. Good day!

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

"Turkey is a US aligned NATO country" Only on paper.

[@shafsteryellow]

How? What's this got to do with nato

[@koenkoen1270]

The NATO Land forces "Command" is located in Izmir. Its army uses Nato equipment, well integrated into NATO doctrines. It's very much in practice as well my dear.

[@sosososososo4148]

Nato uses Turkey only for blocking Russian fleet towards Mediterranean sea

[@kaanserin5324]

Okey so although I am not a supporter of Erdoğan at all ( I mean I am a opposition voter ) he really has to get well with both. It's not only about Israel/Palestine. Because of our location we usually have to get well with both side in crises and wars.

[@sajadhussain4732]

Why does the west have double standards!!!!

[@ottomanosman2463]

Not even Erdogan, but every Turkish leader since 1922 remember the 1916 revolt. The Palestinians are not willing to admit they betrayed the Ottoman Empire, so there is no reason why we have to approach them. They brought it themselves.

[@onurkoyuncu]

lol public doesnt care about whether palestine got independence from Ottoman. Its 2024 dude nobody gives a shit to that. If you ask 100 turkish people now 99 of them would support palestine.

[@obasha7976]

This is not a fair assessment. You deposed the sultan and the caliphate first. We pledged loyalty to the Ottoman caliph for 600 years. You broke the agreement by removing the sultan. This is not what we pledged loyalty to. Events that led to the Arab revolt are important. Did you never wonder why for centuries there was no problem?

[@ottomanosman2463]

@@obasha7976 If we had "desposed" the Sultan, then the Caliphate would have been ended by the time of Abdulhamid Han II, who tried to balance between Jewish and Arab interests. Governmental change at the time was not against the Islamic Caliphate, we were reforming it. You butchered that by aligning with the British while our soldiers were holding the empire. Once you betrayed your vow, you revealed yourself.

[@obasha7976]

@ottomanosman2463 Yes and we did not revolt against Abdulhamid II. "was not against the islamic caliphate" Are you serious?!?! How can you say it was not against it?? And what do you mean "revealed yourself"? Why then for 600 years the levant was part of the ottoman caliphate? Suddenly people woke up one morning and decided to "reveal" themselves? You don't think there was a reason for this?

[@ottomanosman2463]

@@obasha7976 The Caliphate ended in 1924, while the revolt by the Palestinians came in 1916, in coordination with the Hashemites. Remember that Abdulhamid II entrusted the Hashemites to do the Caliphate matter and that position was secured under the guarantee of the government post-Abdulhamid, only for the Hashemites and the Palestinians to tear down that promise under false pretence that Britain would give you homeland. Who have faults here? You were right that you pledged loyalty to the Caliphate back in 600 years ago, but the 1916 revolt was done by your people, not us.

[@kamikadzeto7]

Even tho it took him too long to impose the sanctions, I think Erdogan will be one of the few leaders today that will be on the right sight of history in the future.

[@burcangan]

its worth to mention that any exports going to Palestine goes through Isreali customs. So on paper its an export to Israel. Stopping the trade would also mean punishing Palestine and her people. Evaluating such a deep conflict with a single perspective would hardly give any insight.

[@yusufbingul467]

This video is proof that outside of Türkiye a lot of people have no idea what is going on in the country

[@SyrEmilon]

That mispronunciation Chaim…

[@konradwilliams1395]

HAIM not chayim

[@alex4863]

Erdogan wants to revive the Ottoman Empire, he’s also not afraid to use his NATO geography as a weapon to get what he wants.

[@DraconicedgePD]

4:55 they are

[@toufeeqsiddique7520]

Again u came with Turkey bashing?how much are you paid bro?

[@Theworldsucks-kg5jv]

Judging by your name you're not Turkish so why defending Turkey?

[@toufeeqsiddique7520]

@@Theworldsucks-kg5jv One doesn't need to be Turkish to point out this hypocrisy.. As simple as that

[@NguniPrince]

Because Turkey are hypocrites

[@anishmaelhab]

Despite his hypocritical policy upon this war, I think every Turkish citizen can agree how badass he was to storm off of the panel with Perez at WEF with the iconic 'One Minute' statement, calling him and his predecessors "joyful upon massacre of Palestinian children". Moments like these pretty much guaranteed his success as a politician for 15+ years afterwards.

[@extrapolate]

Cheap Islamist populism breeding extremism as his economy is in its worst state in decades, just to divert from his own incompetence. Quite sad

[@zacharys9874]

And that shows why turkey has all the problems it has today if one dumb remark means you’ll keep getting elected despite causing a historic tank on the economy and taking away many human rights to maintain power.

[@MsLoveandjustice]

Chaim would be pronounced Haim if you don’t want to do the throaty ch

[@ZachLDB]

Turkey ended “all trade” with Israel a few hours ago. Video is now outdated.

[@jamm8284]

Its amazing how you describe working with a military regime as a "golden period" 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@crimson3970]

Golden period in Israeli-Turkish relations. Implying that Israeli-Turkish relations were flourishing. Are you always this sensitive? It’s not like he didn’t talk about Israeli war crimes.

[@abyssal_phoenix]

Yeah, look at working with the usa, russia, china, any western country, everything is a "military regime", would never call that a "golden period" ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ But a golden period refers to peak relations and economic development between 2 parties. Doesn't matter what situation the country is in

[@nickxplore4265]

Anyone with a moral compass is against Netanyahu

[@Greekhistorian675]

Good foryou. Greece is only country that stand with Israel and only who support the te two state solution. We Greeks are smart

[@Thedimensionalwarrior]

That being said, Erdogan has no moral compass

[@archyarchfiendx2938]

Being against erdogan, Hamas, a Palestine, ABBAs, is a moral compass

[@robertduluth8994]

@@Greekhistorian675then why is your economy trash?

