Mapping the rise of Turkey’s military reach

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Turkey has taken an assertive foreign policy to achieve #strategic #autonomy. It established foreign bases, expanded its military, and built a domestic defence industry.
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[@0rangevlad]

Turkiye

[@chrissanchez2998]

Awesome my friend

[@gillesaboubechara2978]

Do you have a discord group?

[@systemicanalysis5249]

Shirvan be careful of your coverage of syria, pan-turkism or central asia. Playlist: Syria destabalised Playlist Link: kzbin.info/aero/PLxUwcEmSmDe8IlT1s_K1YbZAWMalcz-ZK

[@Padtedesco]

Any word on kazakhstan? Was it Taliban? Turkey? Hybrid warfare? USA sponsored Color revolution? Russia?

[@jemal99]

Turkeys presence in East Africa is very welcomed...they're the only foreign power to help somali rebuild its own country and military while everyone else abandoned the horn. We're forever in debt to Turkey 🇹🇷 our true brother

[@rojvankoc7252]

They are using u my brother

[@yokartik]

@@rojvankoc7252 says a kurdish not with the logic but the hatred inside of him to turkey.

[@rojvankoc7252]

@@yokartik haha im a turkish citizen myself u goofy. just spitting the truth

[@fercek9452]

@@rojvankoc7252 you don´t anything about turkish policy. you need only do research to come to the conclusion that Turkiye is on the right way. ;)

[@rojvankoc7252]

@@fercek9452 Oglum sen biraz kitap oku. Google Translate kulanma. Lira nasil gidiyor? Biraz dusunun..

[@rizaleliasmosquera5114]

"Restraint is a virtue, only when there is an alternative." This quote made my day. XD

[@Charlie-ii5rr]

I liked: “Force is the supreme authority from which all others are derived.”

[@KlodianDuro-mv7cs]

turkey is kurdistan.

[@AnatolianHittite]

@@KlodianDuro-mv7cs albania is Ottoman.

[@FactsInto]

the best was "it is better to be feared then loved"

[@Charlie-ii5rr]

@@FactsInto Niccolò Machiavelli

[@kingace6186]

"When someone in the area sneezes, Turkey catches a cold". Beautifully articulated.

[@EpicMRPancake]

Works both ways too, Turkey sneezing on the PKK means the Kurds catch a cold, along with the sovereignty of several other nations.

[@hugonoboss7714]

When turkey sneezes everyone hidding

[@a.e.a.]

@@EpicMRPancake The PKK terror organization does neither constitute a state nor is it representative for a majority of Kurds. If some of the neighboring states (Syria, Armenia etc.) would seize their covert support for the PKK or it’s subsidiaries and instead work together with Turkish security forces to eliminate the threat stemming from the organization, the region would benefit immensely.

[@EpicMRPancake]

@@a.e.a. Not my point. Say for argument's sake that Turkey only cares about the PKK, even then their actions often impact Kurds in general, like the brutality in the buffer zone they created out of Syria, and if Syria doesn't have sovereignty left because of the Ba'athist regime, Iraq certainly does and is being occupied against its will. Not saying Turkey shouldn't do it, but it's kind of like Israel's behaviour in 1982 in Lebanon. I don't typically trust Israel, but I trust Turkey even less.

[@hugonoboss7714]

@@AbdulRasyidPangrango-qr9dt no becouse there scared

[@okanacar3771]

I am very impressed, you pretty much covered everything that happened in recent years in an unbiased manner which is very rare in English sources. Especially, noting the apparent PKK affiliation in Northern Syria is particularly avoided to be mentioned in the Western media.

[@snakeslife-uroborodjinn790]

The host is from Azerbaijan, of course he's rejecting anti-Turkish rhetori .

[@k.n.6057]

@@snakeslife-uroborodjinn790 yet he didn't say anything wrong.

[@ronmccallen3485]

And not mentined in your media is the oppression of the kurds by turkey ... always talk nationlistic turkish propaganda ... very easy ... you try to think more than once ... kurds want autonomy and their own state ... the same like turks didnt want to be oppressed by europeans after world war 1 ...

[@okanacar3771]

@@ronmccallen3485 don't sure if you know Turkish or been to Turkey at all, most of the seaside and tourism on those towns owned by Kurdish people, be assured there are far more rich/prosper Kurds in the western side of the Turkey than where they ask for autonomy in the east. In the case of independence I suspect more Kurds would stay at the Turkish side. It is the minority Kurds ask for that. You seen the northern Iraq Kurdistan region independence? They would starve if they go ahead with their pursuit as nobody agreed with them including ally USA. Don't think you are aware of the realities other then nonsense 90s oppressed turkish/Kurdish people stories. Besides turkish media last 5 years all about Erdogan/antiErdogan sentiment, nothing to do with Kurds as there are way more bigger problems.

[@ronmccallen3485]

@@okanacar3771 thanks for your precious comment, so what do you think is the real problem of the turkish kurds ? Why do some kurds use terror instead of talking ?

[@khalidmn9821]

The economical front is the most important right now for turkey, and they have all what it needs to win it. We hope the best for the turkish people. Greetings from Morocco to our turkish brothers and sisters.

[@stefan-ls7yd]

Lmao

[@dynamite5403]

It's lovely to hear that, even though I don't support this military based politics.

[@axiosw0774]

Looks like Arabs forgot what Ottomans did to them 🤣 Short memory)

[@dynamite5403]

@@axiosw0774 what did they do? We didn't enslave anyone and rush them into other colonies and make a racism mess that would even keep going in 21st century. Morocco has never been a part of the Empire though.

[@dynamite5403]

@@axiosw0774 Please enlighten me

[@TheGreatDrAsian]

"Force is the supreme power from which all others are derived" is extremely true and I wish more people understood that.

[@jac7895]

He was half joking, people known thats a starship troopers quote lol.

[@gahamhumphrey4812]

@@jac7895 the manta goes back over a thousand years before Starship Troopers

[@Y.M...]

@@jac7895 it's true though

[@KlodianDuro-mv7cs]

turkey is kurdistan.

[@AnatolianHittite]

@@KlodianDuro-mv7cs then all the old lands should belong to the Ottoman.fair

[@marvinegreen]

I looked up a chart of the Turkish Lira's decline in value; and it appears to mirror the "rise of Turkey's military reach". A currency decline in value should result in a rise in exports. There seems to be no evidence of an increase in national income to offset the rise in external spending. Normally a government would sell bonds to "futurize" the extra-national spending. Turkey seems to be engaged in Erdonomically issuing Turkish Lira by central bank mouse clicking new currency into existence at artificially low interest rates. The U.S. has gotten away with the same policy only because the dollars have been absorbed by a growing world economy, for their transactional (store and settlement) utility value. Turkey, as a regional player, still needs to offset its external spending with national income/exports or it's "reach" is going to be short lived.

[@muhammadkhan2007]

They had the record amount of exports of 225 billion dollars in November...

[@HajjiJesus]

This year, 2022, they should be back to black with Tourism coming back good and exports rising. With National Gas coming to part of the picture in 2023, most of Turkey problems should get resolved. Turkey is a power to be dealt in the coming years whether some like it or not.

[@claasmachens3858]

The US have never been as economically nonsensical as Erdogan. Furthermore in the US there is very litle doubt about the independence of the central bank, while there is very litle doubt the Turkish central bank will do whatever Erdogan tells them to do. (Or change heads until they do). Edit: Now there is the question about causation. Are Military reach and economic trouble linked? If they are, are the economic problems a result of military reach or does Turkey increase it's Military reach in the hope to distract it's populace from economic troubles.

