Why Turkey is Preparing to Invade Syria (Again)

[@RealLifeLore]

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[@bethechange1945]

2023 new video on why is islam outdated and how quran asks to terminate person

[@u2beuser714]

"War , war never changes"

[@chess_org]

2022 - Russia vs Ukraine 2023 - Turkey vs Syria 2024 - China vs Taiwan

[@ronibajralia7008]

Goodday to you sir

[@heidirabenau511]

Thanks so much for making a video about the Libyan Civil War!

[@HaroldTheWizardCat]

So who’s watching after the rebels just ended Assad’s regime

[@bm1588]

Yup

[@makavali-yb7xv]

When you say the rebels you mean al nusra right?

[@berkguvercin3403]

Ahahahha He comments that Turkey would lose millions of people who pay taxes. The region is not a tax gainer, but mostly subsidized and "allowed" to not pay taxes. half of 18 Million so called ethnic kurds live in 5 big cities otside of region so it ia not like they are there only. We are living together as full citizens and separatists are living in a dream. Also calling France a single ethnic nation is ignorant. This channel and ignorent commenta ia killing me. As expected from an uneducated westerner.

[@Animationgecko123]

Me

[@Animationgecko123]

This aged like wine

[@allaestick]

Japan doesn't involve any war, but Toyota is not limited to that.

[@Blooppenheimer]

Toyota is a war lord in the middle east

[@niggacockball7995]

I love japanese pickups perfect war machines thanks overworked to death island people!!!

[@johnfortres]

Toyota are war machines

[@chinmaykulkarni7835]

Shinzo wasn't wrong to try getting rid of that Article 9 by champion of human rights

[@TheRilluma]

LaMao !

[@MiamiMarkYT]

26:06 one of the most devastating and complicated situations in the world, but seeing the the US and Iran on the same side against Israel and France is always so unfathomable that all I could do was laugh. Foreign affairs is endlessly messy.

[@echo5935]

You mean palestine

[@ABDTalk1]

Palestine ❤

[@ardagurbuz6924]

To be honest, except Turkey, UAE, Egypt and Russia, no one was really commited to supporting their preffered side much. It was only thanks to Turkey that UN recognized government of Libya survived Haftar's assault and defeated them. But they weren't strong enough to capture all of Libya either.

[@KarldorisLambley]

I don't see much different between Iran and Israel. Criminal regimes running a criminal country.

[@irfts601]

* Palestine

[@Juve_Fan2601]

Bro saw the future 💀

[@Serbia_guy21]

Nostradamus

[@shanlander-d8w]

@@Serbia_guy21 Quasimodo predicted all this.

[@clarkescollectibles]

Wow this one had a lot of geopolitics that lie outside the main media’s scope. Very interested to see how tight a game is being played in Syria by Turkey and Russia

[@michaelt5188]

mainstream media isn't designed to keep you fully informed (keyword: fully)

[@skp8748]

Don't forget Israel and iran

[@zccau2316]

Turkey are in the right on most things. They get so much unnecessary hate.

[@pottyputter05]

Everything that is of substance is outside the media scope it seems

[@1antag0nist53]

@@zccau2316 intentionally diluting the demographics of an area to assist in the already blatant and rampant repression of an entire people isn't morally sound

[@thewb8329]

What a complicated mess! The great thing about this program is that it explains the motivations of countries allying with different groups which is something news agencies are clueless about or doesn’t make a good sound bite for them.

[@33up24]

Is not really that complicated. Both Syria and turkey are govern by despots, while the Kurdish side emphasizes democracy and the liberation of it's people. Since democracy poses a treat to despots, not to mention that they are generally hates by the west as well for having (ever so slightly) "leftist" ideology... That's just a minuscule part of why the Kurds are always in constant treat, even when they are constantly fighting against terrorist, more than the syrian/Turkish army, sometimes

[@PickyPaige]

It's really not, the Kurds deserve their own state or at the very least autonomy! Maybe, if all these shitholes with dictators in charge, gave them some autonomy and freedom they wouldn't feel the need to secede! Anyone who doesn't see the Kurds as 100% the victims who are owed some level of independent statehood is an idiot!

[@33up24]

@@PickyPaige well let's not be this harsh. Most american don't know where Mexico is, let alone Kurdistan. So it is not surprising some people approach this subject with a bit of "bothsides-ism", even when if you read just Abit on the matter you immediately know who are the bad guys and who are the victims.

[@ExecutiveChefLance]

@@33up24 Not Surprising sure. But it doesn't change the fact that supporting Turkey in these Actions is almost no different then what Russia is doing. Americans are ignorant because we have our own Continent. And the Cult of Ignorance in the US. It is Seen as being MORE REAL. Donald Trump despite obviously being a Dumbass seemed very Genuine to many people LITERALLY BECUASE HE WAS A MORON.

[@zccau2316]

Turkey are in the right on most things. They get so much unnecessary hate.

[@alexmercer7970]

14:52 i remember how much we as Turkey tried to buy patriot air defence systems and how hard usa tried to not sell back in 2010-12 era. we needed the air defence system more than every other nation since there are wars waging on our north, east and south sides. america just did not sell it and and this led us buying s400. even trump admitted that.

[@Bijan-ry2tb]

Turrek Systeem ! All Paranoïde

[@night8285]

Bro why would a country trust you when you can just change side by threatening your partner ally by buying from its enemy? Besides turkey wants the inner workings of patriot to be in the deal, to which US didn't even give information to its most closest allies. Turks also want to know the inner workings of S400 too, but ofc russia is not stupid.

[@rptek3166]

There so many conflicts. Saudi Arabia once bought weapons from USA to help defend against Iran, but Saudi attack Yemen instead.

[@ReDDx666]

@@night8285A country is usa thats trying to rule the world and already rules media when they see a country like turkey need them they always make things harder thats not about trust problems that’s about what they’ll earn when they support turkey

[@ThatWasAllme]

@@night8285 Remember that Turkey bought S400 long after AFTER USA refused to sell patriots. Turkey has the right to defend itself, and when its allies refuses to sell defense weapons needed to do so then Turkey has a moral obligation to buy whatever weapon is available to protect its people.

[@Notascousebird]

I know there’s so much more to learn about the situation in the Middle East but you have given me more clear information than the news has for the past 10 years

[@blaster_2220]

Turkey doesnt invade Altough i dont want soldier in another country there is so many immigrants terroists drugs and guns entering the country

[@barbarosh.turaman6283]

Media never shows us any more than it wants us to know.

[@alanolympus2399]

@@barbarosh.turaman6283 Like how kurds have gone through oppression and terror ever since after WW1 with green lights from the West.

[@chnckgz]

Here %80 information is wrong. dont hurry for thanks.

[@barbarosh.turaman6283]

@@alanolympus2399 back in those days even Arabic prayings in the mosques were banned.

[@yungsteaksauceakalilwasher6571]

Nice video, unfortunately it does have some false/lacking information: -France is not ethnically homogenous with them even dealing with their own ethnic terrorists in the past against the FNLC and the ETA (Corsican and Basque seperatists respectively). -There is no mention of the Kurdish government in Northern Iraq that is virtually independent from Baghdad since 1992 that has good relations with Turkey and allows them to not only conduct airstrikes in their own lands but allows them to set up military based in Iraqi Kurdish soil. The Iraqi Kurdish government allows this due to a power struggle between them and the PKK that culminated in a civil war in the region in 1994. -Both the figures for inflation and the number of refugees in Turkey are state numbers that should ABSOLUTELY not be trusted. Inflation is reaching 200% on a lot of goods and the number of Syrian refugees has been reported as being 'stable' for the last 4 years. -There was no mention of the fact that the first military operation in Syria by Turkish Armed Forces was conducted against ISIS forces that had reached the Turkish border. The plan was to show the Americas that the Kurds weren't their only ally in the region against ISIS (and ISIS has been practically dead for the last couple of years anyway). -You did not mention the demographic shift that has taken place in Northern Syria during the civil war as most of the refugees to Turkey are Arabs/Turkmens (A group you entirely failed to mention) from Northern Syria. Before the war the region was majority Arab almost entirely with small Kurdish towns/communites (although I am not accusing the Kurds of ethnic cleansing its just that the Kurds who lived in the area wanted Kurdish rule so they stayed while the rest fled north) -This is not a mistake but I wish you talked more about the geography and how it affects conflicts in the region (specifically the mountainous landscape that allowed to the Kurds to live with low outside interference until recent history but made them splintered and without a common goal of nationalism (again, until recently)).

