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Expulsion and massacres of Turks and other Turkish-aligned minorities from the Balkans was definitely not justified. However, let's not stoop to the level of claiming that the Janissary system was OK in any way. Some people paid to have their children accepted because it was better than living...

Shockwave protection or shrapnel from a near-hit? Maybe it might save a life. From a direct hit? Might as well not bother.

We are one of the few importers aside from Ukraine who actively use Turkish tech and were doing it while UAE was funding Haftar. Funny how you cut off where the article is from - Middle East Monitor. It's also incorrect. The numbers are only for the first quarter of 2021, in general UAE is...

I don't really think it's said in a happy "YAAAY, Turkey is gonna break apart" manner (Greece has got a fair amount of their own issues coming up that will cause plenty of tears everywhere) more in a "wow, s**t's going down big time in Turkey". Civil was is a misnomer though. It's like outside...

I think it will exist in some pro-Turkish form mainly because of how much atheism and nationalism has risen in the country. A major problem is that the form of Islamism being pushed in Turkey is very much the version that the Arab monarchies invented i.e. Wahhabism. I'm sure very few people now...

Translation: "Erdogan went begging to us for cash so he placate the masses long enough to get past 2023 unscathed and we got the whole country in our claws."

It's because of the elections probably. If Erdogan lets the Central Bank do their jobs, the economy will stabilize but it will result in short-term pain for long-term gain. While will coincide with 2023 and absolutely guarantee that AKP loses in a landslide. With this, he can theoretically cope...

I've had a thought. If the guarantee of Turkey as protector of Turkish Cypriots is given away as in the Annan Plan, then doesn't that mean that Greece also has to give away their rights as protectors of Greek Cypriots? And if not or if Turkey does not trust foreign peacekeepers to be impartial...

Guy should run for president. Mansur Yavas would be my #1 pick (if I could vote in Turkey) but Ozcan would be a good backup choice.

I expect the price of gold to keep rising actually. The current economic instability, even before COVID-19 hit, led to people worldwide stockpiling reserves by the thousands. So investing in gold is a pretty good idea, though it should've been seriously considered about 2-3 years back instead of...

HDP is more practical as a mousetrap, in theory. As Lool pointed out, when the previous parties were disbanded, they simply reformed. Issue is that said mousetrap isn't being used effectively. The best strategy would be to cut off their funding entirely but that is a more difficult territory to...

Turkey can replace Russia with Ukraine. Or Pakistan. Additionally, Turkish academics are studying thorium just fine on their own and could even suggest to co-operate with India on the subject. You really don't want to end up depending on Russia for energy needs. Russia knows better than anyone...

There won't be any destructive war with Russia. They are already bombing TAF positions in Syria on a regular basis, Ukraine would simply be an opportunity to pay them back in kind and score some massive PR points in the process.

Wait, you mean to tell me that hippie BS about wind and solar saving us all from the evil coal and oil was a bunch of nonsense all along? I'm shocked I tell you, shocked.

Eh, they kinda do. Mossad isn't all stony-faced assassins, they've got regular schmucks that pose as tourists as well. Not saying that these guys were spies but it didn't take me by surprise that they were arrested after hearing that Turkish intelligence busted a Mossad spy ring and also got...

Yup, Wasp-class vessels are the only ones in the US navy to use this kind of steam boiler setup AFAIK except for USS Makin Island.

Good principle for development of mechas as well. I'm sure you can tell by my avatar why I'd be interested in that. :geek:

So how much estimated annual revenue are we looking at so far regarding this find?

Not surprising, one of the cited reasons for why Turkey didn't want the US offer for the Patriots was because Turkey also wanted a tech transfer and the US, having learned from bitter experience that doing tech transfers results in knock-offs competing with your goods on the international...

I don't think there's any need to escalate (although to be honest, I don't trust Aliyev in the slightest) but Nakhchivan is a vulnerable area and Armenians have tried to take in the past (they only stopped all attempts because Turkey threatened to bulldoze their entire nation if they advanced...