Why has Turkey (a NATO Member) Requested to Join BRICS?

[@filipmaric5951]

nato is military allience. brics is economic one. Since Turkey isnt ever going to be allowed to join EU, , they obviously want to settle with something

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

Yes, but It’s still a conflict of interest especially since Turkey has some sort of EU relation

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

@@zortipirty Albeit not officially part of the European Union, Turkey is one of the EU's main partners and both are members of the European Union-Turkey Customs Union

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

@@zortipirty and yes, they turned down Turkey as an actual member due to not meeting criteria…specifically for having what’s essentially a Venezuelan style of “democracy”

[@Silver_Prussian]

​@@Homer-OJ-Simpsonare people still salty that the other guy they were rooting for so much didnt win the presidential elections or is this ,,democracy is when the guys I like are in power" type of comments ?

[@CezeriElKurdi]

Turkey is trying to appease everyone, but it is not accepted because it fails to meet the standards of any international organization. Then it gets upset and runs to the next one.

[@TurtleChad1]

NATO is a military alliance BRICS is an economic one No contradiction

[@MaffBowers]

Totally agree - there would be a problem if Turkey wanted to be in both the EU and BRICS but NATO and BRICS aren't exclusive to one another

[@Chrissy717]

​@@MaffBowers this is funny considering Turkey tried to get into the EU.

[@duddisnoobyay3859]

This is true in some sense but economic and military policy can’t be treated as entirely separate. The economic policy of the BRICS alliance negatively affects some nato countries (like the US), which in turn weakens their military (the country has less money to spend on defense).

[@MaffBowers]

@@Chrissy717 Yep, they'll never get in though, so it looks like they've thrown in the towel on that one! Greece and Austria (at the very least) will always veto them so they've turned eastwards instead

[@MaffBowers]

And Cyprus too!

[@rsantana389]

Let’s be serious, the EU is not going to accept Turkey, specially considering all the debate about (muslim) immigration going on and the far right. So they better look for more friends.

[@AimKots]

Correct, that is the real issue

[@Kozkayn]

+Seats in the EU parliament are given based on population. If Turkey joins, we will have nearly the same amount of representatives as Germany.

[@gala_fan_1905]

Turkiye has already huge investments in Africa. Trade is increasing tremendously.. not to mention Middle East and asia (turkic countries) Turks dont need EU

[@aleshandsome3705]

Plastics Engineer here, 50% recycled plastics is a Very tall ask, nevermind 100%. The issue is that you can't recycle plastic like metal. Each recycle degrades the plastic significantly, such that "using recycled plastic" can only be possible by mixing virgin plastic. And that's 20% recycled, 80% Virgin. 30% Recycled is possible, 50% is a pipe dream, 100% a sanity check is in order

[@s.a3898]

50% "Renewable or recycled plastics". So not necessarily 50% recycled plastics.

[@onetwothreefour-s1n]

Interesting, thank you

[@cheensenm]

BRICS is a economic bloc, while NATO is a defence bloc. You can't compare both, like even India and China, both adversary in military sector, can cooperate economically under BRICS.

[@baiwuli6781]

Yeah, the West just loves having this Cold War mentality. Just because you disagree ideologically, it doesn't mean that you shouldn't do trades anymore.

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

They can't join an economic bloc with the enemy, in the event of a war, who's side are they on???

[@omerfarukmrl2921]

NATO bazi ülkeler dışında diğerlerine güvenilmez İspanya güney Kore Macaristan dışında hiç bir NATO güvenmiyoruz

[@dax354able]

​@@ub3rfr3nzy94turkey and greece are hostile yet they both in NATO

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

@@dax354able Turkey is the problem maker in NATO not Greece. Joining BRICS would just be another reason to not trust them.

[@firefly9700]

It's easy to say that Turkey is "playing both sides" when their supposed allies has mistreated them for years. If any other nation was treated the same way, they would also seek new alliances.

[@knaperstekt7953]

Yes, they should search new alliances, forget the EU and leave Nato. Buh-bye.

[@firefly9700]

@knaperstekt7953 I agree that they should forget the EU, because it's a declining union. For NATO... nah

[@Traurigzwz-cw4vx]

@@knaperstekt7953 turkey couldn't get into the eu because its a muslim country

[@AbdulcabbarKazmakurek]

​@@knaperstekt7953nato would shit it pants if Türkiye leaves, there is no any nato country in the world which really want Türkiye to leave

[@AbdulGoodLooks]

Turkiye brought this upon themselves, how do you buy Russian air defence systems and then expect not to get kicked out of the F-35 program

[@Mu3az523]

Turkey in the middle of the road between two of the biggest economies in the world, China and EU its reasonable for Turkey to have friendly ties with both sides

[@someone-ql6pu]

well half the world in the middle of EU and china

[@Mu3az523]

@someone-ql6pu I will not join you in a stupid argument

[@wemakeasiansurveys4U]

More like both sides having distaste but tolerance for your people. China purged it's own borders of any Turkic culture by purging Uyghurs who seek asylum in Turkey. The west and especially the EU only tolerates Turkey for strategic reasons and the legacy of Ataturk which is diminishing by the year.

[@hometownboy6537]

No, it is not

[@TheNoronist]

No it's not. Turkey's biggest trade partner is EU, not eastern block.

[@Thatonepersonyouheard]

I'm so HAPPY that LEGO is addressing their bricks climate impact

[@archockencanto1645]

Coca Cola would never do it, instead they would lobby governments to increase recycling which go to landfills and ocean instead of actually being recycled... oh wait, Coca Cola, Nestlé etc already do that.

[@bzuidgeest]

It hasn't even happened yet, just empty promises for now. Be happy when they actually do it

[@michaelthomas5433]

Not like plastic is a problem, right?

[@dux_bellorum]

😂😂

[@austygo3563]

Best toy company ever!

[@that1apple]

Those NATO vs BRICS videos are gonna go crazy

[@Nom_AnorVSJedi]

NATO vs SCO

[@FreeRojava2025]

NATO wins. There isn’t much competition. NATO easily wins militarily, and economically the also win as the US is the largest economy and the EU (if one country) is the second largest. Then you factor in Britain which is the sixth largest and then you see. BRICS stands no chance.