[@toads5200]

That's just your opinion man

[@GEEZYEA777]

The video mentioned that Turkey initiating a relocation would result in a shift in Arab refugees to the Northern Syria so I don't think the video completely left out that part.

[@yungsteaksauceakalilwasher6571]

@@GEEZYEA777 the problem is that he left out the fact that the demographics there were already shifted compared to what they were 10 years ago

[@p.v.h1776]

@@yungsteaksauceakalilwasher6571 Dont you think that Kurds in north-Syria also would have fled into Turkey like the Arab population did?

[@cryptosamet3536]

@@p.v.h1776 yes they did but its does not change that kurds are were ( still ) minority in north syria same like Turkmens .

[@ertugrultarm5847]

23:45 it is not UN recognized Turkish EEZ, it is Sevilla University(International Reltions department) map which is asked to draw by Greece. It is just recognized by Greece and EU, nothing more. But you need to know that UN recognized Turkiye's EEZ at 24:08 as you showed through accepting the EEZ agreement between Libya and Turkiye.

[@YKSFULLFOCUS-ko3vx]

istekileri yerden anlama gibi huyları var bu arkadaşların anlamadığım nokta her konuda hakuk hukuk adalet ucu başkasına dokununca siktir et mantığı gerçekten iki yüzlülükleri iç acıyası

[@dry_strawberries]

@@thedrunkgeek6824 Mongols aren't Turks lol. I think you need history lessons.

[@dry_strawberries]

After watching some videos that he talked about things that are in my country and area , I realized how biased he is. Idk where he gets his facts from lol

[@CineVerse.22]

​@@thedrunkgeek6824 ooh, interesting comment from your mother's basement, at least you know a little bit of turkish history. If you have a history that belongs to your own ancestors, happy for you, I hope your ancestors did not live in that history for a few centuries under the command of the Turks. If he lived I'd just laugh at this comment

[@turkbayrag819]

@@dry_strawberries ⁠This is really not true thing to do btw. Because the people you caused to revolt, with such a kind of a lie, can cause to death of thousands. KZbin is a big window that can allow mosquitoes like these to pass. So dangerous, even despite of the existence of wrong sourced media companies.

[@mr.snulch]

The Kurds don't get nearly enough international attention. Their fight for statehood is valid. Imagine how great the world would be if they could diplomatically get a state, without all this conflict. Unlike Palestine, they were never even offered one. I hope they get it!

[@TurkishTruthHurts]

Israel is occupying palastinian land, where's the kurds don't have any lands.

[@ultratell106]

@@TurkishTruthHurts who tell you we dont hsve any land our country invited into four country syria iraq iran turkey half of turkey its our land you can see that in history and we fight against four countries to be free and our land invited in saise picot like palistine

[@andreasheld2362]

That one passed me by in the news. Thanks for shedding a light on this topic.

[@TheSegert]

Western media is supressing this news. because it is a nato country.

[@marcosda4th92]

That's because the news is obsessing over Ukraine.

[@ahmetdagdelen6180]

its is not a light. It is a cheap propaganda over syria. The truth is more easy for syria

[@oggouz]

q😊8​@@marcosda4th92

[@RSA169]

Watching this after the devastating earthquake and wonder how much this event has changed this ambition

[@chesi_7_0_79]

Yeah literally it will take decades before Turkey to make this happen,. I feel bad for the innocent people that died or it's about to die, but not for the Turk government

[@obfuscated3090]

I expect not much since war is a cherished distraction from domestic problems.

[@topspot4834]

The earthquake will only have a small impact on this moving forward (unfortunately). This is nothing new for the region. Its been going on since the Ottoman Empire and will continue long after we're gone.

[@305killer]

@@chesi_7_0_79 keep consuming theese woke channels and think pkk is nothing but muslim extremist terrorists that all dreaming conquerroring the entire middle east, including saudi arabia, israel palestine, there are multiple terror groups in middle east and when they fight each other you people ignorantly support one of them like they are not terrorsts too its disgusting just stay out of our business keep babbling in youtube and twitter

[@ehlek25]

I really quite enjoyed the animated segments on the map, it adds a lot of value to the video

[@despair_ts1823]

It also helps to understand this whole dilema

[@idontlikerome2744]

Map gamers and enthusiasts visibly excited*

[@odedjak]

True. Although I do take offense that the map of Israel is severed.

[@zucchhini8597]

3:35 "who pay taxes and contribute to the economy" made me burst out laughing, and anyone from Turkey will understand why :D

[@hashstation74]

Bro, they don't even pay electricity bills. 😭😭

[@alexmercer7970]

kaçak elektrik bro daaghahah

[@apollo8314]

XHAKXHAKDHAJDGKADHJSCH

[@toz_dumann]

​@@hashstation74 They can't. They don't have the money to afford it.

[@kadirball]

😂

[@mwk740]

As a Syrian, all I can say is that this is probably one of the most complicated wars/political issue in history, its all literally a chess game.

[@aldrans1998]

I feel bad for you Your country is getting gang banged bbc style and its not gonna get fixed for years

[@emir7135]

in history?? have you ever read a history book before?

[@emeraldcelestial1058]

@@emir7135 yes and this shit seriously is incredibly fucking complicated, I am not kidding it's mind boggling and terrifyingly sad when you consider all the parties who are fighting each other and the combinations of which are working together... I understand I am opening myself up to another snarky comment but whatever, this stuff is bonkers and frustrating as fuck

[@sierravortec2494]

Dudes right, I can’t think of another conflict that’s as convoluted as the Middle East right now

[@mwk740]

@@aldrans1998 Every country went through that, this time it was our turn. And sadly Syria's location is very important meaning other powers constantly want to hold influence/power in the region so that leads the war to go on.

[@KoRbA2310]

Ok there is a bit of bias in this video. I am not Turkish, I am Polish but implying (11:28) that Erdogans approval rate is "Barely hovering above 40%" making it look like it's really low is just deceiving to say the least where half of the European leaders stay below 40% constantly. Macrons approval stays around 35 to 40%, Olaf Scholz have 30% approval rating. His approval rating is staying on the Western European level.

[@alperakyuz9702]

Well, please note that turkish political climate is extremely polarized and you either think erdogan is jesus' second coming (or more likely best thing since Prophet Muhammed since if you like erdogan you are likely muslim)or worse than capital getting nuked, %40 approval rating means he is quite likely to lose next elections, especially due to economical crysis and opposition finally being able to unite centre left, far left end even centre right and kurds in a tenous political alliance. %40 percent approval rating means almost %60 will vote against him.

[@bilalsenay4689]

However, according to the new Turkish Presidency System (which accepted with the 2017 constitutional referendum) at least 50% + 1 vote is necessary to become president. On the last election Erdogan's vote rate was 52.59% (24 June 2018). So I think it is okey to say that 40% is low for the standards of Erdogan. Now the new elections will be held on June 2023 and 40% is definitely not enough.

[@fplash100]

The importance of aproval rates in turkey arent linear but expodentional not only did this exact reason cause a shift in parlemental systems but also combining of multiple partys under alliances to 2 big ones just like it is usa

[@seeker296]

@@bilalsenay4689 you're conflating vote with approval Even us presidents tend to be below 50% approval rating despite winning >50% of vote

[@seeker296]

Turkey is autocratic, so approval ratings should be inflated due to murder of dissidents

[@tontonmori7973]

France isn't a great example of homogeneity... What Turkey is doing to Kurds is what we did and sometimes still do to our own minorities, which are basically anything outside the former royal domain, something like 90% of France. The only difference is that we started way before Turkey, so the job is mostly done now. But there are still people alive who lived through getting punished at school for not knowing French because they were native speaker of a regional language. I met elders who can only speak in a regional language (Gallo or Brezhoneg in that case) and do not consider themselves French but rather under French occupation. In most places it's just a bunch of people sad because France killed their culture, traditions and language, but in some places (Britanny, Corsica and Basque Country) it's an ongoing issue. Corsica only stopped armed resistance quite recently actually (2014).