[@3three3]

@@Greekhistorian675 Greeks are so smart they were a literal Turkish slave state for 500 years.. The only reason the Ottomans didn't completely wipe you out is because they practiced 'The Millet System' which is a sort of self governance.. if any other empire had had your land you would cease to exist right now.. especially for 500 years.. yes Greeks so smart

[@jimakisspd]

Turkey playing with both sides?? WOW that's something new. lol

[@A1un9ine]

You didn't bring up his call with the Hamas leader at the funeral of the leader's sons killed by Israel

[@justplay1555]

Turkey is not a middle eastern country, stop pulling this narrative. It is astonishing that you keep refer Cyprus as European while their entire land belongs to Asia, or Gerogia and Armenia when they don't even have lands in Europe as European while keep doing this to Turks. A clear bias and hates towards Turks. Turkey is candidate for European Union and has been a founding member of every geographically exclusive European entities. Just cause Turkey owns small percentage of lands in Middle East that doesn't make Turkey or Turks Middle Eastern just like it didn't make France/Italy/Uk one when they owned Middle East after WW1. Turkey is in Europe and Turks are European - Deal with it.

[@zahidcan]

Türkiye Avrupalı da değil avrupa'da değil biz de sizdeniz ezikliğini aşın artık

[@e.v3832]

Turkey is Eurasian

[@amazingamx1255]

I thought Turks are Turkic and come from Central Asia?

[@e.v3832]

@@amazingamx1255 original ones, those in Turkey are mostly Greco Anatolian by genetics within some small Turkic admix

[@amazingamx1255]

@@e.v3832 So then they are not Turkic

[@richardm7713]

Turkey in a nutshell, actively colonized North Cyprus and cleansed people for centuries, but is very mad when Israel fights back against Jihadists.

[@robertduluth8994]

Jihad? That ate fighting a peoples will for self determination. You probably fell for the white mans burden too didn’t you silly goose 😂

[@eyalamit5120]

Yup. Spineless cockroach of a politician.

[@tk5gqj514]

Greece tried to annex Cyprus via staging a military coup. This is what made the Turkish invasion legal

[@bozyurekli6566]

03.05.2024 Erdoğan stop all trade with israil officially, you have to update this news

[@leonardgnani7886]

Erdogan: Hold me back

[@bournettanmapping8762]

Erdogan: Hamas (a literal Iranian terror militia) isn’t a terrorist organisation but Kurdistan workers party (a peaceful political party) is 🤡

[@mertcankaya279]

peaceful political party killed 40k people and all europe and us regocnise it as terrorist group.

[@sktt1488]

Both terroist Beaceuse both atacak civillans

[@3three3]

There's no way you just called the PKK a "peaceful political party" -- how illiterate can you be

[@lazgkhn]

lol that its called a workers party doesn’t mean its actually a workers party. They chose that name because they have a communist ideology. PKK responsible for more deaths than isis.

[@ilansobel1631]

Killing 40,000 innocents = peaceful?

[@calebbearup4282]

Greece would greatly benefit from stronger ties with Israel the US and Kurdistan

[@Adam-wg2rf]

Greece and israel are friends right now, and the all "north cypres" thing made stronger then ever .

[@calebbearup4282]

@@Adam-wg2rf exactly. There's no time like the present to grow that connection into something as strong as what the US and UK have

[@geardo3635]

Well I'm convinced. **** Erdogan.

[@MsArmy00]

Gaza people have right to defense themselve.

[@thephe88]

Erdogan politics make sense. Do not see the confusion here. He is NOT against the state of Israel as trade works well but is genuinely against its politics towards Palestinians. This actually shows the hypocrisy of Western world and not Erdogans.

[@nenasiek]

Turkey does the same re cypress and Kurds so he is a hyppocrite

[@3three3]

@@nenasiek Maybe learn to spell before speaking about politics 🤣

[@mapp0v0]

What rights do the children in Gaza have to self defence?

[@archyarchfiendx2938]

Hamas doesn’t give anyone rights

[@mapp0v0]

@@archyarchfiendx2938 what rights to self defense do the children of Gaza have?

[@archyarchfiendx2938]

@@mapp0v0 Hamas doesn’t give anyone rights

[@robertduluth8994]

@@archyarchfiendx2938isreal doesnt either unless you are a colonizer.

[@eyalamit5120]

​@@robertduluth8994 None of us are colonizers, cope. I have more personal freedom here than I would anywhere in Europe.

Šimˁon Pers/Péres, not Pereeees

[@brrkbtl]

Turkey is not in Middle East . Geographically speaking it is a Eurasian country . When I say this people rush to say ‘ you want to be European bla bla ‘ no. I m stating a fact. It is not in the Middle East

[@b0xy228]

When you search for a map of the Middle East it usually includes Turkey.

[@brrkbtl]

@@b0xy228 I know, but when you search Europe , or Asia , it includes Turkey as well

[@aryansha7558]

🤣🤣Delusional people like " Brrkbtl " lie to themselves so they can feel better .. because of their insecurity.. Keep I Lying dear friend..😅 Most middle Easterns say " I am not middle eastern.. I'm White" 🤣🤣😅

[@b0xy228]

@@brrkbtl I get that. The point I'm making is that it isn't entirely wrong to refer to it as belonging to the Middle East. It's possible for a country to be defined in multiple different ways.

[@brrkbtl]

@@b0xy228 there is nothing wrong I agree. But the choice is sometimes political