[@Nom_AnorVSJedi]

@@FreeRojava2025 how can you be so sure? NATO hasn’t fought a war against the China led alliance yet. When NATO did fight, it was against Yugoslavia, Iraq and Libya and it’s afraid to help Ukraine by providing real troops. Your bluster and bravado will get us slaughtered in the millions so be careful.

[@MrFalut]

@@FreeRojava2025 NATO and its overwhelming GDP can't even deal with Russia 🥸

[@gtPacheko]

​@@FreeRojava2025 yes... But BRICS isn't a military alliance.

[@jameshenry6855]

Calling Christmas early sounds like one of the most desperate political move I've ever heard.

[@Vampirecronicler]

It is when you are trying to convince people you won your election

[@Surname-gt7so]

Didn't zelensky do the same?

[@joshbrown2217]

@@Surname-gt7so Not sure if he did. But it's a bit different when you are fighting a war and know that the other side will attack when you are in a festive period over doing it to protect your political position.

[@alex_gaimar]

​@@Surname-gt7so I mean he simply moved it from the Eastern date to the Western one, and not moved it to autumn

[@Jafantant]

Maduro taking a page from the Philippines. What a maduro

[@Ar1AnX1x]

because they're all bricked up

[@jodo4661]

Damn it, I was gonna say that

[@gp-1542]

*badom tish*

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Two stories this could apply to lol

[@msl2299]

Well that’s a pretty clickbaity title there. Do people still think NATO and BRICS have anything to do with each other? Like one is a rather functional military alliance and other is a loose economic forum that happens to include Russia and China. It’s really comparing apples to potatoes. I am personally not surprised that Turkey is aiming for something like BRICS- their chances of getting anywhere further in their EU talks are basically non existent and I doubt that will change in coming decades, so they can at least settle for something instead. And I doubt they can craft much of a regional economical forum.

[@delaneycloete5920]

I feel the same way. It's becoming a trend of this channel to bring out belittling content regarding the 3rd world at times that suits its narrative. A whole episode dedicated to what a bad place my country is that was posted a day after we took Israel to court. The timing didn't seem coincidental at all.

[@prabhakar0076]

😂😂😂 Turkey remains single forever bcos we INDIA doesn't trust them

[@yldrmaydn06]

What you call European Union negotiations: Dividing Turkiye and establishing a puppet Kurd state in its east, giving up Cyprus, ending the domination over the Straits and a weak and helpless Turkiye, economically dependent on Europe. these are basically impossible to accept and will never happen. I agree with you. 👍

[@msl2299]

@yldrmaydn06 I know you are just another Internet troll, but to humour the argument, main reasons are more so tied to fact that Turks would mass migrate into the Union. Like genuinely, most reasons are just tied to fact Turkey has a big population that would more than sure use this economical opportunity to “jump the ship” and go to places like Germany or France. Like I know some Turks might think this is some scheme to destroy Turkey and bring forth a West Aligned Kurdish Empire or whatever, but this just about you guys being populous country going through various economic crisis. Not to mention Erdogan or any other Turkish politician could cause even more damage than say, someone like Orban, so really, there are simple reasons than some giant geopolitical goals.

[@msl2299]

As for the points you brought up: - nobody particularly cares about Cyprus, they didn’t care when Turkish population was being genocided, they did not care much about stopping the split- most folks bring it up on Internet to appear like they have some moral high ground, even though frankly the subject is complex and anyone familiar with it knows there is no way to unify Cyprus- especially with Cyprus itself not wanting to reunify. - Kurds are similar story, they don’t really care, people like to bring it up to hold it as a moral high ground. The way Turkey treats Kurdish identity and other minorities is an issue that blocks it out of EU, that’s a fact. But actual Kurdish state? It’s unrealistic without actual conflict happening. Not to mention war torn Turkey is not something anyone in Europe wants. That would bring in millions of refugees that Europe would not be able to handle. - the whole ramble about making Turkey weak just makes no sense. Like, Weak Turkey would be just another conflict waiting to happen. Nobody wants Turkey to fail as a state because it would be a humanitarian disaster. Not to mention Turkey holding a lot of refugees from neighbouring war-torn countries.

[@hakanozaslan9571]

The membership talks were basically frozen even before the Coup. Merkel and Sarcozy managed to freeze several accesion chapters after Turkey refused to recognise Cyprus (the Greek part at least) Austria and France also wanted a referendum on Turkey's membership, IF the talks would've ever been complete.

[@60612Mac]

Correction: Saudi Arabia is not a member of BRICS

[@Hemalkukurkure]

They aren't?

[@klausjack8731]

Weren’t the Saudi’s going to be new Brics members (so not now, but soon)?

[@waleedabdi346]

Yeah it is now I’m sure

[@Hemalkukurkure]

@@waleedabdi346 yeah bro I am pretty sure too

[@serebii666]

@@Hemalkukurkure They aren't. They participate as an invited nation.

[@tonythetanuki]

I swear if Turkey is denied entry to BRICS I would be laughing my ass off

[@rohitsawant5805]

India will oppose it, I am quite certain. Turkey supports Pakistan and pokes it nose in Kashmir a lot, considering their own record against the Kurds, Armenians , the Greeks and Cyprus, they should be the last ones to point fingers. If India doesn't oppose, then I assume the leadership doesn't consider them as a threat.

[@JesusOrDestruction]

@@rohitsawant5805Indiana also supports Israel

[@JesusOrDestruction]

Turkey will most likely join

[@rohitsawant5805]

@@JesusOrDestruction Yes, the general population does if you consider the Hindus , Christians, Jains, Buddhists, they are mostly pro Israel. Muslims are pro Palestine. The Indian government on paper is neutral and has good relations with both Israel and Palestine, however behind the scenes Israel is favoured.

[@b89976]

@@rohitsawant5805 This is BS, india despite has massive border disputes with china which occasionally results in casulaties from both sides and despite china being by far the biggest supporter of pakistan and much bigger than turkiye is, then i can see no reason for india to refuse turkiye's bid

[@user-yt198]

Turkey is showing middle finger to EU.