[@ethandouro4334]

just like I said, this video is just blatant propaganda.

[@icutthings649]

@@ethandouro4334 what?

[@hazzmati]

Yeah I loughed out loud when he called Germany and France ethnically homogenous countries

[@tk5gqj514]

We'll be homogenus too someday

[@tontonmori7973]

@@hazzmati Even Japan actually, there are the Ainus in Hokkaido if you want to deep dive. But it's probably one of the best examples anyway.

[@batukalyoncu6640]

Wow, just stumbeled upon this channel / video, what a great content creater you are ! I'm a new fan, hoping for more interesting vids ! Keep it up 💪

[@Taktikyok]

8 The Turkish state does not disturb the Kurds. But the autonomy of the Kurds, that is, a handful of land belonging to the Kurds, disturbs the Turks. With this hypocrisy, they call the Kurds brothers.

[@JYUSUF_F13]

Umarım kürt devletini kurarsınız da sınır savaşlarıyla kökünüz kurur.Yeter artık bu saçmalıklar istediğin gibi türkiye içinde gezip istediğin dili kullanabilirken bu nefret iftiraları nerden geliyor? Amerikanın kopeği seni lütfen kurun şu ülkei allah aşkına kurun da 3 ülkenin de size savaş açma hakkı olsun...

[@sabikikasuko6636]

The sheer complexity of the geopolitical entangle in the Syrian territory and the tense and carefully balanced relationship between Turkey and Russia is absolutely astounding. I don't know how I'd even begin to understand a fraction of what's happening, had I researched it on my own. But can I commend RLL for making such a ridiculously complex topic actually so accessible??? I pride myself in having a decently easy time in understanding complex geopolitical conflicts, but this is the first time I actually felt like, without this video, I would've been completely lost. The video is so amazingly well structured and it introduced every idea not a second later than it was needed so consistently, that I was able to follow a half an hour long essay on a multi state, multi ethnic, multi decade long, multi conflict web of war and geopolitics like it was nothing. Even beginning to untangle this myself would've been absolutely momentous. This is not just knowing about the topic. There are so many ideas that are mutually exclusive here and that they wiuldn't make sense if they were introduced in the wrong order. By starting with the motivations of the biggest players, the Turkish government and the Kurdish nation, RLL managed to construct a very cohesive and consistent narrative that still managed to convey the sheer depth and complexity of the topic. That takes very real writing skill and, up until this point, I was never able to see it. This video outright amazed me. It has got to have been one of the best geopolitics video I've seen.

[@arraiacc]

Ditto to everything you said. I was blown away at how well all this info was organized.

[@RO-st8wh]

The sheer complexity of how the big players interact with each other in this conflict is confusing. if RLL did not organize and structured the narration, we will be lost in the middle of this video

[@nono-ck5xr]

Kurdish nation?

[@Ramy_Lm]

Yeah i agree with you he is well organized that's amazing there is someone knows the similarities between hell & my country 🙂

[@sabikikasuko6636]

@@nono-ck5xr yes, Kurdish nation, in the proper definitionr rather than a synonym of state: /ˈneɪʃn/ noun a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.

[@deehsar52]

its not just the ports Russia wants in Syria, there are gas and oil fields in Syria which they don't want Syria to tap into and start exporting to Europe

[@aidenhall8593]

It’s always about fucking oil man

[@nieink]

There is not that much gas/oil in syria. Enough for syria and some export but not enough. And currently the usa is controlling that area.

[@djprojectus]

@@nieink Not in Syria but enough in Saudi Arabia and Qatar....and russians don't want that .

[@targe4070]

Yeah, American occupy the oil field right? Heard they stealing it right now. 🤔

[@nieink]

@@djprojectus and what has that to do with syria? He claims russian want syrian oil/gas. Or do you mean an pipeline through syria. But syria didnt want that.

[@something1600]

Lets hope this DOES NOT turn into a "great war of Africa" (also known as the second Congo war) like scenario. For those who don't know, the great war of Africa (1990s) was the bloodiest conflict in the world since WW2.

[@SandiegoRockstar]

There's been a great war in this region for over 50 years now. The only reason it hasn't been so bloody is because the most important actor, Turkey, has chosen the path of calculated restraint.

[@sebastianardila7263]

Thanks, i will read about it.

[@bigdaddyeddy1252]

@@SandiegoRockstar stop coping. Turkey is the only reason this war exist.

[@cenk.3467]

@@bigdaddyeddy1252 No, the reason is the terrorists.

[@NoName-kl7pw]

@@bigdaddyeddy1252 okey bro u know nothing so stop talking

[@LightSourceTemple]

What do you know, this aged well 😅😅😅

[@oswald1555]

Along with the great explanation, the map presentation and editing is extraordinary. Indeed a geopolitical masterclass.👏👏

[@chairforceoneYT]

This is a master class of geopolitical analysis

[@normalizedinsanity4873]

More a masterclass in human stupidity

[@Icyy4406]

fr this video must have taken forever to make

[@Hoi_Neki]

It took me only 4 hours.

[@thesjkexperience]

Maybe, if all you have is a high school diploma.

[@charliechurch5004]

Lol ok from one side....

[@BottlecapDwarf]

Dang this HOI4 run is getting pretty interesting 🤔

[@XINDO.0]

sjdkdkkdkdk

[@notoriousfly9260]

Yeah, can’t wait to ally with the fascist Islamic State to defeat Turkey for this

[@alialtuntas8207]

I didn't like Turkey going neo-ottoman focus tree

[@LaVaZ000]

@@alialtuntas8207 Too bad because they chose it

[@74_Green]

@@alialtuntas8207 Time to re-load the save game!

[@besteyldz6601]

Can't say if it's because I am Turkish and already know a lot about all these topics or is it because you explained it so clearly but I felt like this was so well explained and I never felt it's too complicated to understand. Good job

[@TheDJNaruto]

Its 1 sided.

[@Kronkoft]

tereyağı

[@sanane66543]

understanding a topic you already have knowledge about is a biased view so the opinion you give has 0 meaning if we look at it factually in sample size you would not be considered a value myself included

[@Mustiiiiiii24]

Doğrudur abla

[@besteyldz6601]

@@sanane66543 whatever you're just arguing for the sake of arguing Enes

[@MacBolzack]

Wow, I'm getting goosebumps of how all conflicts around the area are linked, from Libya to Ukraine to Iran (and further all world conflicts probably), and how complex it is and that it's not as simple as "Russia & Iran are allies" or "all Nato countries are allies" (Turkey & USA in this case) etc. etc. ...

[@buffboi7977]

seeds of a third world war are planted…

[@90Degrees_]

Dont forget about Azerbaijan and Armenia, also Ethiopia and Egypt

[@sarahwilliams755]

It not so much countries but Islam, Islam has a problem over the difference versions Hadith which is the translation of the Quran. It’s a case of how Muslim do you want to be with things like the head dress and how many jaws and christians they wish to laminate. Kind of sH!ts all over the religion of peace narrative.

[@firasajoury7813]

@@sarahwilliams755 😂😂😂

[@mirzahamzabaig5667]

@@sarahwilliams755 Ah yes US- China conflict or Russia Ukraine war is due to Islam.

[@ugurokumus145]

It is a very objective and informative video for the big picture of the current political situation in the region. Thanks for your effort. A little correction for 3:33 Turkey does not make any money from the taxes it collects from the southeast. In this region, on average people pay around a quarter of the taxes they have to pay. On the contrary, there is a flow of money from western cities to eastern regions.

[@dabomb199715]

Hahahaha sounds like West and East Canada. Love it

[@iliketurtles5180]

Why keep the land?

[@Kingbear-up1ow]

@@iliketurtles5180 Kurdish terrorist make mortar attack or missile attack to border city.A lot of child and teacher die from mortar or rocket.

[@iliketurtles5180]

@@Kingbear-up1ow that doesn't answer my question

[@Kingbear-up1ow]

@@iliketurtles5180 We need to open up space at the border for protection.

[@S.P.Q.R361]

Kurdish can be spoken both in privite schools and in public school in Türkiye. There are universities derpartmans wich consist Kurdish language.And like every other country İf you live somewhere regardless of your nationality you become citizen.

