You cant divorce the military and the state.
Even if they are retired their influence is still there.
Dont get me wrong but it seems turkish history for centuries has been a clash between the state and the military.
This clash has no end of signs. It lasted this long due to the balance of...
https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/1994-te-ecevit-ortaya-atti-mansetlere-mega-proje-diye-yansidi-17655112
So Istanbul Canal idea is nothing new the idea has been floating for centuries while Ecevit himself flirted with this idea.
Interesting to be honest. More I learn.
Panama and the Suez Canal bankrupted both Egypt and Panama.
Mega Projects come at a enormous cost.
Honestly its interesting how the Ottomans planned to build a Canal in the Suez and the Volga. Only to backtrack due to money and technology reasons.
Don Volga Canal plan was interesting the...
Simpilfied account of USA's most notorious chemical weapon of the Vietnam War.
Today the long term effects still plague the Vietnamese people and American veterans of the Vietnam war.
I wonder how much money goes to those tarikat frauds.
Thankfully I never went to any of their boarding schools.
Never would I send my kids to any boarding school.
Navy is important to be honest.
Once the Ottoman navy stagnated is when our problems began. Remember this we lost so much due to our navy becoming weak for centuries.
If a nation has a weak navy basically means you are opening the country to be invaded.
What link does sevres and montetruex have???
You do realise it was in Ataturks plan to take over the straits completely during the independance war and in the 1930s.
The allies played dirty with us by denying a military takeover. Same story with Mosul.
Then again im not angry at anybody as...