[@mertince2310]

EU has been showing middle finger to us for what, 30 years now?

[@Abdullah_the_Palestinian]

Turkiye will never be allowed into the EU no matter what because of the elephant in the room. That being the fact that Turkiye is a Muslim majority country

[@octagon6550]

I agree with the point however EU is not the same EU as it used to be. The Union is falling apart and it is absolutely dysfunctional shit over there. Why any country would like to Join EU now ? Turkey is probably seeking exit point or another anchor to cancel its application. The big business and money printer has shifted from the West to the East and Africa is coming strongly. The other problem is Mediterranean Sea. Massive energy resources and money over there. Why do you think Turkey is investing heavily into the military technology for the last 20 years ? Their currency is collapsing but they still investing heavily to military tech plus they also buy gold heavily. They have a big plans and I do not think joining EU is part of it anymore.

[@alperenbastiat]

I am a Turkish person, here are my comments about Erdogan, BRICS and their relationship. BRICS isn't a unified geopolitical bloc against anyone. Their two most important members (India and China) constantly engages in border conflicts with each other, China even claims some parts of Indian territory. Then what is it's main purpose? To lend money to the countries that are excluded from Western monetary institutions like IMF. Due to this exclusion, those countries seek new ways to find debt money. Every regime wants to stay in power including Erdogan. In a region like Middle East, being stable and having power is crucial for surviving and keeping power. So he presses all buttons without ever questioning his actions' consistency. One day he may want to buy Eurofighters, another day he may want to buy Russian missiles. I live in İzmir, a few days ago USS Warp anchored in my city's port. He isn't an anti-Western leader, NATO protects Turkey therefore increasing it's stability and this is a good thing for Erdogan, it also gives him a bargaining chip that can be used against other NATO member countries. There is no any ideological purpose here, his only ideology is pragmatism.

[@Waldohasaskit210]

How can you trust a person who does not hold the same values and morals as you and is only with you for pragmatic convenience? As soon as the winds of circumstance change and they see a better looking opportunity elsewhere, they will leave you.

[@aherts]

Except Erdogan is the exact reason why turkey isn't stable

[@alperenbastiat]

@@Waldohasaskit210 I've never said that I trust him, I've just analyzed his politics.

[@user-dj5se2os5v]

​@@Waldohasaskit210+ States that are excluded from financial support from west, are for good reason not supported. Like, do u want lend money to state that will use it to grow army and abused ppl living there?

[@_0______00__________0_______0]

Thanks, this seems to me a reasonable analysis. There is so much focus on the West vs. Russia/China, but I think the leaders working with (but not really falling under the influence of) both sides are very interesting, e.g. Erdogan and Modi.

[@marcux83]

because we don't wanna let Pasha Erdogan inside the EU because it would end like the Desaster that is Hungary

[@osmanivegen9876]

Artık Türkler AB yi istemiyor bunu anlayın yaw. İnsan hakları diyip duruyorsunuz babasının kucağında tv önünde öldürülen filistinli çocuğu görmüyorsunuz artık kim ab ye inanır. Yazık kendiniz çalıp kendiniz oynayın .

[@cemdursun]

Erdogan shouldn't join EU at all, but Turkey should be accepted, once Erdo-gone

[@Abiodun92]

​@@cemdursun Only if you're willing to work towards the membership requirements like all the other EU applicant countries. Nobody gets into the union just by being important, the EU isn't BRICS.

[@ATHLDN]

@@cemdursun No it shouldn't be accepted. Europe for the Europeans

[@JesusOrDestruction]

EU cope 😂

[@E.c.e...]

Friends, Turkey is not playing double games. It is doing what suits it. It tried the EU, but unfortunately Europe is implementing a policy based on religion and I am sure it will suffer a lot due to this mistake in the near future. As a result of the initiatives we will take, we are constantly exposed to economic sanctions by Western countries. I am sure that we will take more courageous anti-Western steps with the BRICS😊

[@k.umquat8604]

Biz Avrupalı değiliz. Üstüne üstlük Avrupa ülkeleriyle sınır antlaşmazlığımız var. Bu yüzden bizi almıyorlar. Zaten AB'ye girseydik faydasını görmezdik. Türk'ün Türk'ten başka dostu yoktur.

[@ParzivalKings]

why? well to explain it like mac did in always sunny in philly "i'm playing both sides... so i always come out on top"

[@TippedBalance]

Before or after the blasting?

[@JesusOrDestruction]

Which is smart

[@ParzivalKings]

@@JesusOrDestruction not when it's obvious to both sides what you are doing You know the entire POINT of said episode of always sunny...

[@jamesbackstar8285]

NATO is a military alliance while BRICS is an economic one, so there's no contradiction

[@antoninodarioconti6347]

You are so sweet

[@blackrose3653]

Thanks for copying the top comment lol.

[@jamesbackstar8285]

@@blackrose3653 yea, lmao

[@crocodileguy4319]

BRICS isn't an alliance

[@ugur4511]

NATO is about defense, Brics is about economy. They are two different things.

[@deathsquad8891]

Wow, an actually independent country, with it's own foreign policy, who could've imagined 😮

[@MrTopsecretagent]

not members of the eussr that's for sure 😂

[@AbdulcabbarKazmakurek]

You think that Türkiye doesn't belongs to EU because of its Muslim population and culture but Turkish people thinks the same also. %85 of Turkish people (72 million people) don't want to be in EU already.

[@χσχσ-ν3χ]

Izlamic sithole

[@AbdulcabbarKazmakurek]

@@χσχσ-ν3χ yea, proud of that.

[@mustafabornova291]

Have you ever heard of a hate crime? Does your faith teach you to insult other believers? Is this why you kill refugees fleeing war? You will be held accountable before the law.​@@χσχσ-ν3χ

[@TomyD1321]

Turkey is my favorite country in world. It has everything. ❤Turkey

[@rohitsawant5805]

Except a stable currency maybe LOL

[@AbdulcabbarKazmakurek]

❤

[@2531Prasad]

When I want to Finance something , I'll go to banks and look who's gonna offer me best Financing Options. That's what BRICS is . I don't understand why BRICS get's compared to Military. Half the countries in BRICS hate each other. Western Countries don't realize Financing in USD is very Expensive due to Underlying Inflation. For Many countries It's the Interest Rate + their Inflation Rate as their EMI's.