[@roniwhite6042]

This is not true. They face racism in schools, and many Kurds in Turkey did not know how to speak Kurdish

[@S.P.Q.R361]

@@roniwhite6042 have you ever wach the Turkish News ? Stop making propaganda. There are Turks in Germany who can’t speak proper Turkish to. This problem cause the indivudual people you can’t blame all nation even if there is a racisim

[@roniwhite6042]

I'm not crazy to watch Turkish news. As for why the Turks in Germany are not fluent in Turkish enough, the reason is because living in a foreign country. But the Turkish government is fighting the Kurds while they are in their original land ​@@S.P.Q.R361

[@S.P.Q.R361]

@@roniwhite6042 So you are a terrorist note a Kürd. Becasuse real Kürds stand with Türks. We are Turks( Kurds,Cechnian, Laz, Türks) we are multicultural nation and you will pay for what you done the innocent people .

[@ahmetraufcilasn459]

what is even a original land dafuq are you talking about you mean suleymaniah, you people come from iran (zagros mountains) stay there ffs

[@albertnoble2727]

This is some extremely good storytelling, well done.

[@HororKodStudio]

More videos like this please. It goes so much more in depth than traditional medias. I've learned more about this conflict in 30 min than in my entire life.

[@WoodmansMansion1987]

NO NO YOU CAN SPEAKA

[@jakeukalanemilegum]

It is still very simplistic. It doesnt Talk about divisions in kurds or even autonomism. PKK is no longer looking for independence

[@richardmeo2503]

Most do not know that Carter (1977-81) was the main culprit for 9/11. He cut the funding to CIA foreign office, gave funds to help the Ayatollah Khomeini, and turned his back on longtime and vital ally the Shah of Iran. After Khomeini took over, they captured our embassy as America seemed to collapse. Iraq then invaded Iran, and Russia saw its chance and invaded Afghanistan. That was where Bin Laden got his start.

[@IronMan-ew7ps]

I am a Kurd living in Turkey. Certainly the PKK does not represent us. The Kurdish majority in Turkey respects the unity and solidarity of the country and there is no oppression or oppression. Kurds can live and talk wherever they want, however they want. In schools, they can receive education in Kurdish on demand, and they have organizations that represent them. The PKK forcibly kidnapped many of my Kurdish acquaintances against their will and forced them to war. The PKK massacred thousands of our people. We do not want a separate state, we want peace and tranquility. The events are not as the western media tell. (My English is bad so I used a translation)

[@IronMan-ew7ps]

@zerdusttorunu1884 kes lan amerika desteği ile kurulacak bir kürdistana gireceğime moğol olurum daha iyi

[@turambarbonzo]

Man, I knew all this and follow each of thesse events but it was overwhelmnig to watch all of this in one video. Basic yet covers almost every aspect of the conflicts. Well done.

[@lillil4894]

I am an Austrian and it is illegal to use any language other than German in any parts of our country. Which makes me question; why my common Europeans rage when they hear Kurds are not allowed to speak their own language in other countries lmao.

[@avery3490]

well the thing is, the whole "kurdish banned" thing is a complete fucking lie. It was never banned and it is not banned right now

[@revankasm6604]

Cope harder

[@GokuResho]

Der Unterschied ist, dass alle anderen Sprachen meistens Sprachen sind, die von den Migranten kommen. Die Kurden allerdings sind keine Migranten in der Türkei, sondern lebten schon immer in diesem Gebiet.

[@lillil4894]

@@GokuResho If i remember correctly, kurds came into Anatolia after Turks conquered it. We might say the same thing about ''migrants'' in the next few centuries.

[@cemo3292]

@@GokuResho Die Kurden haben da nicht immer gelebt erst nach dem die Osmanen es eroberten deshalb wird den Kurden nie ein Part der Türkei gehören

[@Cashraabi]

Wooooow this vedio is like Yesterday Analysis. Well done thank you.

[@Leonardo-hj3tz]

Really interesting video with a sad but important to teach topic. I think there are hard times coming for everyone in this world. Many conflicts that are possibly coming in the next years.

[@utopiaOKC]

I'd argue months at this point, Serbia is bulking up on Kosovo as well...

[@mariotheundying]

@@utopiaOKC yeah I don't think NATO would like that and Serbia isn't a big country like Russia so Serbia vs Kosovo and NATO's indirect or direct help wouldn't go well

[@Crashed131963]

Not in North America. Thank god for the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. I live in Canada the only problem we have with our only neighbour is the international bridge fee was raised to $4.

[@Fillipok]

@@utopiaOKCRather, NATO's trying to provoke Serbia

[@anniesimpendingdoom]

@@Crashed131963 I also feel very lucky becuase I live in the pacific

[@fakefaker3098]

What an excellent video. Thank you so much for the work you put into making your videos

[@eliashelfer2740]

Npc comment?

[@FitraRahim]

@@eliashelfer2740 Alwasy been.

[@kasadam85]

NPC commenter spotted

[@kaanozkuscu5079]

literally 50% of the info that dude gave is wrong.

[@dddgaming885]

@@kaanozkuscu5079 no + cope

[@thetayz72]

A good lesson (or reminder) that the world is much more complex than the average person realizes

[@seyamrahman1002]

Yup there's no good and bad, just self interest

[@jadenjerries2094]

@@seyamrahman1002 iiiii'd say genocide is pretty bad, that's just me, though

[@John-v5m]

It’s not an “absolute fact” that a Kurdish state would cause the domino effect you listed; if the Kurds have their own nation in Syria, there’s no need or guaranteed will to fight for their own nation in Iraq/Iran/Turkey, and it’s a lot easier to negotiate with a nation of people than a glob of people spread across multiple borders.

[@imissvainglory6216]

Without this channel I would know nothing about current events

[@fanteasy7399]

His content is politically one-sided, recommend to make research on your own

[@TanjirowGhamadow]

@@fanteasy7399 Explain. Which side? Let me guess, you hate Russia?

[@imissvainglory6216]

@@fanteasy7399 not from my experience

[@kebabhouseitimra4717]

@@fanteasy7399 No hes not, you should make ur own research

[@jp-sn6si]

that's fuckin sad

[@axebearer]

"Turkey is not ethnically homogenous like France." Bruh, you had literally the whole of Europe to pick from.

[@AmateurHEROduelist]

Honestly feel I got a much better understanding wtf is going on around Syria

[@molomomo3743]

If Iran evil regim is destroyed, Syria and Iraq will rise. It's that simple.

[@erolaga31]

The video is extremely biased towards the kurdish separatists

[@themarauder6108]

The strikes by Turkey and Israel are being done to distract you while the U.S pillage their oil.

[@erolaga31]

@@Redwan777 im kurdish my self and we have never been oppressed, my uncle is also a police officer lol

[@gazmend4625]

@@erolaga31 kurdish areas get little to no investment or care by the turkish government. That's a form of oppression.

[@imreinhard]

Turkey didn't "blamed" them, PKK OWNED the attack and declared that they did it.... What a way of explaining from the first second. What a mess.

[@Ararat205]

What? Pkk said they didnt do it

[@ersanylmazturk1761]

@@Ararat205 are you seriously trusting pkk?

[@Ararat205]

@@ersanylmazturk1761 yes, why would they even do the attack?

[@hoi703]

​@@Ararat205 Because they are terrorists

[@nmokhald1159]

When they said that in Turkey Media 😂😂😂

[@datruken3578]

Istiklal (where the bomb explodes) is not just a shopping area, It's like Champs Elysées of Turkey.

[@Jeff_3007]

Do you mean the Champs-Élysées?

[@Maleficarum999]

Shenzelize has to be the grossest misspelled word in a history of mankind.

[@erkinalp]

@@Jeff_3007 Yes ☺

[@adam.259]

ERDOĞAN 🇹🇷❤️❤️

[@sinisterminister6478]

@Adam18, NEVER TRUST A TURK!

[@ghayathalnabulsi2087]

I’m from Syria and I’m studying political science and international law and I believe your video has well explained the situation

[@lukas6610]

Do you still live in Syria?