[@mensen4488]

@@muhammadkhan2007 what is your source on that information? Can't find a figure like that anywhere

[@mensen4488]

@@HajjiJesus turkeys newly found gas isn't nearly enough to become anywhere near independent on foreign suppliers, let alone do some export

[@Adrian_Shephard.29]

this is just beginning, keep watching you will be shocked when you see the future position of Turkey i am a japanese, I have been living in Turkey for 7 years turkey is industrializing incredibly fast, developing technology i am comparing the current state of Turkey to the state of the people's republic of China at the beginning of the 2000s i am still watching with surprise that the Turks have risen so quickly the country that can't even make assault rifles is 5. generation is making fighter aircraft this is really scary

[@yilmazyaldir3821]

A good observation from within the country.

[@SedatKPunkt]

6:12 *_The moment when the US, an alleged friend & ally of the Turkish Republic,_* *betrayed* their *_most important NATO ally_* and _"stabbed them in the back"_

[@AntonioDal.]

The quotes in this video

[@Lestibournes]

That conventional wisdom is apparently a quote of Machiavelli in The Prince

[@Andrescxli]

“Be not too sweet so you will be eaten, be not too bitter for you will be spat out.”

[@Mr.Nichan]

@@Andrescxli That metaphor is very confusing. I'm not clear on whether or not getting eaten is considered a good thing by it.

[@Andrescxli]

@@Mr.Nichan In what world is getting eaten a good thing?

[@Mr.Nichan]

@@Andrescxli then why wouldn't you want to be spat out?

[@decemvre]

Mapping the demise of Turkey’s economy is of more concern right now. Last I heard they forced private exporters to exchange 25% of their foreign currencies to lira so the central bank could use it to stabilize the lira for a few more weeks.

[@nenenindonu]

economy & refugee crises are the 2 major concerns indeed

[@ten_tego_teges]

Very true. As much as I am concerned with an authoritarian and aggressive Turkey I am even more concerned with Tukey becoming the next Venezuela.

[@OPTSXFilosoofis]

This

[@dyutimandas9772]

@@ten_tego_teges yeah turkey being so important in that region and European and Asian politics and balancing as a whole, it wouldn't be good if turkey becomes the next Venezuela

[@TreacherousFennec]

turkey simply dont want to determine the value of its own economy on a currency of foreign nations. you want economic independency, your currency must be independent. so its now a neccesity to use the nation's own currency in domestic trade, as everyone else do in their own country.

[@keenancolley9162]

It's always a good day when Caspianreport uploads a video

[@1schwererziehbar1]

He is not feared, but he is loved, which is second best.

[@SafaArif]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHi9m6h7fdSoqbs

[@extendedclips]

Absolutely 👑

[@whitey-y747]

IKR

[@namanchoudhary-pe2sn]

hell yeah!

[@mordant221]

Turkey shotguns and pistols are very popular here in the U.S., the Canik TP9 is a big seller for example.

[@LevisH21]

lol 😂 America and guns is like hookers and pimps.

[@mordant221]

@@LevisH21 I know right! Crazy how we can actually defend ourselves! From criminals AND even our own Government... *rolls eyes

[@carcotasu081]

Muh guns! Murrica fuck yeah! You people have a fucking problem, I swear.

[@mordant221]

@@carcotasu081 You just jelly 😋

[@mordant221]

@@ahmetozkan438 Which sucks cause you know... Erdogan isn't exactly the most democratic of western leaders, sorry brother =/

[@Grayghost04]

Turkey transforming into independent hard power is the direct result of the aggressive US Middle East policies, rather than its own choice. In 2003, US made de facto Kurdish country in Northern Iraq without anyone's consent. That unilateral decision means Kurdish separatism now has a foreign foothold just outside of Turkish border for the first time in 100 years, the worst scenario Ankara has ever faced since the birth of the republic in 1923. If US/the West don't care about Turkey's desparate priority, then why would Turkey care for the interests of the West first?

[@samboreas3812]

Because of the greed and hypocrisy of the West. They always want more and more.

[@shorewall]

@@samboreas3812 More like short sightedness. We got the Kurds to help out, so we give them a kickback, without understanding anything about the region. As an American, we should have never been there.

[@koktengri8724]

@@hukka12547 They play as victims but they are real greedy guys.

[@Kaan_is_myname97]

@@koktengri8724 True.

[@Kaan_is_myname97]

@@papaicebreakerii8180 Turks are not awful to their own citizens. YPG and PKK is a terror group. Turkey is against them. Simple.

[@ChronicAndIronic]

Hopefully Turkey treads carefully and doesn’t have its nation completely hijacked by its military industrial complex like the US did after the Eisenhower administration

[@williamdavis9562]

That should be a fear for any nation building a new military industrial complex.

[@TheNera2010]

Thanks. It's a good video. When it comes to Turkey , most of the foreign people talks like an enemy government official. They talk one sided, thay blame Turkey all the time without talking about the bad conditions that affect Turkey. They always try to support the ones who give harm to Turkey. On the contrary, this video is unbiased.

[@hendrikdependrik1891]

@@monkeykingeater O the irony. In the Netherlands, we call Greeks Christian Turks.

[@umutneo]

@@hendrikdependrik1891 Lol that is so true.

[@basilaras0170]

@@hendrikdependrik1891?

[@trooperrex9972]

B'cause theyre afraid of the reuprising of the Turks! Its an western animal instict to the old empire, which ruled them for about 600years!

[@alexchainger]

@@hendrikdependrik1891 pretty racist snd ignorant of you don't u thing?

[@dahasolomon7314]

Turkey has already began trying to smooth things over with it's regional frenemies including beginning dialogue with Egypt and Saudi Arabia along with UAE. But as Shirvan said, it's better to be feared than loved when it comes to ensuring national security.

[@abadyr_]

No. It's much better to be loved than feared. But it's much easier to be feared. And much easier to spread fear of an enemy, real or imagined, that to spread love.

[@revenger211]

Nationl security my ass. What does having bases in Libya, Somalia and Sudan have to do with it's so-called "national security" when the threat is mainly from Russia, Syria and Iran? What's happening is recreating the imagination of a loose psycho who thinks he can bring back the dead back to life AKA the dead ottoman empire

[@alpersenturk1420]

@@revenger211 let me explain it for you: Having bases in Libya is important for Turkey because of its claims in the resources, therefore national security matter. Somalia and Sudan: These two examples are important for Turkish influence within the region for many reasons but in the matter of national security Turkey have rented an island called Sevakin, which shows, by the geography, that Turkish goals are to pressure Saudis by expanding its sphere of influence.

[@leventkandemir1686]

@@revenger211 for libya here is the story: greece and israel are planıng a new pipeline right across the mediterream but doesnt ınclude turkey for this new lucrative line and with greece raising its sea borders limit to 12 miles form 6 miles turkey will be stuck in the eagean sea. so they send aid to libya set bases there help them fıght with hafters forces in exchance libya signed a treaty with turkey merged their sea borders with turkish one( it cuts clean throgh new pipeline) so turkey can disrupt or demand her inclusıon for new project or at least have an ally aganıst greece in hte mediterrian region. At least thats waht their plan is. sorry for bad english .

[@KyleTremblayTitularKtrey]

Its much better to be needed than loved or feared. By needed I mean to be the counterbalance to another power threatening or being a russia and supplying natural gas to your first world neighbours. I dont think you need to be feared tor defense rather you need to be impractical. People dont fear porcupines they dont wanna fuck with em either

[@jorehir]

I'd be great to see a full map of this hard expansion. Like, different shades for: Turkey proper, territories with Turkish bases, Territories reliant on Turkish military, etc.

[@oroboros4858]

Balkans, somalia and south borders of turkey all have hard power

[@giannispsillias7964]

There are very descriptive maps of Africa showing locations where turkeys charity organisations ( maarif and dyianet foundations ) and military operates

[@kryztofwhite]

An interactive map, by selecting a specific nation will populate on a map would be ideal

[@giannispsillias7964]

@@kryztofwhite I am sure you can find such things if you search thoroughly

[@kryztofwhite]

@@giannispsillias7964 thx for the reply. There isn't one

[@TheWhiteDragon3]

Funnily enough, I learned of Turkey's arms industry shortly before watching this video by shopping around for a 1911 pistol! The TİSAŞ company produces a very cheap 1911 pistol that has surprising quality of machining for its price point, at least according to the reviews of people who own one.