[@Kneorlan]

Kuleba resigning is good news as far as I'm concerned. He has recently compared relocation of Orthodox peoples (including Ukrainians) following WWII to brutal carnage of 100.000 Poles by Ukrainian UPA/OUN. There were other instances of him flaring up tensions between Poland and Ukraine by his ill-adviced statements, so I won't miss him.

[@aabbccdd4710]

Don't forget calling the southeastern parts of Poland 'ukrainian lands' (the MFA had to cover for what I hope just a gaffe and not some irredentist feelings coming out by accident) It's good he's gone, but it's not for his outragous statements

[@DK-ev9dg]

He will go to America soon

[@DanilSay]

He said what he should. He said what is morally correct. He was one of the best ministers

[@DefNotAiko]

Me who starts celebrate Christmas on September: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power

[@bumb.wingman]

Venezuela?

[@AnarchoAmericium]

Natagpuan ang filipino.

[@dingus6317]

Jesus was born in July

[@ericbotondbatternay8452]

I wonder how long Turkey can keep this balancing act up.

[@PresidentFlip]

As long as Erdogan is in power

[@loremaster7795]

​@@PresidentFlipno as long as it needed. in a short way until we became a really strong nation we are doing this since ww2 we are staying between West and East so balance between them is neccecary and important for us either we rule the sides or they will. right now they are ruling us

[@Free_Muslim_Unlike_Slaves]

i asked some body in turkiye which side is turkiye on ?he said it's on no one side because no one on its side that's simple answer

[@Free_Muslim_Unlike_Slaves]

@@PresidentFlip i asked some body in turkiye which side is turkiye on ?he said it's on no one side because no one on its side that's simple answer + president erdogan is the most independent president in all middle east and maybe world

[@omerfarukmrl2921]

Emin olun NATO dan Türkiye çıkarsa büyük bir savaş çıkar kazananı olmaz

[@simaosimoes]

Many already said it but I'll reinforce it NATO is a military alliance, BRICS is an economic alliance clickbait is crazy

[@memocuktheking4074]

The thing is, India, who is close to America is Also in Bricks. Plus, EU has rejected Turkeys offer to join, so who can blame them.

[@Rahul-yu1yn]

Bro Americans don't like Indians they racist 😅😢

[@RuffinItAB]

Turkey doin their turkey thing. Always the gateway between the east and west

[@Willsmiff1985]

This is the real answer. All countries do what’s in their own interests. Turkey REALLY REALLY does what’s in its own interests. Not gonna lie… it’s gotta be a geopolitically taxing to run that country.

[@499Wulf]

Gateway? Id say more like a leech for both sides

[@osmanivegen9876]

@@499Wulf Tabi avrupa sülüğün ana yurdu Yıllarca Afrikayı sömürdünüz Fransa nükleer silahları cezayir halki üzerinde kullandı yani yazık sülük ab nin kendisi . Yunanlılar herkesin gözü önünde mültecilerin botlarını patlattı ölsün diye bu sülükten bile aşağılayıcı. Artık ab yi istemiyoruz. Düşman de değiliz herkes kendi yoluna bu kadar. Çok mu kıskandınız artık Türkiye üzerinden oyun oynayamayacaksınız diye :)

[@TheOE4]

@@499WulfWitch both sides are you talking about,Turkey has been waiting for EU membership since 1980,your little christian club is telling to us that we have violation of human rights and they support every war,when its comes to the humarights right ? I’m not a fan of Erdogan I’ll never vote for him but if my people choose him with democratic values,i have to respect that,he is making one of the most hard and also important job in the whole world.

[@Ironbanner12]

​@@499Wulf They just look after their own intersts, no issue with that.

[@DefNotAiko]

That one TLDR US fan: hey hey hey, pause right there

[@19932603A]

Just a friendly reminder, in order to be a "mediator" you need to be relatively impartial, the US is not.

[@kevinking9284]

turkey should join the inflation club with Argentina and Venezuela

[@sueyourself5413]

As a net importer I'm sure that having access to cheap Venezuelan oil will be a terrible thing for them.

[@muratselimkahraman6707]

Inflation rate in August dropped to 52%, domestic trade is at a standstill, inflation will drop very soon.

[@dronur6194]

Keep your stupid jokes to yourself man, you're not funny at all.

[@ozkang654]

after we join brics Eu union will be Enfllasion union

[@KelkefelKelkefel]

@@muratselimkahraman6707 yav murat 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Redmancala]

It’s always trying to do a balancing act. But, sometimes, if one keeps doing a balancing act, one falls down and lands on their face. At some point I feel they will likely need to take a side.

[@franzusgutlus54]

LEGO is joining BRICS

[@反ヨーロッパのサムライ]

I mean Turkiye has its own interests, no reason why they shouldn't maintain a balancing act, If its advantageous they should do it. No reason for them to accept NATO and EU to complain about the Turks looking after themselves. Not everybody wishes to be slaves of EU and NATO. EU doesn't want Turkiye, so Turkiye can look elsewhere. That's as far as the relationship goes, You don't trust or help Turkiye, Turkiye doesn't have to trust and help you. This is a logical stance, the only ones crying are emotional cry-babies who think only their countries deserve to have their own interests to cater to. I just wish Turks stop pandering to them. They don't like you, Don't like them back. Play the game how you need to. Nothing wrong with it.

[@Real_Person_Not_A_Bot]

Because NATO is a military alliance and BRICS isn't. Simple.

[@Awesomewithaz]

Turkey plays both sides so they always end up on bottom

[@NewLegacy93]

Yeah I don’t get why people think this is an issue. Aren’t a bunch of massive military rivals to current members looking to join BRICS like Pakistan? BRICS may have originally had anterior motives but at this point it has been pushed into a second economic bloc to rival American hegemony over global trade

[@siddharthverma1249]

​@@Awesomewithaz lmao

[@Free_Muslim_Unlike_Slaves]

@@Awesomewithaz i asked some body in turkiye which side is turkiye on ?he said it's on no one side because no one on its side that's simple answer

[@Free_Muslim_Unlike_Slaves]

@@Awesomewithaz the only ones who end up are the west and espeically europe

[@weeguy52]

Nato needs amend their rules so they can kick out members, and I'm aware of the differences between nato and brics but there's reasons why the EU doesn't want turkey to join their Union.