[@ghayathalnabulsi2087]

@@lukas6610 thankfully no, i live in the US. But i have more than half of my family still there

[@lukas6610]

@@ghayathalnabulsi2087 hopefully one day we'll all be able to go to Syria again and enjoy the beautiful culture and landscape

[@ghayathalnabulsi2087]

@@lukas6610 thanks 🙏🏼

[@fooddipclips5900]

@@ghayathalnabulsi2087 good luck on your studies i hope the best for you and your family

[@pulkitninenine]

The depth of your understanding due to the work you put in is incredible. This is classic geopolitics lecturing for free on Yt. Kudos RLL!

[@mertkaramolla2260]

"despite their claims of having nothing to do with it" he said as he talked about terrorist organisations who perpetuate these sorts of attacks on a monthly basis in Turkey

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

terrorists usually take pride in their attacks, so that actually reinforces his point

[@shervanbg5610]

🖕🏻🥲

[@MahmutTuncer-sb6pn]

lol

[@wexqlp3863]

I agree the ISIS and the Jihadi terrorists Turkey supports have attacked Turkish citizens monthly.

[@bertieblagden711]

But they almost always claim responsibility. Erdogan must go.

[@MahmutHaydut]

3:54 the Constitution says Every people that live in Turkey is Turks. It is not used as a ethnicity in here. It is used as something like saying that you are Biritish even though you are Scottish.

[@shervanbg5610]

What about the rights of the Kurds?

[@MahmutHaydut]

@@shervanbg5610 where are you from, firstly?

[@Wisdom_Pursuer]

Change the country name to anatolia, change the identity to Anatolian which is very nice name and give the rights to people so problem is solved

[@araratmordemcalan9916]

​@@Wisdom_Pursuer Making perfect sense.

[@KenanTurkiye]

escape the matrix trust me (I'm sure you've heard of that many times, only once is it true) come this way you'll get it when you get it when you get it, pray for us all as all of us who get it do it for the rest hurry

[@FingerPuppetSarcasm]

This is such a complicated mess of war. I can't imagine how tough it would be for an average person just trying to peacefully live your life as best you can.

[@zccau2316]

Turkey are in the right on most things. They get so much unnecessary hate.

[@faridmaulaui3644]

@@zccau2316 nope

[@hazem.shersho]

As a Syrian who lives in Aleppo...i can confirm its very very tough

[@faridmaulaui3644]

@@hazem.shersho dude I live in damascus , supporting turkey means the demolition of securlism in syria

[@faridmaulaui3644]

thank you I dont want a taliban syria

[@abrahamsoto2297]

Good god what a complicated web of death ☠️ and destruction

[@Addino25]

I live in north iraq and our lives always been like that tough and complicated 💔

[@neweraamerica7363]

The Turks literally want the genocide of Kurdistan they are the enemy.

[@jegerbaderkhan71]

@@Addino25 you mean Kurdistan?

[@hypersp3ce596]

@@jegerbaderkhan71 Kurdistan doesn’t exist

[@foremanhaste5464]

The extremely sad true is that was the idea. How the European powers of post WWI divided up all the land was perhaps deliberate to cause chaos in the region and let European powers continue growing while the Middle East mired itself in petty conflicts. It is a lot like Europe 1200-1690ish with opulent royals and governments quibbling over the most random of things as the common people suffered. The only way this mess can end is if the people of the region finally get fed up with constant war. Took Europe AT LEAST 500 years to do that. Do we believe the Middle East is more or less stubborn?

[@Sealab1985]

Can’t wait for the nebula content to hit KZbin at some point

[@Т1000-м1и]

This video is incredible. It felt so smooth and I didn't notice that it ended

[@よしみ-x5j]

Woah... Syria, Ukraine, Libya... Kurds... That's a geopolitical puzzle. So nice to get a broader view of regional conflicts. Thanks!

[@vyros.3234]

All nations act in self interest and that interest changes depending on the region in the world and the way of the nation. Geopolitics is unruly.

[@jirachi-wishmaker9242]

Ukraine took part in Iraq 2003

[@enderiskender2977]

Its not a broader view though it is as sided as it gets, more or less it's official US propaganda Version.

[@SUDmotion]

the video keeps getting better and better. nice information gathering.

[@lordcommandernox9197]

Like France is Ethically honmogenous... He lost me there

[@Teknas89]

@@lordcommandernox9197 Wait, France isn't ethnically homogenous?

[@lordcommandernox9197]

@@Teknas89 Was before the '60s maybe, not anymore. The genetic makeup of the population is drastically changing and so is the national identity as it is no longer comprised exclusively of Europeans. It just is, so that fact when put like RLL did, is incorrect. There are many Countries with a majority of ethnic nationals that would've served as a good example, France is not one the them, not in 2023.

[@Teknas89]

@@lordcommandernox9197 Wow, I genuinely didn't know this. I guess we really do learn something new everyday. Thank you for sharing this information!

[@rohansamal]

Right? I read your comment while watching the video and I 100% agree with u

[@AVCI711]

Finally someone who didnt blame Turkiye for everthing and can seee the truth with his on eyes.Thank you man.

[@Naptimehyena]

Honestly thank you for this video I wouldnt of known ANYTHING about whats going on in Turkey without you

[@adam.259]

ERDOĞAN 🇹🇷❤️❤️

[@kaan.]

@@adam.259 yoo

[@pxndaa]

​@@adam.259 Sg mal

[@Fatihoca]

@@pxndaa nerene girdi Erdoğan senin?😃

[@DevrimTX]

And you haven’t even heard of Turkey trying to undermine the Montreux Convention of the Bosphorus strait by building a Canal right next to it. (Technically giving way for the US into the Black sea).

[@ethandouro4334]

1:37 "Turkey isn't entirely an ethnically hemogenous state unlike france japan and germany." Bretons, Ainus, Polish, Frisians, Tatars, Basques, Catalans and Bavarians: Are we a joke to you? Edit: oh yeah, don't forget Corsica, the group France tried to genocide for years, like the Turks do with Kurds, lol Edit2: My point is not that these groups rebel like kurds, my point is that they exist, it debunks the fact these countries are ethnically homogenous. oh and Turkish germans can be tatars too

[@ccdsds3221]

Yes, yes they are

[@tersus4967]

All of those are very tiny and pacified minorities that don't cause any trouble and frankly don't have any chances of achieving anything even if they tried, expect for maybe Catalans in Spain. Bavarians are straight up just stereotypical "Germans", so why would you even include them?

[@tevarinvagabond1192]

Foreigners in Japan make up less then 2% of the population in Japan, and Ainus make up even less then that...the rest is literally Japanese so yes...the country is homogeneous by a vast majority. You seem to not understand that homogenous means there's a vast majority of one ethnicity, it doesn't matter if there's many others as long as they don't have a big enough percentage

[@fiorino4554]

Yea they basically are a joke considering how much insignificant they are

[@breezyx976]

Don't forget the muslim -invad- migrants

[@TheSinboy6]

I am so impressed that you managed to put everyone’s interests into this video in such a simple straightforward way

[@williamyoung9401]

What is Casas Ballet? No one speaks Latin anymore... (8:00)

[@Pabloski483]

@@williamyoung9401 Casus Belli, you could think of it as a "legitimate" reason to go to war, for example in WW2 Germany claimed a false attack against a radio station of theirs by polish forces as the reason to invade poland

[@Mygg_Jeager]

Well said.

[@zynpkrdg]

as a turk, i'd like to add that pkk is a very dangerous terrorist group, it's not just a kurd army, they are literal terrorists who cause the most damage to kurds in southeast turkey, most of their victims are kurds who live in turkey. and i had never heard of this kurdistan talk until about this year when i started browsing foreign media, it kind of feels like a civil war is trying to be pushed onto turkey. my grandmother is a kurd, many people from my hometown are kurds, i had never once thought of them as separate people or their language as a non-usual thing, and i only went to my hometown for a couple of weeks in summer since childhood. i'll tell you almost everyone here is like that. we are one people. they were repressed by the government in the past, but turkish people themselves were repressed as well, at least muslim ones. anyway, turkey doesn't belong to only turks, it belongs to kurds and tatars and many other groups of people, we built this country together. also, the 1 million syrians erdoğan said he'd send back will be going to newly made houses (sponsored by qatar) in the safe zone, where they will be able to live freely. if they will go, they will go with honor and safety. president erdoğan himself has said that he will never force any of them out of this country, and they are free to stay here.

