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Ragip ragging on about TYU being Kemalists is quite par for the course for the kind of rhetoric AKP likes to promote though that doesn't mean Ragip is on their payroll or anything. As for the "false flag" comment, I was implying that this was possibly a stunt influenced by external forces, not...

Where did I mention an AKP conspiracy?

There is no partisan logic about it, the Turkish Youth Union can not in any sense be described as nationalist or right-wing. Kemalist is a word that can be used only loosely in an economic sense, in the same way you could describe National Socialism as "leftist".

This is nonsense. Turkish-US issues started surfacing during Obama's era and Biden has always voted hostile to Turkish interests. Trump was the one who actually tried to remedy US issues with Turkey but the gullible US public voted him out and now we're stuck with these a-holes, who are driving...

Russia domestically has similar issues with Russians not understanding why they are in Syria as some other nations, like the US, have problems with citizens complaining about international military excursions. Russia desperately does not want to have to commit to Syria more than they already...

I don't think anyone can seriously argue that either Afghanistan or Vietnam were legitimate military losses for the US. Politically, yes, but in terms of military matters, the kill:death ratio of the US versus the Vietnamese and Afghans was ridiculously lopsided even despite the US working...

Ragip being a mouthpiece for the AKP as usual. "nationalist Kemalist right-wing", y'know, except for the fact that they blatantly kiss the asses of Russia and China and are closer to cringy leftists than anything else. Wonder if this is a false flag of some sort.

Question, HTurk: Where do you think those big-size companies came from? Small to mid-size companies, that's where. Which are absolutely crucial to propping up the industrial base in places which are not major population centers or government darlings. Most of Turkey's growth is concentrated in...

I only wish more people here understood this. The only negotiating that should be done with Russia is when you've screwed them and are discussing their concessions or are planning to screw them and are simply trying to mislead them.

It absolutely had advantages. A solid hand with which to guide negotiations. It just proceeded to sit back and do nothing.

This is only if export numbers continue the same as the currency value rises and Turkish goods no longer become as cheap. And that's not guaranteed. Additionally, we've seen the effects of rising exports on the lira already and they are minuscule at best so it clearly isn't an ideal solution...

Lasers actually offer a better cost/efficiency trade-off than conventional AA when it comes to UAV threats, which is what I think TAF would be most concerned about nowadays.

I see the stuff my nephew watches and I pity kids today. They were born too late to witness some of the all-time greats.

Modi is really hands-on with strangers/casual acquaintances from what I've noticed. Any photo I see with him, he's got always hugging, shaking hands vigorously, placing hands on people's shoulders/back. And I'm from a country where people are pretty affectionate with others they barely know. Is...

The numbers seem off. We do have Su-25s but they are fairly old not recent acquisitions. Armenia claimed to have shot down 2 in last year's war when they were supposedly flying over Armenia itself but haven't provided any evidence of either. We're pretty much exclusively buying from Western...

1) Turkey can't ditch them, that's the point. The West knows perfectly well that Turkey really, really doesn't want to have to rely fully on Russia and Turkish attempts to play this "or else" game have failed because NATO or the US specifically, doesn't care and knows Turkey is bluffing. 2) The...

It appears to be a MAM-C warhead which packs a smaller punch and it landed on the other side of the artillery from the crew, so they were probably shielded from the main blast. They were probably still injured by flying shrapnel or the resulting shockwave but not enough to kill them. BTW...

Germany and France won't care since the point is that they already work with Russia. This is why I do not understand those who love to point out how the West is an unreliable ally and then say Turkey should align itself with the likes of Russia, who is an openly hostile entity.

TAF must be feeling pretty stupid about devoting so much effort to save the LNA only for the Turkish government to give away all the advantages it had. Oh yeah and of course Italians had to live up to their backstabbing stereotype once again.

If that were true, "Made in China" wouldn't still be something signifying low-quality goods that will break down within a year. And they've had around a 40 year head start on Turkey in that department. Just acquiring better technology for manufacturing won't fix anything, the most important...