[@rsantana389]

The US justice department 😂 who do they think they are?? An international organization?? 🤣

[@ilkerdogan8765]

Bir Türk olarak ABD nin ikiyüzlü tavırlarından tiksiniyorum.

[@theuralictribes5689]

Good on Turkey (Y) :) I hope Hungary will join BRICS too (Y) :)

[@k.umquat8604]

Hungary is an EU member. I don't know they would be eligible for BRICS membership.

[@SuperStingray]

I think the next country to join BRICS should be either Kenya, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Kiribati or Kyrgystan.

[@tempejkl]

Kazakhstan for their potassium

[@cte4dota]

Well tell me who from Europe ever wanted 80 million muslim in EU? like ever? so...

[@RubyDung_01]

Bro, we are turks don't just call us "muslims" yes we mainly are but you're saying it like an insult

[@cte4dota]

@@RubyDung_01 im not insulting you the EU does. They dont find you worthy. The main reason why they mulling Turkey for decades. And they don't want you close to Russia also since they are getting f up in Ukraine and They are afraid of Russians in general...

[@RubyDung_01]

@cte4dota oh, yeah fair point

[@kenogu436]

​@@cte4dota Russia is losing in Ukraine genius. Ain't nobody afraid of paper tiger Russia. At this point , Canada would destroy Russia lmaooo

[@cte4dota]

@@kenogu436 Where Russia losing? maybe in western propaganda media? Dude ur clown we dont need to aruge anything, get lost.

[@AchyutChaudhary]

0:39 *🇸🇦Saudi Arabia hasn’t become a member of BRICS yet btw.*

[@hrast4109]

Christmas in October is crazy

[@markdowding5737]

"Christmas before Halloween"

[@jmjedi923]

Venezuela making Christmas come early literally sounds like a tactic romans would do

[@cemdursun]

During his earlier terms on the throne between 2001-2011, Erdogan actually pushed forward EU agendas in Turkey and talks were making progress (except the Cyprus issue and Kurds) but some EU members (France, Greece) were aggressively against Turkish accession so Erdogan changed direction. Istanbul was even selected the cultural capital of Europe in 2010. Now it would be a valid argument to make that it was all just an act and once he gained enough power, he changed course. However what if EU accepted Turkey in 2000s? Turkey certainly would be a lot different.

[@ATHLDN]

Poor Turkey....these issues needed solving

[@loremaster7795]

Eu üyeliği için çıkarlarımızdan vazgeçmek gibi bir konu söz konusu değildi hâlâ da değil Türkiye kendisi güçlü olmalı kendimiz bir taraf olmalıyız ve diğer ülkeler bize katılmalı ama nasıl o kadar güçlenebilirz ve ne kadar süremizi alır hiç bilmiyorum

[@Free_Muslim_Unlike_Slaves]

i asked some body in turkiye which side is turkiye on ?he said it's on no one side because no one on its side that's simple answer

[@bumb.wingman]

@@loremaster7795iki tarafı oynamak aslında mantıklı, sadece batı veya sadece doğu olsaydık hiç bir işe yaramazdık.

[@frankthetank5708]

​@@loremaster7795 It's in the interest of Türkiye to be part of the European Economic Area or not. This question needs to be answered. Joining another Bloc isn't possible because of standardisized laws. Simple as that. If not, stay out and don't keep the EU membership goal in place.

[@enkephalin07]

I think it's a far stretch to label renewable plastic as environmentally friendly. This news is only as good for Lego as the number of people gargling their greenwash.

[@giantWario]

Ok I'm probably wrong here but between this, the fact that Zelensky said for the first time in July that he was willing to negotiate with Russia and the fact that he outright said the invasion of Kursk was to give Ukraine more power in the peace talks, it seems to me like Zelensky is getting rid of the more hardline elements of his cabinet to be able to accept a peace deal.

[@kianlakchi7182]

Which is good, but I hope Ukraine won't have to accept too horrible an outcome

[@SneedSeeding]

They've both bled themselves dry in terms of manpower, this war has to come to a conclusion everyone can live with or it will just be a horrid stalemate that crawls on and on draining everyone's resources and futures for the people living there.

[@Rath_Burn]

If Trump wins the election, then Ukraine may have to make a deal with Russia because Trump said he'd pull support. If Harris wins, then the war continues at it is now, hoping they can out last the Russians (ether they collapse or Putin is overthrown)

[@svenrio8521]

To be honest this was always the outcome. 😔 The Ukrainians are suffering manpower shortages and the Russians seem keen to keep this war going indefinitely, not to mention Western nations getting fatigued over there support

[@PatGunn]

It's nutty to imagine letting Russia get away with invading twice and profiting by it will turn out well.

[@Sebastian-pc1qf]

Why does Nato menbers have to use the doller ? as it inparshell? 😊 Turkeys only doing what best for it country.

[@Catholic-Joseph]

Why did they specify (NATO member) in the title?

[@danielkoble7599]

Turkey: “If I keep playing both sides, I’ll always come out on top”

[@Anna_KTZ]

Isn't it Türkiye in English too nowadays?

[@philoslother4602]

Yes but English doesn't have diacritics, they are optional, so the ü will be spelled as a normal u in official communications

[@CedarHunt]

Nope, it's just Turkey.

[@delaneycloete5920]

Even on South African media they now use Turkiye instead of Turkey.

[@Theoucafe1]

It is officially but noone really cares. We're all used to Turkey so we'll keep calling it that. Its just convenient.

[@CedarHunt]

@@Theoucafe1 It's not like Turkey has control of the English language in the first place.

[@colekarrh9114]

I really like turkey and I try to defend them to my NATO friends then they do stuff like this

[@ajfcrew2858]

I dont know what direction turkey is going...