[@sinasikicioglu]

You won't regret it. I hope you got the ZİG M1911 Gold.

[@teddymoon3744]

i loved istanbul....cant wait to visit again and explore the inland country!

[@edwardpi9852]

Need help in Tatarstan free from Russian oppression!

[@Kaan_is_myname97]

Iam glad you enjoyed it !

[@caty863]

it's a clever move that Turkey made to become independent militarily. I wish they could even manage to successfully have a military nuclear program. The world is better off without bullies. And having fatal offensive weapons such as nukes is the best defense ever. Ghadaffi would still be leading Africa to prosperity if he had such weapons.

[@aldindurakovic8828]

Of course , no one wants to use these horrible weapons.... Pakistan has them so Turkey is in no need to be irracional.

[@baneofbanes]

Gadaffi was lynched by his own people. No nukes would’ve prevented that.

[@caty863]

@@baneofbanes Your naivety knows no bounds! If "rebels" are the ones that killed Ghaddaffi, then the same could said of Sadam, Savimbi, etc

[@Nicolas-uu3jr]

I'm so "glad" that we've reached the point where "respect" & "fear" are equal😔

[@hadi8699]

It's always been that way. Think to the Romans or even the cavemen.

[@Nicolas-uu3jr]

@@hadi8699 ok centurion 😀👍🏼

[@SafaArif]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHi9m6h7fdSoqbs

[@rejvaik00]

They've always been that way, the only thing to stop a showcase of force is a fearful deterrent of a stronger force to be used in retaliation

[@williamdavis9562]

@Nicolas, they're still not even close to being equal. In the international arena fear still wins by a long shot.

[@lashlarue7924]

I have mixed opinions on Mr. Erdogan as an autocrat, but sometimes I do find that his interests coincide with ours. Much better to have a strong, stable Turkey as an ally than the other way around. The interest rate policy tho, bro...

[@ErikPT]

I rather him over an Iranian or Russian puppet. Edrogan's state must be stabilize to keep peace against the Saudis and Iranian's who tend to overreach.

[@lashlarue7924]

@@ErikPT Agree.

[@yoshi7193]

Love to see Turkey building it's own connections, instead of relying on others, like the EU or NATO.

[@Catwoman1464]

I just want to say, thank you for all these analysis and research, I enjoy watching them

[@SafaArif]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHi9m6h7fdSoqbs

[@Zaknyfein]

Quality, objective content is highly prized. Thank you again for another great piece!

[@berserk9085]

Its just Turkish Propaganda in the guise of Objectivity.

[@okin_rezresua1715]

I think you paint a far too "optimistic" picture here. There are many more or less severe problems and caveats with Turkeys current position and strategy. 1. Turkey does not have any powerful allies it can actually rely upon. It has sour relations with most of its neighbors: It doesn't really get along with Greece, it is not liked at all in Syria and Iraq, Turkey and Armenia are mortal enemies. Relations with Iran, Georgia and Bulgaria are OK, but nothing to write home about and certainly not dependable. The country has good or excellent relations with Azerbaijan, the majority muslim countries on the Balkans and with Central Asia, but these are pretty much worthless to a country that aspires to be a big player. The Turkish government can form alliances with Russia, China or Egypt, but those don't rest on common ground and can only be temporary. China is preoccupied with committing genocide against the Uigur Muslims, Russia will drop Turkey like a hot potato whenever it suits her and under the current regime in Egypt the moderate islamists who run Turkey would be imprisoned or worse, disappeared. Turkey needs dependable, strong allies, instead is has Bosnia, Azerbaijan and some Syrian rebels. 2. While the Turkish defense industry has grown in recent years it is not as impressive as you made it out to be - not by a long shot. Turkish firms have become quite good at producing relatively simple things like mortars, shotguns, small drones, PT boats, armor upgrades for their tanks and selling them cheaply. Turkey is however NOT able to produce modern highend equipment on par with ones fielded by Russia, Korea, the US, Germany and others. The Altay MBT you mentioned in fact in an offspring of the Korean K2 and a complete money sink. The project is currently at hold, because the Turks failed to develop their own tank engine ( which is something very difficult to do) and Germany refused to export engines to Turkey for that purpose. The new service rifle HK416 is licensed from German H&K and only produced in Turkey. Turkey is also dependent on foreign imports and expertise for their other projects like ships and jets. 3. Power projection: Military power needs to be backed up by economy. Without, it is just an empty shell. The average Turkish citizen has 50-60 % less purchasing power than just a few years ago - that's bad. To further its development and expand its knowhow, the country would need foreign investment and experts which are both disincentivized by increasingly undemocratic tendencies and volatility of the Turkish leaders. With China increasing its influence in the Balkans on one hand and Western democracies finally waking up to the propaganda spread by authoritarian and undemocratic regimes in social media and society on the other, Turkey will also start to lose a lot of its soft power in Europe. 4. Can we please stop pretending that everything the Turkish government does adheres to some grand plan? It is pretty obvious that the Turkish involvement in Syria and its campaigns against the Kurdish forces were to a large part conducted to stir up nationalist sentiments and bolster Erdogans popularity, which had been pretty low at that point due to the failing economy. This also fits with his verbal attacks against the West and others. I wouldn't say Erdogan is an idiot, but he certainly is no ingenious strategist, being as impulsive as he is.

[@BlackWolf9988]

Yeah turkey is on a massive downfall right now idk why shirvan made this video.

[@davidbilla8063]

Turkey has a new friend called pakistan they get along well in last recent years unfortunately Pakistan military strong power but not in economy they don't have a Many allies only china

[@ibrahimyilmaz4861]

point 4 just shows that you arent knowledgeable on this topic

[@davidbilla8063]

@@ibrahimyilmaz4861 the maximum things he tell about turkey is Fact 👍 Turkey starting to ruin it's relationship with western Allies Don't ever trust China, Russia blindly, Growing inflation, fascism we can expect Big Successfully coup this time

[@muhammadkhan2007]

All the points you mentioned about not having allies is the reason why Turkey is developing its Hard Power. You can be Germany which is loved by the west but has no independent foreign policy or you can be independent and create your own path.

[@marvinacklin792]

Smart strong people and country in the middle of the most dangerous part of the world.

[@yvzycl2654]

ÇOK DOĞRU...

[@randomness8819]

Happy for Turkey. Much needed for regional balance of power!

[@Micha-qv5uf]

There is absolutely nothing to be happy about in Turkey at the moment...

[@firasajoury7813]

@@Micha-qv5uf well better than usa uk

[@beb6c2a]

Great video shirvan! Turkey in the 2000-2010 focused mainly on extensive economic growth and development and using it from 2010-2020 to extensively increase its military and diplomatic influence. However now the fuel has run out, and the country can’t stay on that track any longer, the country now will need to return to its economic focus. However while trying maintain what it has built over the past decade I know politicians ( from all sides) in Turkey have realized this after 2021 hell, and I know for a fact they realized going on this path has ended for now the country will have a tough next 10 years as the environment in which Turkey got its economic success in the 2000s is no more. I believe next 10 years will be about solidification and stabilization of what it has made (economically, politically, and militarily) over last 20 years And as new generations and new parties take over the country it will be their main focus to make sure what the county had stays “successful countries are countries which expand their economy and political power but also retain it when times are not favorable” -

[@muhammadkhan2007]

Last time I checked, they had record exports in November and trade is growing and new trade deals are continously being signed. They are trying to shift their economy towards production based.

[@minhaj23227]

@@muhammadkhan2007 last time I checked lira was in free fall and inflation at 30 % with 4 governors of Central Bank fired so only shift I see is from a prosperous turkey to a 1990s turkey ......

[@michaeljava8736]

Click max ;) www.google.com/search?q=dollar+tl rip turkish gdp, rip turkish military budget ;)

[@oldbordergeek]

@@muhammadkhan2007 great idea when you have to buy raw goods for the exports in dollars because liras are worthless... oof. turkish people line up for bread now..