[@uguryzg]

„I’m a Kurd“ 👨🏿‍💻🇹🇷 No you’re not and your grandmother isn’t either. Didn’t the PKK exists because Turkey massacred Kurds, oppressed and displaced them for decades before the PKK was found? Y’all banned the Kurdish language, the Kurdish identity and their culture and traditions and act dumb when they fight for their rights? 20 years ago and still today the EU is saying: Turkey can’t be a member of the EU for many anti democratic reasons but especially because of the situation of the Kurds due to discrimination and oppression. My family fled to Germany because they’re Yazidi Kurds and the government puts two X in their ID to identify them from Muslims and non Muslims. My parents faced a lot of discrimination and some of them were tortured by JiTEM (a secret government organization). So don’t act innocent and play the victim when your government and its secret service MiT supported ISIS terrorists in 2016 to fight the Kurds in Rojava (Northern Syria).

[@loonadom8590]

+

[@hankaan7542]

@@uguryzg I was a Turkish soldier 1993-1995. Previous governments of turkey were facist and cruel to everyone. High ranking officers of the army , tortured and beat us when we were not happy about what they were doing. It was controlled by CHP and today kurds votings them against Erdogan who brought civil rights and equality. If you still arguing against this, you are clearly member of PKK.

[@shadowhunter4065]

​@@uguryzg none of what you are saying doesn't justify the act of terrorism or wanting the spread of war for no reason then just wanting to weaken turkey and don't ack like turkish people lived a life fulll of rainbow and unicorns it was hard for every body but what do you know western pilled

[@shadowhunter4065]

@@uguryzg and I have never in my life heard somebody discriminating kurdish people from turkish people or speaking hateful about both sides these terosist your talking about are backed by the america and western goverments to make conflict and complikate things for turkey and keep looting oil from syria

[@PParklind]

This was simply amazing! I realise you can’t account for everything in under half an hour but this summary was brilliant! I got a whole different understanding for these conflicts than I’ve ever had before!

[@ahmetdagdelen6180]

if this video changed your view, it means you know nothing about syria and you will never know :) The Thing is, usa lost the war in Syria. Soon Turkey And syria will do the handshake with support of Russia And what will happen? YPG will Lost the control. Which means usa will lose control and last american forces will leave the syria Soon But if Conflict between Kurds and Turks will contunie ? If you make people belive that Turkey will harm the kurdish people in Syria... So there will be a reson for Usa to still stay in syira. Don't belive in cheap propaganda. I don't say Turkey is an angle. But , if you need to do a trick, you should make people to look somewhere else. Now they keep you look on Turkey. Before they were keeping people to look on isis

[@GeTTo...609]

Everything he says is a lie

[@user-ni7ct5vr8u]

I thought I was well informed about the wars in this region but apparently I had no idea. Extremely well made video!

[@forhadbangladesh5867]

One can never know anything completely.

[@boraersoy2895]

Quick extra: Turkey was FORCED to but S400s from Russia because Turkey was not able to recieve a lot of crucially important items after dealing with the US for defenses systems.

[@alexandroskaminas]

Good, they would use them to threaten my country again...

[@emrearslan9572]

Fact. Thats the problem with media, they focus on points which show their perspective in a favorable light. People really need so speak more with Turks about their perspective. Yes, we bought the S400. BECAUSE Turkiye is geographically in worlds most dangerous place. That was the reason why we requested for Patriots during the civil-war in Syria. Imagine living in a area with constant threats without air defence, would you not like to have safety for your people? WHY did we buy the S400? BECAUSE they refused to sell us Patriots. So we bought the S400. Now we have build our own SIPER-system which has a range of 150km and will be further developed in the next years. I dont understand the problem here. And I see many comments from smart Americans thinking the same, because they educated themselves about the topic. Instead blaming Turkiye because it protects its citiziens, people should ask why we mistreat our own allies. We will keep growing and protecting our country, with or without the help of our allies, but we wont forget about this.

[@sselcuka8382]

@@alexandroskaminas it is for air defance😭😭🤦‍♂️

[@axAkca]

@@alexandroskaminasyour country?

[@utku_baloglu]

@@alexandroskaminas be a good boy, then we let you live free.

[@freshimpactco.8698]

As a country the worst thing you could do is create division, animosity, exclusion and domination. You can then guarantee you will face an uprising. Leadership and governments can sometimes be so stupid

[@regarded9702]

I really appreciate how you try to lay out all sides motives. You don't just tell the viewer who is right and wrong, you explain what they all want and seem to let the viewer choose.

[@montypython5521]

For the most part, he does use some subtle linguistic phrases to suggest who he thinks are the bad guys. Like there's no reason for him to say "so called safe zone" unless he wants the listener to believe that safe zone isn't an accurate term to describe it.

[@regarded9702]

@@montypython5521 yeah he isn't perfect but he's a lot better than most unfortunately

[@montypython5521]

@@regarded9702 I agree

[@dropit7694]

He does seem to lean towards the Kurds to establish a ethno-state. Something usually frowned upon in developed countries.

[@regarded9702]

@@dropit7694 yeah but he also explains in a pretty reasonable way why Turkey fights tooth and nail to stop that. He doesn't try and push you away from sympathising with Turkey in my opinion, even if he does slightly side with the kurds

[@Elkatraz]

This is an excellent breakdown of what is going on in that part of the world. You hear so much on the news these days but can only take so much in without a proper map and a detailed, easy to understand breakdown.

[@Jayjay1907_]

This is garbage he is Zionist popet paid by Israel and usa to talk garbage

[@Bijan-ry2tb]

All Fake!

[@gluconeogenisis]

As a resident of Tartus, I believe the Russian presence destroyed my city's economy. They took over the port and their military vehicles can be frequently seen in a lot of parts of town. It's a shame to not be able to see how this city would've developed if they weren't here.

[@Pikasatupu75]

damn that sucks

[@molomomo3743]

All can be solved if Iranian evil regime is destroyed

[@felixii4931]

As someone from Iraq, I can tell you, all the problems of the region can be summed up in 3 words: americans, israelis & gulf puppets

[@SC4RRiGAN]

Are you dumb? Maybe 10 years of war destroyed your citys economy? Without russia and Iran islamic terror brigades would controll syria now. Please explain how Russia destroyed your economy if they helped your government to get the controll back? Russia is the only country helping you, the whole west sanctions your country because they are still pissed at assad.

[@gluconeogenisis]

@@SC4RRiGAN yeah I've seen it firsthand that's not how it went, pal

[@sadoby5202]

If you add Turkish subtitles, your number of views will definitely increase.

[@contentlyshane]

It’s kinda insane how geopolitical wars have nato countries on opposite sides all over Africa and the Middle East.

[@GodwynDi]

NATO is overly bloated andboutdated

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

In the end of the day, each country is only doing it for themselves. I’m sure many countries do actually love each other but many alliances are just for a country to use another country for their own political gain.

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

not really, it;s how the world has always worked

[@andreicecold4379]

I've been watching this situation for months now, happy for you to finally cover it.

[@AmrothEldarion]

The map you're using at 0:26 to show the situation is *insanely* inaccurate, mate. Cizre is a turkish town inside turkey, but it looks halfway into Syria in that map. And neither are you covering the reality of the effect of the refugees inside the turkish society. I'd suggest doing research into how this affected turkey before covering this subject in a video such as this, you're providing incomplete info, which is painting the turks under a biased perspective. They pull enough antics to criticize, but if you're out here making videos for people to understand situations, you have an obligation to give them an actual and accurate truth.

[@fanteasy7399]

This channel is spreading biased political content, instead of geography related or at least geopolitics related content.

[@bjkoyt]

Your spelling is "inaccruate" too, mate. Stfu before criticizing others. (BTW, it's "inaccurate".)

[@AmrothEldarion]

@@bjkoyt A typo is not the same thing as incorrect spelling, get your salty attitude out of here.

[@Cvsor1]

Well, it invaded itself instead

[@ExoecistBlue]

24:13 According to economic water zone law ,borders should drawn from the mainlands if it wasnt an island country which greece is a mainland country so it should be drawn from mainlands. What greece doing is illegal greece's sea zone crosses over albania's libya's egypt's and turkey's water borders. Aggrement between libya and turkey is also registered by UN article of 102.