[@Tehnology716]

Ben türküm ve şunu söyleyim. Türkiye şu an deli gibi silah üretiyor ve bunu üstü kapalı şekilde yapıyor. herkese iyi görünmeye çalışıyoruz. Bize yapılan bu kışkırtmaları birgün herkesin toprağını ele geçirerek ödeteceğiz. Avrupa birliği ve nato bizle şimdilik dalga geçebilir . İntikama az kaldı😐

[@talatguneyli13]

Check the map , its right in the middle.....

[@Free_Muslim_Unlike_Slaves]

i asked some body in turkiye which side is turkiye on ?he said it's on no one side because no one on its side that's simple answer

[@peterjaniceforan3080]

This will not end well.

[@BOZ_11]

The Armenian genocide in part began as Armenian militia groups took and occupied the city of Van, massacring the inhabitants. The Turkish response was to repel the militia and transport the Armenians by train out of Anatolia The ethnic cleansing (not genocide) was executed by Dönmeh Je_ws named Djemal Pasha, Enver Pasha, and Talaat Pasha. They were the leaders of the CUP party (a single party dictatorship that took control from the Sultan via a coup). After their massacring, they were trialled, and sentenced by the Turks; then the British let them go on the island of Malta (letting criminals go is standard procedure for the British), and finally they were assassinated by the Armenians in Operation Nemesis. Nearly 700 years and not one sultan ever ordered a genocide, unlike the Europeans.

[@turkturan1453]

Sen Enver, Talat, Cemal paşalara kurban ol. Enver paşaya yahudi diyorsun ama o adam orta asya dağlarında komünistlerle savaşırken, Türk İslam Birliği kurmaya çalışırken şehit oldu. Talat Paşa ve Cemal Paşa da kahpe kurşunlarla şehit oldu. Biz Türkler onları hala daha çok seviyoruz. İngilizler ermeniler önce kendilerini yargılasınlar kahpeler

[@HagiaFantasia]

Because...The West wants to get into BRICS🥺

[@grey3247]

Who wrote the script for this year's real life

[@Chrissy717]

No one and that's the scariest part

[@igorthelight]

It's all procedural generated ;-)

[@jakester01]

Didn't France request to join BRICS within the last 1-2 years? I am pretty sure there was a request, but not sure how far it went.

[@alittlestoryy]

Brics said no to them. And nobody said traitor to france

[@hauer54]

Perhaps an idea for Hungary too... they can then leave the EU that they don't respect anyway!

[@Tervezo001]

Respect eu=important 3 world migrant

[@4m4n40]

They heavily depend on their free money though

[@andrzejnadgirl2029]

"Free", sure thing. I like Orban just as much as I have love for Putin but countries let western companies to dominate their markets. EU funds aren't charity, it's a part of transaction that ultimately benefits everyone

[@stormstriker2000]

@@Tervezo001 hungry is 3rd world itself, they are mongalian people, not west

[@MrBurnsExcellent]

@@4m4n40 Just smart I guess, can you fault them?

[@Mattyhasgames]

Welp. Merry early Christmas in Venezuela.

[@TurkishDebater]

Should have accepted us into EU if you didn't want this.

[@k.umquat8604]

Biz onlarsız daha iyiyiz

[@DK-ev9dg]

Turkey must join BRICS

[@ivancho5854]

I wonder if Turkey will become the first country to get kicked out of NATO. 🤞🤣

[@CheeseHerd152]

Slim chance, Turkey has an important role in NATO due to its geographical location and size of army

[@thepax2621]

Sadly, there is no mechanism for that 🙈

[@komododragon410]

Definitely American who have zero idea of geography

[@brick647]

​​@@CheeseHerd152 Only thing it has is bosphorus and at this point nato may prefer to lose it than to become a joke

[@echidnanatsuki882]

​@@brick647 you have no idea how important Turkey really is to NATO In fact, Turkey is so important to America that America even willingly betrayed both it's Syrian and Kurdish Allies to appease Turkey

[@JesusOrDestruction]

Good on Turkey 💪

[@Kris_96]

Turkey are wondering why the EU hasn't accepted them yet, yet they keep playing for both teams at every opportunity. Ironic.

[@cemdursun]

Turkey has been waiting for acceptance from EU since 1989. While I don't want Turkey to join BRICS, the hypocrisy of your argument warrants this type of response. I dislike Erdogan greatly but from a geopolitical standpoint, Turkey has always been a balancing actor in the world so your polarized world view is short-sighted at best. Western think-tanks have been working hard to understand the current multi-polarized world order that regular folks like you need to catch up.

[@Robert89349]

​@@cemdursun The process to join the EU is very specific though. Countries have to meet very certain criteria in order to join the EU. Turkey has not met these criteria, I don't see why it should be an exception and be allowed to join without making any progress on what is required to do. Countries apply for membership and have to play by the rules of the block. Not the other way around.

[@cemdursun]

@@Robert89349 The main issue has always been Cyprus plus a few judicial reforms that were on the right track 15 years ago. Turkey's proposition for Cyprus to reunite in the mid 2000s was rejected by Greek Cypriots. So the very specific process to join EU you're talking about is not focused on solution.

[@no-nx3ip]

Except that a lot of the time they don’t meet it but still get in…whatever

[@Robert89349]

@@cemdursun The Annan plan was not a Turkish proposal, it was brokered by the UN, and its then secretary general Kofi Annan, and it was a result of 4 party negotiations between Turkey Greece Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. It was rejected by the Greek Cypriots because there was no plan for the Turkish army withdrawal, no plan for what will happen with the Turkish settlers from Turkey in Cyprus, their properties in the North would be compensated by the new federal government of Cyprus, the economy of which would be the south plus the north . The south part of the island was 20 times larger economically from the north, which actually meant that Greek Cypriots would compensate themselves. They live in an internationally recognized state, with a high standard of living, they were about to be part of the EU in the next months, and as per the UN they were still the legal de jure owners of their properties in the North, so they had a lot to lose by voting for this plan. It is very simple. It only makes sense that Turkey cannot be a part of the EU without recognizing one of its members, and with all the members recognizing the north as an occupied territory. But this is only one thing. The criteria have to do with economy, rule of law, freedom of expression, and so much more that Turkey is far from achieving. Let me remind you that Greece's stance is in favor of turkey joining the EU because it will solve many standing problems. It was Austria that most vocally objected it. EU doesn't owe membership to Turkey because they just started the process. The have to comply and they simply don't.