[@oldbordergeek]

I predict ppl will grow tired of erdogan- erdogan wont step down easily he wants to be sultan eh president for life. Things could go nasty in turkey, especially with over 100.000 people jailed after last coup or 'coup' . Maybe there will be a civil war between ankara and istanbul? Between secularism and middle easterism?

[@roberteischen4170]

This is the same country whose currency is collapsing, right?

[@momosquid9625]

saying "collapsing currency" is false to the president intending to put an end to Bank interests which bankrupt businesses.

[@younggamer7218]

It's going through hyperinflation. However collapsing is a bit of a stretch

[@lordInquisitor]

Collapse is a exaggeration , also keep in mind currently most countries are experiencing a large amount of inflation due to covid

[@box5319]

There is inflation but surely not collapsing.spare us your buffoonery

[@absoluteanonomity6994]

.. whose exports are booming.

[@michalkisel3624]

As always, another great summary. Perhaps if there were more geopolitical objectives mentioned for example in the caucasus or the caspian sea and the power balancing with Iran it could be even better. However that would make the video a lot longer (which I wouldn't mind myself!). Keep up the good work.

[@KlodianDuro-mv7cs]

turkey is kurdistan

[@qutuz9495]

@@KlodianDuro-mv7cs "Michael is Steven"

[@AnatolianHittite]

@@KlodianDuro-mv7cs albania is Ottoman

[@AnatolianHittite]

@Nobody Important We are all African

[@SafaArif]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHi9m6h7fdSoqbs

[@asetmanarbekuly3346]

Turk Eli salam from Qazaqstan

[@kredo_i]

"When someone in area sneezes, Turkey catch a cold" CR. The best description of Turkey

[@aliokansarca1773]

💯👍

[@winstonbarquez9538]

You are always in a critical condition when your country is in a strategic crossroad of potential conflicts.

[@carlmccarlson4373]

*Poland has entered the chat*

[@sarwarhossain182]

We love turkey 🇹🇷🇧🇩❤️❤️❤️

[@stephanv1079]

6:34 nice starship troopers reference 😏

[@mrok3405]

Great video on a very complex nation and part of the world. Turkey's main goal in the face of elevated threats and lack of NATO support in the region has been to gravitate towards total military independence. It's paid off. Soft power would have been more costly for Turkey and Erdogan has played his moves very carefully. Security and financial prosperity are both crucial for any nation but without security, prosperity is largely useless. We have seen Turkish drones in recent years being complete game changers in multiple fronts. Turkey has also started exploring for oil and gas reserves with military escorts and acquired the S400 despite NATO and US disagreement. I think this says a lot about Turkey's maturity in securing its own needs rather than being dependent on the US or NATO and alleged allies. Erdogan learnt that after the shooting down of Russian jets and the failed military coup, NATO and the US were not reliable partners and certainly not 'strategic allies'. Turkey thus dedicated its economy and resources towards its own domestic arms industry. From here, given the volatility of the region, Turkey needs two crucial things to consolidate its borders and security - 1) nuclear energy 2) nuclear weapons. Once it has accured these assets, it can rebuild its economy. What I love about Erdogan is his uncanny ability to dance with Russia and the West on a needs too basis. A master of politics and a man who did so much for Turkey. Respect!

[@stephenjenkins7971]

Why exactly the US or NATO should stick their neck out for Turkey for THEM shooting a Russian plane is mindboggling. NATO is a *defensive* organization, it won't fight offensive wars for you. That's why Iraq was voluntary instead of Afghanistan. And the "coup" was suspicious for so many reasons that any intervention on the side of the US or NATO would be perceived no matter what as a bad thing. Whether it be supporting a dictator or supporting a coup. Erdogan's propaganda is functioning great if you think he's doing a great job considering the shambles the Lira is in. Economic livelihood is far more critical than anything, and Turkey's position is far worse than it was prior to the "coup". All it has to show for it are S-400's...which are shit compared to the F35's, and the selling of more Turkish drones. For foreign policy, it has pissed off *everyone* in the West, in the Arab World, and Russia, though has managed to secure Azerbaijan as its ally again. That's basically it. It's forays into Syria blew back in its face, ditto in Libya.

[@OTTOMAN-ou1kc]

Güzel bir analiz 👍

[@overdose8329]

@@stephenjenkins7971 Libya succeeded. It was going to go to CIA agent and American citizen Haftar and he prevented that. He also secured the Libya-Turkey Mediterranean deal

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@overdose8329 Hafter is just a US citizen because he escaped to the US. He's no more a CIA agent than Lenin was when he escaped to the US. That being said, Libya is still a mess; and nobody has conclusive control over the country. Turkey just prevented the likeliest victor from winning and extended the war indefinitely. That's a "victory"...the same way that the US destroying the Taliban several times in Afghanistan was a "victory". The opponent was corralled, but they are far from destroyed and the objectives far from achieved.

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@twofaceg4834 Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. Idk if you know this, but Russia constantly invades the air space of numerous NATO nations at a consistent basis. As obviously aggressive as it is; it isn't a declaration of war. It's harassment. Russian jets literally fly inside US airspace all the time. We scramble jets and then escort them out and they keep doing it. If the US shot down that jet, it wouldn't activate NATO either -because instigations doesn't equate to a defensive war. Turkey asked for more than Patriot missiles; they asked for all of the means and know-how of its components and secrets which no nation barring the most trusted US allies are privy to. A 100% tech transfer, essentially. The US can't just give that information so easily since it can easily be sold to Russia for the means to counteract it. Why in the world would the US do something that stupid? And Turkey, instead of just asking for regular Patriots to buy, went ahead and proved why the US was wise not to just sell such information; because it went ahead and went to Russia. Which is pretty much what Erdogan prolly planned anyway; using that little story as an excuse to make poor Turkey seem innocent as its being bullied by the US. I don't resent the propaganda, but I'm surprised how few Turks actually know the real story behind the rejection. Do you honestly believe the US just wants Turkey weak or something?

[@technofaisal]

As Shirvan correctly Pointed out, the projection of hard power has created leverage for Turkey to engage with political dialog with its rivals such as UAE, Saudi , Egypt etc The reality is that most minor and major powers oppose the strengthening of Turkey and she has no choice but to fight battles and to create a proactive defense policy

[@Ptolemy336VV]

No nation is as aggressive and volatile as the Turkish one. It's like a bomb to go off. What is meant my that is that the more Turkey wants to gain power, and with it's neighbors knowing this can only mean one thing, and that is that Turkey will be more aggressive and go for geopolitical and even geographical gains that in this time of day is a very unpopular thing in a time where many regions, countries, laws, etc have been established to dismay nations from doing this. Like the EU of which these are one of the core principles of. Turkey however, will try whenever, wherever anything to get any possible gain around the wider Mediterranean. And that will never go well. Nations around have no other way but to oppose this form of aggression. More nations will be against this policy, and Turkey as a bull blinded by red colors of fire will likely be stimulated to continue, to which one day will lead into a war that will engulf multiple nations. And with that it's going to be likely Turkey that will lose this and lose more than it ever hoped to gain.

[@shorewall]

@@Ptolemy336VV Yep. No Bully can beat the coalition. It's been that way since Napoleon.

[@keremakyuz1839]

@@Ptolemy336VV This comment says many things and the truth, however I smell fear. Turks cannot make without fighting even it means loosing. It's the nature of us. We are that one barbarian 🤷🏼‍♂️Yes we want to expend over islands and Cyprus to gain full control on eastern Mediterranean as well as Caucasia and the Central Asia to create the one big Turkic state which combines Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic. That's the whole point of the Organization of Turkic States, which we also calle Turan.

[@kingace6186]

How is mailing drones to ETH| Fascist PM Abiy, which is used by the ENDF to ethnically cleanse civilians (on holidays) in the Tigray Regional State, a part of Turkey's defense interests?