[@stavrosvasilakis4656]

Article 121 of unclos settles the regime of islands in general, it s not under the assumption of archipelagic state.

[@abcdefghjhd]

@@stavrosvasilakis4656 It doesn't change shit. Anyone with a functional brain would disagree with Greece's claims. Not saying Türkiye is acting just on this issue but it is what it is

[@evangelosstamoulis4911]

Bullshit mate. UNCLOS does not say anything like that. Also having the agreement registered in the UN means nothing. The Greece-Egypt deal is also registered on the UN but unlike the Turkish-(half)Libya deal is largerly recognised.

[@ExoecistBlue]

@@stavrosvasilakis4656 yeah but it says the islands territorial waters,of the adjacent area its like 6 water miles in aegean sea which is after two country splits the water they should carve out 6 mile water zone from every greek island.

[@stavrosvasilakis4656]

@@ExoecistBlue It clearly says this “the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf of an island are determined in accordance with the provisions of this Convention applicable to other land territory.”. LAND. Friend none of these are in favor of Turkey that’s why you don’t sign unclos. But that doesn’t stop you from repeating that your rights are according to international law, which is ridiculous, but Turkish people seem to buy it because they don’t really search themselves.

[@TakedownO44]

Thanks for all the work you do my man. Videos like this are more valuable than anything mainstream news orgs produce on complicated geopolitical topics.

[@theAKSpace]

Thanks for all the effort.. it is really the best content that ever described this conflict

[@christelting1359]

I think Turkey has it right. It will respect the border while simultaneously securing a safe zone in that country to buffer itself. I wouldn't be surprised if the Kurds had it in their mind to nominally take over Syria. Which makes sense for them to prop up one of Arab factions in exchange for autonomous port access and control over Kurdist sectors of Syria until they break off.

[@bahadrgunduz7308]

the video should over at 0:58 cause on the map its showing the Syria have been divided. the Yellow area are calls SDF ( Kurdish forces) so Türkiye has no problem with a Syria. Turkiye has problem with kurdish rebellions teroristic groups who try claim to get a big part of eastern Turkiye. The Bases of the That Terrorist in located eastern Türkiye and northern Syria. so Turkiye make an operation to that are. they never planned to invasion or claim that areas. I am asking whole citizen of the world, If in your border country have pysically divided and you are getting attacked. terrorists bombing in your country and killed civillians do you support a military operation to there or not ? thats clear. another wrong information is about the ethnich minority the speakers says 15 millions of kurds in Turkey. actually real population is more than this. also the Kurds are not minor population they are a people of Turkey. Its very difficult to understand for the nation countries. cause they can diverse the population minor and major or etc but for Ottoman leftovers countries the nation is not so important. as an shor information in Turkiye parliament there is a Kurd political party and they have 67 parliamenter and they are openly support the Kurdish independency. but in opposite side there is 230 kurdish nation parliamenter which is totaly againist. Türkiye Parliament Etchnic diversiton AKP Total 290............Kurdish Parliamenter : 135 CHP Total 144............Kurdish Parliamenter : 73 MHP Total 50.............Kurdish Parliamenter : 12 HDP Total 67.............Kurdish Parliamenter : 67 İYİP Total 40.............Kurdish Parliamenter: 10 total parliementer of Türkiye is 600 and 297 is Kurds. The only HDP is support Kurdish independency with 67 parliementer. so what kind of ethnich minorty is is ? to understand a country people should know not a ethnic population numbers or etc. must know the culture and mutual history.

[@asadfami7623]

Excellent video. So detailed and well researched. Well done Sir.

[@bushibayushi]

one of the finest modern history lessons I've ever seen. GREAT job

[@sluggo0202]

Congratulations on astutely sorting out this mess.

[@omerc.1305]

As a Kurd living in Turkey, I do not have any problems. I have equal rights. Every Kurd who does not disturb the internal peace in the country is as valuable as a Turk. The Kurds who are disturbed by this situation are the Kurds living outside the borders of Turkey. Apart from that, 90% of the Kurds living within the borders of Turkey do not leave Turkey and do not attempt to rebel because we are Turkey. We see their lands as our own land and the Turks as our own brothers. Kurds who left Syria, Iraq and Iran, please do not interfere with us and our Turkish brothers. If you continue to threaten our borders with the PKK and other terrorist organizations, we will defend the Turks and Turkish lands until the last drop of our blood. How happy is a Kurd who lives under the superior Turkish identity. and I'm a Turk

[@shafsteryellow]

Exactly these people just want to cause problems

[@rksxdw3231]

Ömer birtanesin o7

[@ugwuanyicollins6136]

Sambo

[@sukha__8669]

sana helal olsun tüylerim diken diken oldu

[@xooos00]

Adam ya geldi adam

[@AzUniverzumUraesParancsoloja]

This was a superb geopolitical and foreign affairs briefing! Jolly good job, Sir! Keep up the good work!👍

[@ahmetdagdelen6180]

This is just a propaganda.not a briefing.

[@DrRadio-jy9in]

@@ahmetdagdelen6180 stay mad tbh

[@ahmetdagdelen6180]

@@DrRadio-jy9in i am not mad. Just feeling surprised how you can congrats wikipeida informations from an western eye. But, being mad better than sleeping. You should wake up. Usa Lost the war against russia in Syria. And they just try to create another conflict, or worsing and existing conflict to stay more time in Syria. 02:27 map 1 kurdish ethic map 00:55 areas control by YPG (kurds) If you can see, kurds now control 5-6 times larger area than their ethnic existence. Which means Usa controls. Turkey was in the Same side of Usa against Esad regime. But now they are close to an agreement. What will happen next ? Kurds will lose control. Means ? ....Usa will have to go home... So ? They need a new excuse. I will stay mad and you will stay foolish.

[@DrRadio-jy9in]

@@ahmetdagdelen6180 that's cool and all but say hi to Lockheed for me

[@ahmetdagdelen6180]

@@DrRadio-jy9in i don't know what or who you talk about. So better say hi yourself.

[@ThatOneREDScout]

I love that this video doesn't even go 1 minute before introducing another nation, person, or group that has some angle in all of this. This is probably one of the most complicated conflicts in recent history.

[@s_dharni2483]

More nations involved is equal to more mess🥂

[@ahmetgundogdu93]

"They formally called themselves the YPG, who the Turks would say equated to the PKK," he said. "So we literally played back to them that you've got to change your brand. What do you want to call yourself besides the YPG? With about a day's notice they declared that they were the Syrian Democratic Forces." "I thought it was a stroke of brilliance to put democracy in there somewhere. But it gave them a little bit of credibility," Raymond Thomas, US general.

[@saly8969]

"How can we repeat the famous genocide of Armenians but this time with the Kurds?"he said. "We should call all the Kurds terrorist and then we can kill them and change their demographics and deny their existence, brilliant right?" A fascist mind of most turks.

[@ahmetgundogdu93]

@@saly8969 you talk with your prejudice while I write about a real quote. Search this generals name och SDF on youtube and listen from the general himself.

[@PIXELGamerzXvlogs]

Kurds in Afrin before Turkish invasion living in SDF controlled territory: able to practise ezidism freely without Arab jihadists threatening them, able to learn the Kurdish in schools. After Turkish invasion living in Turkish/FSA terrorist occupied territory: unable to learn Kurdish in schools, ezidi monuments and temples destroyed, Kurds terrorised daily.

[@vasileiospaterakis1839]

Fantastic analysis, very well done to get into so much depth in only 30 minutes and very clearly explained!

[@Humanoidable]

Εσυ τι χαιρεσαι να πουμε

[@talia-ok5mm]

, ...... Lmao T Laaaaà,qaà@

[@R9vBurak]

I am a Turk living in the capital Ankara. I have researched this subject for a long time from many domestic and foreign sources. By defending the freedom of the Kurds for years, the PKK hurt the Kurds the most. Kurdish children were forcibly smuggled into the mountains. Kurdish teachers and Turkish teachers were killed in school attacks. When you empathize, you will understand that this terrorist organization killed my teachers, my children, and talked about freedom in the international arena, how absurd this is. Türkiye fought against this terrorist organization for 40 years and spent 700 billion dollars. I'm talking about a huge amount of money and the number of soldiers killed is huge. The reason Turkey created the security corridor shown in the video is to prevent the PKK from becoming a state because if the PKK becomes a state and Turkey loses its control on its eastern border, Turkey and all European countries the potential for terrorist attacks will become high. Kurds are not terrorists, terrorists are terrorists. By restoring control in this region, Turkey will send the refugees to its territory and try to solve their economic problems.