[@IndieGoFigure]

Simple he's decided everyone knows he's playing both sides, may as well go all in

[@windwaker0rules]

Türkiye is what a journalist would call the country.

[@mansoura.6586]

It’s still called Turkey 🦃 to almost everyone. Move on

[@univeropa3363]

America's foreign adventure is clearly going well.

[@Pliong]

Italy joined, left, and has now rejoined BRICS. They're definitely a NATO member. Turkey would be the SECOND NATO member to join, not the first.

[@globalstory8318]

You're confusing Belt and Road Initiative with BRICS.

[@deeperunderground09]

The I in BRICS stands for India. Italy has never been a member of BRICS.

[@PolarBearActive0g9g904]

I need someone as Loyal to me as TLDR is to that one image of the militants they use for Hamas my god.

[@Sol_Invictus_]

What weapons of mass destruction do Hamas even have?

[@komododragon410]

Determination

[@mohammedaitlaarebi]

Strong belief

[@mohammedaitlaarebi]

The constant reminder that israel and usa are the problem and that they are weaponising peace and won't respect any settlement they did agree to.

[@doit2810]

​@@mohammedaitlaarebi"belief in terrorism and murdering Jews" should've mentioned that more clearly Momin. You're hard-on for terror is excruciating to watch.

[@Cross_heart09]

​@@mohammedaitlaarebicowardness and tunnel rat system😂😂😂

[@pokemon9573]

Well NATO is more of a military defense union and BRICS is more of an economic union.

[@HelloHi-g2u]

They are an economic union whose goal is to destroy the west which happen to mostly all be nato members.

[@ThePhilipish]

Sick man of Europe, always a backstab, never fighting their own battles.

[@OneTwo_1028]

Coming from an european, pretty funny

[@extrapolate]

The fight against hyperinflation has them too busy 😂

[@HaZeFiT_uA]

​@@extrapolatewe dont care,Türkiye is still a better place than your country...i bet 😂😂😂

[@alittlestoryy]

Sick man of europe. But I thought.. turkey is not europe? This is the thing we heard from them for years. Interesting.

[@tempejkl]

When have they not fought their own battles?

[@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani4031]

Initially, BRICS had nothing to do with being an anti-Western alliance; it was just a bloc of emerging countries. Unfortunately, Russia and China are trying to drag the bloc in that direction, including several hostile countries, especially more dictatorships. Unfortunately, India has a problematic government. If it didn't, I would be all for Brazil, India and South Africa breaking away from the bloc and forming a new one with democratic countries from Latin America, Africa and Asia.

[@tempejkl]

This has to be the most hilarious and most neoliberal take I’ve ever seen. It’s a de dollarisation bloc. You invite everyone but the USA. Including those affected by its sanctions. If Latin America joined they’d be overthrown by the USA like they’ve been doing in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua (?) I believe

[@prabhakar0076]

@@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani4031 INDIA has a Nationalistic Government. If U don't know anything abt others, just keep quiet. Governing 1.5 Billion population and feeding them is not an easy task, where U find every religion. Dumb Europe can't even keep control of Islam giving lectures to ancient Bharath 😂

[@andrews.5212]

G7 and NATO keep falling. Brics keep rising. Good.

[@mamajkhan]

Turkey is playing both sides

[@extrapolate]

“Death of six hostages” way to whitewash the fact that they were murd3red in captivity by hamas. Stay classy TLDR smh

[@user-sh3cf7kd6e]

Tldr are not objective. They are "neutral". Well... Switzerland also was "neutral" during WW2.

[@tempejkl]

There’s no evidence. It’s most likely they were killed by Hamas to put pressure on Israel for a ceasefire (every hostage killed discredits Netanyahu, as the whole cassus belli is to “bring hostages home).

[@stormbear7330]

BRAVO Turkey, the Americans and the EU haven't treated you well..👍

[@CarterSimon777]

USA may recognise Greece's rightful historical claim to Constantinople after all now

[@BursaninKozhelvasi]

bro we literally conquered it. the byzantines were encircled it took a last blow to claim Constantinople

[@osmanivegen9876]

Hadi bekliyoruz sen de gel :) ABD kaç yüzyıllık bir ülke, Türkler kaç binyıldır bu dünyada kim kimden ne hak idda edecek. Önce soykırım yaptıkları kızılderelilerin hakkı olan toprakları geri versin konstan tin tin tin :))))

[@brainloop99]

More people live in İstanbul than Greece have Greeks in them, good luck! Seethe, cope and mald lmao.

[@CedarHunt]

​@@BursaninKozhelvasiSo then, if we conquer it, we can keep it right?

[@doit2810]

​​@@brainloop99no worries, most Turks are converted Greeks anyways. We'll just convert them back. All they need is a linguistic conversion and voila! (Religious conversionis also fine but Istanbul is liberal enough compared to the rest of Turkey so that's fine).

[@Iosef426]

You got to choose: Colonial “Democracy” or Freedom Fighters authoritarianism … and that’s The False Dilemma

[@DumbEpicGaming]

ayo turkey go crazy

[@jetterbenne2578]

If more emerging economies join BRICS, there wont be much need for the US dollar, British pound and EURO as a world reserve currencies. That would be a bummer for those economies I guess hence all this animosity against BRICS. Good news though, the Swiss Franc is unkillable.

[@ivancho5854]

Environmentally friendly Lego?!? I bet that the new plastic won't be as long lasting, just like their company. 🤦

[@Puzsek]

Turkey doesnt need west and but west needs Turkey. Answer? 1- It is the russia in Mediteranian Sea. 2- Very military nation with 85 million population. But without west Turkey will be slighlly more poor. maybe. My dream Turkey, KKTC, Azerbaycan and Russia unification as one nation. Russia needs population, Turkey needs money to invest, russian wants nice beaches etc etc etc.etc

[@LourensBester]

For the love of God, can Turkey be removed from NATO already

[@DK-ev9dg]

😮😮😮😮😮

[@AbdulcabbarKazmakurek]

Well it would be a disaster for NATO actually. And I don't think your god will change it

[@JCQ205]

Adding Turkey would be disastrous from an acronym perspective: B-TRICS? BRICTS? TSIRBC?? They at least need to bring another country that starts with a vowel.