[@MRLebanonnn]

@@kingace6186 probably to make friends with ETH and China

[@TaylandRuyasi]

A Greek proverb says; The water is cold but you get used to it once you enter it.

[@celikyucel]

there is a vast gap for Turkey to fill, It is historic geography and It will create more stable world.

[@Kaan_is_myname97]

@trainbomb The empire Ottomans destroyed you mean.

[@yarpen26]

Every irredentist calls their country's irredentism to be a necessity for the region, to fill the vacuum or some crap like that, whereas in reality, absolutely nobody else needs it. Quite the contrary.

[@tonyfuller2234]

Turkeys geographical location is the best in the world.

[@Psixzm]

We in Kazakhstan understood that recently. Can you make a video about events in January?

[@Psixzm]

@@belisdemirci tesekurler, her sei ii olacak. russian troops left, new president made good promises to meet all demands. now i trust him and hope he does what he promised. nobody knows where previous president is, his family most certainly ran away.

[@siyeci]

@@Psixzm new president is a chinese. he will make it kazakhstan puppet state of russia

[@wankawanka3053]

@@belisdemirci russia is here to stay

[@Rikimkigsck]

As a Turkish I think it's a quite difficult situation considering so many terrorists are settled around the country but still, I don't want my country to play war games. It's hurting the country's image and shifting our focus on trivial things. We should primarily focus on improving democracy, science, and economy

[@ajmentel2453]

Turkiye should perhaps live up to the promises they made to groups such as the Kurds if they want the insurgencies to stop

[@Rikimkigsck]

@@ajmentel2453 I hate nationalism. I hate Erdogan but Erdogan literally tried to gave everything to Kurds he spent billions of dollars trying to improve the region and terrorist groups literally sabotaged every single infrastructure plan. They are nationalists they want to take the whole region.

[@Rikimkigsck]

@@ajmentel2453 Kurdish people even have a party and we literally voted for their party in order for them to enter the parliament. But these people are stupid nationalists nothing else. Sorry but it's fact.

[@eneszan5189]

Senin gibi düşünen insanların ülkelerini işgal edip köleleştiriyorlar. Sizin gibi insanlar acınası ve ezik duruşunu yabancılara kabul ettirmek için ülkesinin menfaatlerini kendi eliyle vazgeçip bunu imaj zedelenmesi olarak addederek ifade etmesi açık seçik BATICILIĞIN ALTINDA SÖMÜRÜYÜ kabul ettiğinin beyanıdır. Ayrıca bu kimlikte insanlar kendisine Türk demesinler.. Çünkü ne Atatürk'ün tarif ettiği Türk milleti nede TARİHTEKİ hiçbir Türk kimliği böyle BOYUN eğmemiştir. GARP zihniyeti ile ŞARK zihniyetinin son 3 yüzyıldır doğal sonucunda sizin gibi kırıntılar çıkıyor. Türkleri bu bölgeden sürgün edip gönderelim ASYAYA kadar diyen BATIYI ikna etmek için bazıları böyle Batıcılık yaparak BATININ herşeyini alalım derler. Bazıları BATICILIĞIN belli bölümlerini alalım belli bölümlerini kendimize özel kalalım derler.. Bazıları ise Hristiyanlaşırsak bu sorunu çözeriz derler İşte bu üç gurup içerisindeki yerin bellidir :))

[@haikaloronsentnel138]

IN THE F!RST STEPS Y0U MUST KN0CK D0WN ERD0GAN P0WER!!!

[@TheSilver2001]

No one: Caspian Report: starts his geopolitics video with a Mao quote about power and ends with a Machiavelli

[@NorCalMtnBiker86]

I can see Turkey turning into a super power

[@williamdavis9562]

The term superpower is thrown around very loosely. To be a superpower you need the ability to throw your weight around every corner of the globe. Turkey has the potential to turn into massive regional power, global superpower is simply not in the cards for them. In fact once the United States wanes, I don't think we'll ever see a true superpower ever again. The level of technological superiority you need to be a superpower will be difficult to attain because most of the planet is getting quite advanced.

[@rojvankoc7252]

A broke superpower?

[@williamdavis9562]

@@rojvankoc7252 Turkey won't be a super power but not because they're broke. We've seen broke super powers before. Remember the Soviet Union?

[@williamdavis9562]

@@rojvankoc7252 I don't think anyone claimed that ended well or that there aren't plenty of more powerful nations than Turkey. Are you feeling okay? You sound delirious.

[@rojvankoc7252]

@@williamdavis9562 Just spitting facts Wili boy..

[@infidelheretic923]

“Operation Olive Branch” That’s the kind of ironic name you just can’t make up.

[@MichaelFarah961]

It sounds like something the israelis would come up with. lol

[@antokarman2064]

It's better than "operation whine about it on tv and get votes then do nothing about it cause you can get more votes by giving out free citizenship"

[@justsefa1843]

ironic in a two ways: 1. Olive branch as a symbol of peace. 2. The olive branches were planted there to hinder tanks (aka Turkey in marching into Syria).

[@benjigp9305]

Who says generals don't have a sense of humour?

[@Janoip]

@TheExplorer I thought it was about keeping the Kurds there from getting some kind of autonomous region, the losses and big initial difficulties of the Turkish army were also rather embarrassing and caused conflicts with Assad and Russia. How does it look now in the region, Syria is no longer a topic for the news for a few years?

[@Mesozoic_mammal]

Strange in the beginning of this video you use many phrases like "Turkey had no choice" and other statements that make Turkeys decisions seem forced on them from out side. This is a bit apologetic of Turkeys hard power politics, because you make them seen inevitable. Sry but it just sounds less neutral compared to your other videos where you usually word things differently. E.g. when you talk about comparable siutations for Russia you mostly portray decisions as choices by the government rather than that they had no other choice.

[@thekraken1173]

How many citizens has your country loss from Terror? Turkey lost a lot.

[@michaelg8193]

I agree with you. 'Turkey had no choice' is a real pathetic statement.

[@mcelik000]

sure he is not unbiased this channel and many others shaping the vision of of societies. this kind of works they are doing about the turkey ll not work. no body in the west has balls or bloods to spill out against turkey. that's why they use greece as a proxy but turkey is too strong for them.

[@alanebrahim6073]

@@mcelik000 Lol Turkey bootlicks the UK and Germany.

[@KlodianDuro-mv7cs]

turkey is kurdistan

[@MyPfandflasche]

Hey Shirvan, as always a great video. If you seek inspiration, I'd love to see something about Transnistria and its current situation towards Nato and Ukraine in case of a Russo-Ukrainian conflict.

[@TheRezro]

NATO is a defensive pact and so would not intervene on Ukraine (it didn't in Turkey as it technically was not attacked). Eventually some NATO countries can do that risking temporal exclusion from the protection, but that is rather unlikely. Still if Russia attack, it would trigger second Cold War and Nordic states would immediately join NATO. So realistically whole thing could be solved with soft power only, though Russia is unpredictable enough that anything can happen.

[@xm709]

@@TheRezro You were right about NATO though ;)

[@eliascavadas4523]

Turkey invested in hard power alongside with the rising of soft power. Hard power was not induced as a necessity. The end objective WAS HARD POWER and projecting force in the neighboring regions. And this was o.k. for the Americans too . Turkey was expected by them to put pressure on Iran. So as long as Turkey seemed to hesitate , the economy went down. And it seems that the Iran issue may be lost , since China stepped in , but we see now UAE , surprisingly , giving a hand to Turkey. So maybe West raises some barriers in Turkey's arms industry , but East seems to step in. Is Turkey changing hands ?

[@mustafadiriye7703]

much Love for Turkey..

[@HisShadow]

"And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.” My boy Caspian is paraphrasing Starship Troopers. I always knew he was on of us!

[@michaeltamke8542]

As long as we can all agree that there was only ONE Starship Troopers movie without any sequels whatsoever, everything is fine.