[@amjadking2141]

3:40 The reason is racist Turkey itself! If they had not been racist towards the Kurds in the past years, this resistance would not have appeared. For every action, there is a reaction. This is your punishment for banning the Kurdish language, names, and studies. Turkey is not an angel. They thought that by this method they would eliminate the Kurds and the Kurdish identity, but the opposite happened. After all this oppression and injustice towards the Kurds in the past years, they want the Kurds to come to them with a bouquet of roses! For every action, there is a reaction.

[@reee_4067]

It is startling to see USA and Nato allied countries are supporting different goverments in Libya

[@nourrashid8739]

Turkey's also trying to take control in Libya, however such plans were crushed when the Egyptian military was involved. Turkish navy was on the coastlines of Libya, but Egypt sent its navy and started stacking tanks on the border as a warning. Turkey then backed away and re-focused on Syria.

[@alpaslan4881]

@@nourrashid8739 Turkish Navy is still deployed on the Libyan coastline, two frigates just recently conducted exercises near Misrata, last two weeks some Turkish A400M transport aircrafts landed in Libya, Turkish military personel is training Libyan Army and Coast Guard, i wouldn't call it backed away.

[@nourrashid8739]

@@alpaslan4881 Turkey does exist in Libya however is focused on the western part. When Erdogan started talking about shifting into the east as well, that's when Egypt drew the line and declared that if Turkey does move into the east, it would consider it a nation security matter and Egyptians jets started to scatter as well as many ground forces were pushed towards the borders of Libya for a ground invasion. Turkey then decided to back off from the matter and stay in the western part. That because there are 2 parties currently in Libya, one backed by Turkey (in the west), the other backed by Egypt (east). Things right now are very calm however due to the enhanced relations between Turkey and Egypt. Hopefully thinks remain that way as Turkey and Egypt are considered the 2 most powerful armies in the Middle East.

[@Shockwave-KG]

@@nourrashid8739 basically you’re talking out of your ass, Egypt navy didn’t cross the libyan line cus Britain warned them not to, second , Egypt wouldn’t even dare to step on , cus then they have to face turkey,Britain and Algeria and yes, Algeria cus both them and Egypt have disagreements in the past decades, Algerian president himself made it clear if egypt army deployed in libya it will mean war, so yeah, tripoli got alot of backup.

[@nourrashid8739]

@@Shockwave-KG You're an absolute idiot. First of all, Britain has no say on Egypt, when the fuck do you think we are? 1940's? Egypt is not afraid of Turkey because Egypt and Turkey are on the same level of military power and both are ranked in the top 15. Egypt is ranked 12th and Turkey is 13th. So both will not fear, however Egypt would have the geographic advantage because incase of war, Turkey will have to transfer through the sea. Another sign of how idiotic you are, is that Egypt and Algeria would NEVER go to war because intelligence wise, both countries are working together on the highest levels. Egypt would only enter Libya's eastern part as it would never allow Turkey to station on its borders. When it comes to support and what not, you must also know that France, Saudi Arabia and UAE fully back Egypt. So yea thats more power and money. In any case, Turkey and Egypt are now getting better along and so should things in Libya. Again, you're not in the 1940's remember that.

[@FilmpjesFilmpjes-yi7gz]

6:50 That is impossible. If Kurdistan becomes a country in Syria and invades Turkey to claim land, then their official "Kurdish military" end up invading a NATO country. Other NATO countries wouldn't allow that by law (article 5).

[@auglool7640]

" In Turkey's case would result in the loss of basically the entire southeast of the country along with the millions of people who live there who pay taxes and contribute to the economy" Regions where Kurds are majority consistently the least tax-paying regions in Turkey. Basically, Turks in the west and center carry the economic burdens of Kurds living in the east who don’t pay any tax. As a Turk, I strongly believe that we will be better off without Kurds.

[@HumbleCaesarB.C.E]

imagine how your country will kill itself by suppressing kurds

[@ahmedbigi3075]

Kürtler de vergi veriyo awq boş yapma

[@AmberCommentsThings]

I was legit shocked to see what countries sided with and against each other, considering some of the countries on the 'same side' are mortal enemies that want each other dead more than a fish needs water

[@puraLusa]

It isn't the first time. In angolan civil war usa and china backed the same side v the side supported by russia.

[@matthewhecht9257]

@@puraLusa In the Nigerian Civil War US, USSR, Uk, and Israel were on one side and the other was China, France, and Israel (again).

[@puraLusa]

@@matthewhecht9257 LOL yup. Friends till ur a little pebble in my shoe 😂

[@catdogmousecheese]

Make your friends rich and your enemies rich then sort out which one is which -Tony Stark

[@bagamax]

О shit, this is complex.

[@zohaibtariq7351]

Thanks for saving my 30 mins lol

[@carloschu7127]

It is making sense why Israel is preparing a big war against Iran.

[@choonblaze]

@@zohaibtariq7351 go watch cooking shows if real life scares you

[@mikailvito7200]

@@choonblaze they're really not any less complicated 😒

[@chirukun]

@@choonblaze neverita cooking

[@themindakviking]

December 2024, anyone?

[@HolyReality]

I watched two hours of videos to try and get a grip on this conflict and you explained it 10 times better in the first five minutes Bravo. Very well done 👍

[@purplecherryblossom1701]

Thank you so much for making these informative videos! I don't trust major news networks so videos like yours are where I get most of my news! thank you soo much!

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

Turkey seems to be playing 4D chess right now.

[@billfarlo3366]

Yes only a genius like Erdogan could achieve 90% inflation

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

@@billfarlo3366 Erdogan's ways are not our ways :)

[@abcdedfg8340]

Turkeys govt: supports militants in syria, and probably annoys locals. Also how can we be sure these militants agree with turkey? Also turkeys govt: seems awfully quick to blame the kurds for any terror attacks. Who benefits: i only see turkeys policy and the groups it backs benefitting. Just my opinion.

[@Sasha-us4lt]

@@abcdedfg8340 some 103 years old guy dies turkey gov be like. its kurds fault

[@dimitrisoikonomou3568]

Problem is, he plays with equally good players and at the same time... Turkey isn't far from making a fatal mistake that costing Erdogan his election victory should be the least of his worries.

[@saadtashman2185]

At 2:49 it's the jordanian flag and not the iraqi flag

[@Nooticus]

Really excellent video. Thank you Joseph and team!

[@guilhermebarbosa2519]

Dude, the amount of research you put into your videos is freaking insane

[@ahmedagdi7164]

but still mistakes iraq's flag for jordan's

[@Hooman775]

@@ahmedagdi7164 do you think does American gives a f*k?

[@ahmedagdi7164]

@@Hooman775 I dunno if the average american does give a f* or not, but i'm sure a geopolitics/history channel would definitely give one

[@Hooman775]

@@ahmedagdi7164 you mean an american channel right?

[@Hooman775]

@@ahmedagdi7164 like Middle East word for them or nationalism base on language

[@loboalamo]

Catherine Neville’s “The Eight” = a history so messed up that it had to be incorporated into a huge fiction from then to our day of roughly 1800 years. You have no idea how big the rabbit hole is. If you read it you will never forget it and you will learn why its good to bluff your way through chess while learning so much about the person playing you.

[@admiralrng6506]

never knew over the board chess is that intense

[@jaafarserhan4301]

I naturally do know all this as a syrian , but I would never have made such a simple straight forward video its really nice simple pictures videos and transitions and really well written good job and thank you!

[@noelgomile3675]

Your ability to explain complex geopolitical situations and interests is astounding.

[@eget4144]

He did not explain the half of it: opinions and stances of others.

[@oguzhan9424]

Highly biased and full of terrorism propaganda. You should know better who you compliment. But your reaction also confirms that people are biased. Im a Turk and i could not praise this video while you are thinking that this channel has done great work. This is how people get brainwashed. Its weird to see how people abuse their own laws. The terrorism propaganda made in this video is also illegal in your county!