[@k.umquat8604]

BRICS has tons of other countries in it, it's still called BRICS

[@FlavioSantos-uw1mr]

BRIC was the acronym for the founding members, after the S I don't think they will keep adding letters or it will become unintelligible in a few years

[@justn6298]

Man why do big historical events keep happening while im still alive

[@DetectiveMapping]

Because big historical events are always happening, the world isn’t gonna stop spinning just because you’re around

[@davidescristofaros2241]

The 1991-2001 period was an anomaly of history, historical events won't stop happening.

[@ColCurtis]

Because we are approaching the end of civilization. It is most likely you were born at the peak of the human population. If humans would survive for 1000 more years into a multi planet society of trillions, then it would be way way more likely that you would have been born at that point in the future.

[@phoenix5054]

​@@davidescristofaros2241 Even then I think a lot of things were happening in Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

[@antiochianius]

As a Turk I hate that people from all around world are really interested in Turkey's diplomatics. We are not West neither East. We can choose more than one ally also already this comprison is bullshit. one is defence and other one financial blocs...

[@pokegan52]

The problem with Turkey is that it was never meant to be its own country ever, there’s a reason why historically Rome and Persia always fought over Anatolia instead of making a proxy like Armenia between them. Now this new nation called Turkey needs to choose between east and west, and eventually will be ripped apart again by both sides. As Greeks say “Turkey is just in the way of our 2 thousand year old rivalry with Iran” and as an Iranian I agree.

[@loremaster7795]

Well there is a New blood in the field and it will stay that way you guys need to get used to it in the end this lands belongs to nobody u can get this lands if u have enough strenght to do it we are ruling this lands for almost 1000 years and will keep doing that

[@Free_Muslim_Unlike_Slaves]

i asked some body in turkiye which side is turkiye on ? he said it's on no one side because no one on its side that's simple answer

[@bumb.wingman]

What kind of constantinoplian comment is this 😂😂😂😂

[@TheNoronist]

that's the most nonsensical thing I have ever heard. "Turkey is that it was never meant to be its own country ever" what the duck...

[@evrnng]

Turks don't have their own country? :D They have been in Anatolia for 1000 years. They ruled Iran for 900 years and Greece for 400 years. Maybe there is competition between Greece and Iran, but you are not competitors for Turkey.

[@rockartistet]

Brics is an economic group of countries. The EU will not let Turkey join as the population of turkey is Muslim and brown

[@FalconsEye58094]

Turkey: we wanna join the EU EU: ok, well you can't be a dictatorship Turkey: oh come on!!!!

[@toonymoony16]

It's erdogan who thinks that not turks

[@JesusOrDestruction]

EU: you can only join the us if you do everything we say Turkey: nah I’ll stick with BRICS EU: How dare you!

[@talatguneyli13]

EU: you cant get in but you can wait at our doorstep for good... look at this carrot... Turkey: Enough is enough , you know where to put that carrot !

[@SomkanMuhasebe]

​@@toonymoony16🤣🤣🤣🤣you make me laugh

[@Tapostlevonesus]

Turkey: we wanna join the EU EU: Aright, let's start the membership process *supports the organization that threaten the territorial integrity of Turkey* *recognizes the so-called Armenian genocide* *Accusing Turkey of killing Kurds* Turkey: Well goodbye, I'll align with the east EU: NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT RAHH

[@eugdee7293]

So no charges from the US on Netanyahu for committing war crimes with US provided military equipment?

[@Apocrypha667]

Turkey is not Europe, they’re not like us.

[@Apocrypha667]

@@cemdursun maybe you should watch the video again. They’re frustrated because we are not letting them in Europe, justifiably I say. Happy to see them with the other block and stopping sabotaging us.

[@themagnificentturk1967]

No one cares Europe. You are not a special bunch.

[@P00BlS]

You need education buddy...

[@Apocrypha667]

@@P00BlS 3 degrees. Enough to know that turkey is not Europe.

[@Apocrypha667]

@@cemdursun what I said is still not wrong tho

[@jeremypearson6852]

Turkey needs to give up NATO and EU membership. Let’s see how well they do supported by Russia.

[@talatguneyli13]

Turkey is not in the EU and will never be. As for NATO Turkey should stay in NATO for NATO protects Turkey from NATO !

[@universalspaceexpeditioner8259]

Turkey is not in the EU and shouldn't be in NATO either. It invades other nations and genocides them.

[@eriklindaas8045]

Turkey is a beautiful country and people but they need to accept the Armenian genocide did happen and it was discussing event in our human history

[@shafsteryellow]

That has nothing to do with turkey. Should Italy apologise for the celtic holocaust conducted by caesar ? Should Greece apologise for Alexander's conquests? Should iran apologise for Cambeyes invasion of Egypt?

[@extrapolate]

@@shafsteryellowyou do realize that apologizing and accepting are two different things? And that the timelines specifically the amount of time that passed since the Armenian genocide is much less than the ones you mentioned? If anything the timeline is more akin to the Hindu genocide at the hands of Islamists which is also not talked about enough or accepted by the perpetrators

[@shafsteryellow]

@@extrapolate had nothing to do with the state of Turkey. Idc about South Asia

[@aytacdenizacar7703]

There was no Armenian genocide, rather a failed attempt of Turkish genocide, and Turkey will never apologize for it, and Turkey will never leave Cyprus. Just cope and get on with your lives.

[@universalspaceexpeditioner8259]

@@aytacdenizacar7703 Turkey will leave Cyprus. Even Israel said you will leave. You think you can go against your owner Israel? LMAO. Keep coping like that and you will be back in Mongolia in no time.

[@belejSLO]

Turkey is a NATO member and an EU candidate, which is absolutely insane.

[@rda9304]

EU candidate since 50 years and has not accepted it as a member,The EU is a complete liar and hypocrite.