[@DavidSmith-kd8mw]

@@michaeltamke8542 Or zero movies and just the book.

[@BazzBrother]

I highly doubt Caspian is a fascist, but force being a source of authority is true on a nation/state level at the moment.

[@michaelthomas5433]

Okay who in the region sneezed all over the Turkish Lira?

[@U87-z2w]

Erdoğan did.

[@haroon420]

A strong economy is always better than a strong military. Internally, people are more likely to choose trading/money over war. When internally the economy isn’t strong, people feel they have nothing to lose. Hence, might as well go out with a fight. For external enemies, with a strong economy, you can always buy allies. Heck, you can even buy out your enemies and get favourable results. In the end, priority for all countries should be economics. The rest will follow.

[@davidbilla8063]

Hope turkey inflation will reduce in coming days

[@haroon420]

@@davidbilla8063 Reduce? Even if it’s at 2-4% going forward, a lot of damage has already been done. Even if rates can get to that level, I think people will be thankful. But if it goes from 20% ( official rate) to 10%, that’s still high

[@muhammadkhan2007]

Cough..Taiwan..cough!

[@goyonman9655]

Tell that to terrorist zealots

[@k.k.2191]

With the actual inflation ratio around %60, only sheeple watching governmental tv channels are supporting the current leaders.

[@snowdog03]

The average American can become a Turkish millionaire via currency exchange.

[@Celiktaban]

Average US citizen dont even have $400 in the bank, %90 is living pay check to pay check.

[@zlosliwa_menda]

Great video. Looking forward to Your material on Kazakhstan and Ukraine, in light of Russia's increasingly aggressive posturing.

[@vilyam]

You better be aggressive when you see thieves trying to steal your neighborhood.

[@asiflulat2597]

@@vilyam yes I guess sending" peacekeepers" to protect a dictator that orders a shoot to kill is safeguarding Russias backyard right. If you really believe this am sorry to say you have been brainwashed by RT CGTN propaganda. The real enemy is Putin and Xi jin ping who are brutal murderers and dictators.

[@shawnushyarov4584]

@@asiflulat2597 c.I.A paid protesters are terrorists, like Turkey’s Isis friends.

[@zlosliwa_menda]

@@vilyam Last I checked Ukraine and Kazakhstan were sovereign countries, not someone's property to be stolen. There's a reason why people in post-Soviet countries are fed up with Putin's influence.

[@rockyfjord3753]

@@asiflulat2597 What a ton of hogwash for God's sake. MI6 and CIA sent 20,000 jihadi thugs to Kazakstan to mount a coup of the government. CSTO and Russia to the rescue. No doubt you are among the vassal true believers used by CIA & MI6.

[@kylorokx1552]

Erdogan's Ottoman dream in a huge fallout nutshell

[@justamoroccandude2588]

i would call it the turkish dream Most of my turkish friend want a new ottoman empire i guess it will be not accurate to call it Erdogan`s Dream

[@yemliha4434]

@@justamoroccandude2588 none of my friends wants a new ottoman empire as Turks. Turkey is a democratic republic and it will stay as one. People of Turkish Republic only aims to improve the wealth and secure its territory from big players' dreams [wars in iraq, syria. gas and oils in east-med etc].

[@iam3336]

@@justamoroccandude2588 beggar ottoman?😂😂

[@antokarman2064]

@@yemliha4434 that's the thing, sadly. In this very interconnected world one country's demise can very well trigger a problem for another country, like the refugee crisis, violent non state actors, transnational crime organizations, etc. A strong regional superpower might reduce the effect of those things as it can influence or coerce another nations into solving that problems

[@KlodianDuro-mv7cs]

turkey is kurdistan

[@TurkishZombie]

Turkey doesn't have much natural gas or oil. That is why the regime is crumbling. The west showed it's two faces to him and made him lose interest in their values but he has gone too far. Turkey always had a great potential. Hard working people, innovative private sector and a strategic position. I sometimes think that if Turkey had nukes, populist leaders over security concerns wouldn't rise to power and we would have more and more liberty over time.

[@multienergico9299]

If that was the case, Russia with the largest amount of nukes would be the most liberal country in the world.

[@TurkishZombie]

@@multienergico9299 Maybe but Russia never had democracy.

[@markgrace3247]

Foreign expansion during economic contraction isn't a recipe for success. Turkey has gotten military bases in places that are in worse shape. This wave of foreign policy will not reach so high as an oversea empire. But its not aimed for one. Foreign adventures are always a drain on the domestic economy.

[@ghazanhussain2070]

such a simplistic thinkin

[@yorgenibnstrangle3072]

"Foreign adventures are always a drain on the domestic economy." Not if they are cheap and give you a foothold on strategic locations. Western Libya is under Turkish influence which gives them access to the resources in the east Mediterranean. 1/3 somali soldiers were trained by Turkey and speak Turkish. Turkey has influence on Somalia too which gives it leverage in the red sea (where most of the worlds trade and oil goes through). Turkey has a military base in Qatar to gain leverage on the politics between the gulf arab states and Iran. These "foreign adventures" are actually cheap future investments and they will start to bear fruit in the coming decade.

[@HajjiJesus]

Turkey is here to stay, a future power. Everything has been tried, demonstrations, coup, economic coup, nothing worked. Next realization by the great powers, it is better to work with than try in vain.

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@HajjiJesus Turkey is already a power; the question is whether it can ever be a big respected one? I doubt this part, since I don't see it breaching into the realm of great powers with its current economic situation and the lack of allies due to its alienation.

[@selinozgur]

@@stephenjenkins7971 I've read most of the comments, it's also not mentioned in the video analysis, but Turkey doesn't just have economic problems. In addition to this, there are many internal problems, anti-democratic practices, human rights violations, corruption and legal corruption, freedom of the press, and the concentration of the press in the hands of the government, and there is much strong supported opposition. Turkey cannot become a real regional power without solving dozens of problems like this. However, it should not be forgotten that, despite dozens of domestic problems, if elements that threaten national interests come to the fore, it has the historical ability to leave all these problems in the background and act as a united and examples can be seen many times in history.

[@JordonVirtue]

A Starship Troopers reference at 6:35? Nicely done.

[@B13.B13]

I really wonder why you put just mosques and of course religious people around -even some of them not Turkish , Muslim torurists while visiting mosques- for Türkiye's imaginaton??? I saw this your all videos about Türkiye. Dont you know we are not religious people?? at least half of Turkish women are not wear scarf but you chose show always just religious part of Turkiye, why???

[@succ6102]

Military rise? If you need a strong army you need a stable economy. Why didn't you make a video about ERDOnomics which is far more concerning...

[@captainalex157]

shrivan is usually spot on but when it comes to turkey he is very biased, turkey isnt weak bu its not strong enough to be a threat to greece especially with european support which it would most certainly recieve. no one wants a ottoman empire 2.0.

[@scratneednutsia1923]

Erdogans kleptocratic Erdonomics ruin Turkish economy… So Erdogan need war to save his ass…

[@kefalonitis5698]

This channel is indeed incredibly biased when it comes to Turkey. Then again the guy is Azeri so what'd you expect

[@JPOGers]

DEFINITELY need a video on the Turkish Lira Crisis after this

[@ij4674]

@Alliance and depreciation of Lira is not something new, it has been happening since for a while now.

[@LoneWolf-wp9dn]

check out joe blogs channel... he has very nice takes... there are others as well

[@JPOGers]

@@LoneWolf-wp9dn I actually follow him already. Yeah he is pretty good

[@greytr5286]

Great video about us! Thanks from Türkiye 🇹🇷

[@thomasbravado]

Nice reference to The Prince, which frequently refers to Turkey as an example of centralized state power.

[@plotonapolonich5513]

Sağ-ol Şirvan!

[@jamesmurphy9426]

Turkey is NATOs biggest member state and will never be part of the European Union Real question are American military base build up in Greece a warning of favoritism similar to the War of independence

[@g1u2y345]

The buildup in Greece is just to counter Russia. Turkey has been a difficult ally to the US and is rather unreliable.

[@seidenstickerj]

Turkey or how a perfectly normal country devolved into an autocracy in less than one generation.

[@overdose8329]

Erdogan’s pseudo autocracy > military dictatorship

[@Kaan_is_myname97]

@@overdose8329 Quite the opposite.

[@merketarif126]

before erdogan it was a fascist military state, run by kemalist fascist. you cant compare erdogans time with this kemalist fascist era.

[@seidenstickerj]

@@merketarif126 I mean I'm sure there was a way to actually stick to something akin to a working democracy without purging universities, schools, newspapers, tv stations, the judiciary and letting the lira get fucked because of completely wrong economic policies, right?

[@wankawanka3053]

@@overdose8329 one medal for erdogan for not being a military dictator and justa simple dictator

[@heretic-668]

The supreme irony of the closing comment about it being "better to be feared than loved" is that that quote is from "The Prince", something that modern readers almost universally miss the likelihood that the entire screed was intended as biting satire, rather than a genuine argument by Machiavelli.

[@downingsyndrome2078]

True but the point of The Prince was that all of the methods that Macchiavelli was describing actually work - he just didn't think they were something worth pursuing for someone intending to be a good ruler. It was basically a "here, you want to be an asshole - here's how to do it PROPERLY".

[@brianpeck4035]

Why send a biting satyre to Lorenzo?

[@elephantman2112]

I don't think that's true. Machiavelli reuses some of his arguments in the Prince in the Discorsi, which is clearly not a satire. And even if it is a satire, would that make it wrong? Many hard truths are best expressed in satire.

[@stephenjenkins7971]

Satire? I don't think that was the case; I think that was just him acknowledging how leaders should act in times of crisis. But his ideal was akin to the Roman Republic, including the ability to create the Roman Republic Dictator in times of crisis. He lived in a time of Italian city-states warring over everything, so yeah.

[@grandmaster5180]

My man obsessed with turkey in a bad way😂

[@manu.ba374]

TURKEY IS OUR BROTHER😍😘LOVE FROM PAKISTAN

[@oguzhan9424]

❤️💛🇹🇷💛🇵🇰💛

[@KlodianDuro-mv7cs]

@@oguzhan9424 poorkistan

[@oguzhan9424]

@@KlodianDuro-mv7cs Why being disrespectfull?

[@pythongabi]

Nope we aren’t

[@jacobwwarner]

Fascinated by Turkey's future. Thanks for covering this topic. Also, I would love to see a video on Central Asia and possibly a focus on Uzbekistan.

[@BisselleWixxelle]

Uzbekistan is the next country who rise to it's old timuride Empire 🇹🇷❤️🇺🇿

[@BisselleWixxelle]

@trainbomb different big empires BUT same religion, language, culture and most important same ANCESTORS!

[@sepulturaoftheforest2869]

@trainbomb Both Central Asia and Turkey ruled by Turkic speaking peoples. You are coping hard my ignorant dude lol. COPE...

[@sepulturaoftheforest2869]

@trainbomb Yes nearly same language. Just like similarity between Swedish Danish. Cope...

[@minzblatt]

Wow. Really nice recap on all the issues surrounding Turkish conflict arenas and the progress on homegrown Military tech field. I would really like to hear your recommendations on Turkish diplomacy. I get that people don't understand from outside of the region, but you as an Azerbaijani have clearly a much better view especially on parts of Russia's policies in the region and the limits thereof. What is your opinions on Zangezur corridor and the chances of Armenia wrestled out of Russia's influence for example?

[@oduduafangide6380]

"Better to be feared than loved" very Machiavellian

[@JohnDoe-qz3qi]

If the Turkish Central Bank is allowed to do their job without outside interference ( Erdogan) they will be able to controll inflation and thus improving Turkeys long time economic development and the well being of the citizens of Turkey.

[@KlodianDuro-mv7cs]

turkey is kurdistan

[@favorius]

@@KlodianDuro-mv7cs kurdistan is armenia

[@devapala879]

Bayraktar!

[@vasilerogojan4520]

A video about the effects of the recent events in Kazakhstan or a forecast about the upcoming parlamentary elections in Hungary would be welcomed.

[@basbekjenl]

Good for turkey as a nation, like really glad to hear they got that amount of leverage in their region and I think it is worth the cost, now I hope this power will also translate in prosperity of the Turkish people. If Turkey wants to I believe they can do a lot of good for the Turkish people and make turkey prosper for decades as an economic powerhouse comparable to France Germany or the UK. I really wish them well and hope they will have a great future as a powerful independent superpower, I would love to go their on vacation once they make it so.

[@stefanb6539]

That military leverage will be quite brittle, if the economy to sustain it falters. And with the lira in free fall, it looks a lot like it. Turkey doesn't have the resources to just function without imported goods, and with all those internal projects going on, it isn't exporting enough to pay for it all.

[@OTTOMAN-ou1kc]

Güzel dileklerin ve güzel yorumun için Teşekkürler.🙏

[@overdose8329]

France is only successful due to nuclear energy and enslaving Africans

[@ahmetcelik2220]

Well, if you think this video is biased pro turkish, then you should watch france24... You belong there...

[@ItssMrT]

If not for turkey , Haftar would have won the civil war in Libya 🇱🇾 They introduced drones even had ships firing on LNA troops in Tripoli

[@Garmin21111]

It was also in libya where turkey lost the most amount of drone (about 20) to russian AA defence systems.

[@ItssMrT]

@@Garmin21111 did not know that , I m Libyan and I don’t like what’s going on but can’t do anything about it

[@wankawanka3053]

@@ItssMrT no one has won really

[@ItssMrT]

@@wankawanka3053 kind of right but wrong at the same time cus haftar s army was less then 10 km away from tripoli , then turkey happend ...

[@turbo911ification]

Much love to our turkish brothers and sisters. Love from Ethiopia ❤️ 🇹🇷🇪🇹 🍀❤️

[@enesenes8186]

love brother💓 I hope you will overcome tplf terrorist organization.. we have experienced same scene in turkey. that is why I stand in full solidarity with brotherly Ethiopian folk...^^

[@OTTOMAN-ou1kc]

❤️

[@mukumbosimpito1571]

Shervan you’re the best in Geopolitical views

[@TheEnginator]

Westerners are disappointed about the video because it's not in line with their state-shaped ideologies about Turkey. Must be hard to watch an unbiased video about Turkey.

[@squod1]

You watched a completely different war in Syria then the rest of us did.

[@Thehusseyin]

Which war did you watch? This is what the rest of the world saw, at first uprising against Assad, russia Iran backed them, millions people killed, people flee to turkey, Turkey try to intervene (jet incident) No help from NATO, Instead West tried to make use of the situation by backing PKK to make a Separate State on border, ISIS created, war with each and everyone, refugee crisis….. etc rest is history

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@Thehusseyin ISIS was around long before the Syrian civil war. NATO had no interest in "helping" anything, that's not its purpose; it's a defensive shield, not an aggressive sword. Countries in NATO can use its coordinated apparatus to organize conflicts like in Yugoslavia, but there was no wish in the West to do anything more than help the SDF and Kurds against Assad and ISIS respectively. And that was more a US side project.

[@squod1]

@@Thehusseyin push that all you want mate. We know what happened exactly.

[@Thehusseyin]

@@stephenjenkins7971 i aint disputing that, Iraq war was a dream for US neo con war hawks like dick cheney for longtime, yeah yeah ISIS was there when the war ended, guess who didnt support it Turkey, and yeah it was and is a dream to create a Kurdish state near Turkey Iran iraq border for them as well, i dont think Turkey has many choices here, Bomb t f outta whole neighborhood, millions of deaths, chaos, it was western creation.

[@Thehusseyin]

@@squod1 Bruh you dont know jack shit, all you know is what your little media is fed you, World aint buying that shit nomore, news for ya

[@ibrahimn22]

Not sure what you say happened in Syria. The support for militants in Syria was a terrible thing to do to another Muslim country. Shame onthe Turks

[@Mutalaat]

Phenomenal work my friend. Unbiased and through. Keep it up.

[@jamestank1999]

You have some of the best opening quotes. Respect!

[@LC-fe7be]

Turkish soldiers are also in Afghanistan providing security for YN/NATO at the airport etc

[@ahmethakantozlu1389]

*were

[@somethingmoredecent]

Yeah all 15 of them

[@LC-fe7be]

@@somethingmoredecent Still, NATO (the US military) is using the Turkish military as a proxy Muslim imperialist force and Turkey is gaining valuable "in-theatre" training for their inevitable future military actions. The US and Turkey share many characteristics Ultra-Nationalism, a Fascist Deep State, Institutionalized Anti-communism, psudo-secular governments, imperialist expansion, history of committing Genocide, etc. Turkey is pursuing a "Greater Turkey" imperial agenda inside the larger global US imperial hegemonic agenda. This puts Turkey (with the US) in an antagonism with Russia, China, Iran, etc. that want political independence and gradual economic and social development instead of a perpetual war economy. The Soviet Union never wanted to invade western Europe, that was a fantasy cooked up in the pathologically paranoid minds of Cold Warriors in Washington D.C. to justify ungodly federal spending on native military industrial development. It's like D.C., Ankara, and Tel Aviv know they are guilty of crimes punishable by death and are on the run committing more and more heinous crimes to cover-up the original one. The US and now Turkey (with their ally Israel) are like the person on Twitter that "invents a guy to get mad at". Say NO to war with Iran. Say NO to war with China. Say NO wars for imperialism, it could save your life one day.

[@LC-fe7be]

@@ahmethakantozlu1389 are they not still providing security inside the Kabul airport? I would have thought western nations would have all removed their embassies unless there was some "international" i.e. imperialist forces on the ground to guarantee diplomatic and UN personnel's ability to land and take off safely... Correct me if im wrong.

[@sulemanmalik8228]

I wish I was there as a soldier, I would love to meet the taliban, because i am a muslim as well alhamdolillah, but I am in western EU, so my government would probably never allow that, feelsbadman.

[@panosfloyd]

11:25 Turkey: "Blue Homeland" Greeks: "Here we go again..."

[@abunjaendokua1254]

Dear greek friend Please you should understand us some problems with us but if we talk peaceufuly we can solve problems .your goverment use lots of money to protect yourself yes you right because our goverment is going to agressive because they lose elections like netanyahu . This region have got big potansiel we can use this power together

[@abunjaendokua1254]

After 2023 lots of problems will solve bro trust us we are not arabs or like middle easterns wait 2023

[@cihanozel4344]

@@abunjaendokua1254 Bir bok sanıyorlar kendilerini. Son yüzyıldırolmaya kültürleriyle tanınıyor. Bin yıl önce ölmüş kültürleriyle. Hangi yunan felsefe yapıyor? Yoğurt yiyorlar yoğurt!

[@abunjaendokua1254]

@@cihanozel4344 htistiyanlikla yunan kulturu bitti zaten gerisi sirtaki ancak

[@wankawanka3053]

@@abunjaendokua1254 you talk too much turk

[@mustafadiriye7703]

Somalia, Turkey is the Only Brother and Friend we had.

[@abunjaendokua1254]

😘

[@dpt6849]

Do not forget. Turkey has many soldiers living in Germany, Benelux, Denmark etc.

[@BisselleWixxelle]

One is here ✊🏼 Deutschland VERRECKE

[@Kaan_is_myname97]

@@BisselleWixxelle What did you mean by these comment i dont understand. If you live in Germany as a Turk, you should respect Germany and its people. I say this as Turk. Bize yakışmaz.

[@magnvss]

No matter how beautiful and seemingly powerful a boat may seem, if it’s full of holes, the boat will sink. If Turkey fails on economy it fails at everything. Turkey under Erdogan commits the same mistake as Russia does: it invest on the military industry because it serves both its self reliance policies and additionally can sell the excess to other countries, but that it’s not enough to make the boat float. The problem being that economy is quite tied to many sociological factors too (trust, a good judicial system that grants transparency and protects what people gain, etc.) and those are hard (not impossible but hard) to get without political reforms that combat corruption.

[@eget4144]

Russia have gas, we dont have any fossil fuel. Russia's recipe wont work for turkey

[@TheKatiokung]

Turkic states: Hello

[@bozkurtamsterdam]

Give me a Turkish army I will conquer world -Napoleon Bonaparte

[@ekn_38]

I don't know the authenticity of that quote, but well the Ottoman Empire declined due to big famines and not adapting reforms and ideas from the stronger western powers. Maybe what this quote was trying to say if real, is that with an army of Turks under his command, equipment and strategic mastermind he could have done so

[@mustafakurtulus8874]

turk very strong -allah le bonaparte

[@box5319]

The progress of Turkish defence industry in the past decade is quite astonishing and is one that left all its foes and friend mouth wide agape in equal measures needless to mention its growth in both soft and hard power too,especially in middle east and Africa. Turkey has successfully presented itself as an afroasian country,with its airline flying to 60 African city,second after Ethiopian airline and first in cargo services in Africa. Turkey also has military deals with several African countries like Libya,somalia and recently Niger. Turkish government prowess in foreign policy advancement is at its climax and that has pitted her against her western alliance, especially France which always saw Africa as its cash cow. Turkey's involvement in Africa is one that come in a multifaceted manner,ranging from education, heath,construction, diplomacy, military deals and trade. Disequilibrium in world power polarity notwithstanding, I hold the considered opinion that Turkey has cut itself a niche in international system under the stewardship of its current president

[@wankawanka3053]

By foes you mean just armenia because that's not difficult 😅

[@jimmyloukas7963]

Begging the Americans to sell them F-16s, needing the South Koreans to help them complete their tank and having the Spanish build them their small aircraft carrier doesn't project an image of power nor does it show that they are self-reliant . Their "homemade" fighter jet will most likely never make it to production and if it does it will already need to be upgraded because it will be outdated by the time it comes out.

[@cssoversimplified]

"It is much better to be feared than loved"

[@nat1bott]

It is better to be both, but if you cannot be both, it is better to be feared.

[@captainalex157]

@KamilS yeah most europeans view erdogan as a angry little child demanding its toys back (ottoman empire). if erdogan tries to invade greece its gonna backfire horribly. europe has no tolerance for that shit and im sure many european countries would support greece.

[@mda990]

@KamilS i dont know if others are fearing us or not but as a Turk for example i am more hopeful about the new normalization process with Armenia than the one started in 2009. i think the new concept of power projection works better than former one 'Zero Problems with the Neighbours' for the region of Turkey.

[@nat1bott]

I didn't say anyone did. when did I say that?

[@minzblatt]

@@captainalex157 hahaha what are you gonna do? Sanction Turkey like in 1974? How did that work out for you? And how do you imagine it will work out against a Turkey with ballistic options reaching your very capitals? Cause that's were it will be at, sprinkle in some nuclear ambivalence in there due to Pakistan connections. Everybody knows EU is a dwarf military wise, it is funny to see you guys still are so loud mouthed online though :)

[@DomiAngel]

Great video! Weird you didn't mention Greece at all though.

[@billyjesus5442]

In Libya, Syria and Azerbaijan Turkish drones pushed back Russian proxies. "kick Turkey out of NATO" all the fools used to scream.

[@temuri5715]

and in ukraine today its doing a great job

[@vahebaldemian]

Where were there russian proxies in Azerbaijan though?

[@temuri5715]

@@vahebaldemian armenia

[@vahebaldemian]

@@temuri5715 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ericcam1998]

Ethnically cleansing Nagorno Karabakh and Kurdish Syria does not count as kicking out Russian Proxies. There is a world beyond great power geopolitics and Turkey is not that different from Russia in bullying its neighbors and threatening their livelihoods for its own gain.