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We have no idea if they do or do not. Going by a hunch that someone else may tip them off does not mean throwing all caution to the wind. Keep your mouth shut and keep in mind that someone else may have told them about your operation. Then proceed with those two points in mind. The US, for...

Why are they openly discussing launching operations? You don't tell your enemy you're going to attack, you just attack. Now literally everyone in the PKK/YPG knows that an attack is coming and has had time to dig in. This is like if before launching the Spring Offensive in 1918, the German...

Germany has a population of around 80 million, which is about the same as Turkey. It also has major energy dependence issues. It's a valid comparison.

1) Which is an additional issue resulting from mismanagement of the economy. 2) Perhaps in Turkey they don't. Because they can't comfortably afford it without having to save up with several months worth of wages. Which is, you know, the problem here because that isn't what should be happening...

It's a marketing trick. The very act of UK's interest in Turkish technology will still boost their reputation regardless of whether the UK makes a purchase or not.

Fair, my analogy was not the most eloquent and calling yours "stupid" was a bit too far, I apologize for that. @Nilgiri put it much more coherently than I did.

That's as stupid as telling someone saving up for a used 2010 Toyota to buy a hunk of junk from 1980 instead. It's cheaper after all, so who cares if it's old and about to break down any second? Why should the average Turk have to work much longer than the average Russian or Mexican to afford...

I'm pretty sure people will start killing government officials in the street if its gets that low. They can't be that stupid.

The iPhone parameter is a legitimate measure. In fact, any luxury good is. The point being, the average Turk has to work insane hours for long periods of time just to afford an iPhone, something that most people in other countries that aren't completely broken hellholes can afford after 1 or 2...

I'll blame the current government as well.

Yeah, that's my point. Turkey has the potential for its citizens to do and have better but you seem to think that Turkey only deserves governments that excel at awful things like the above. Japanese are no more a hive-mind than anyone else. Turks are originally from Asia too, don't forget. We...

Turkish people literally work some of the longest hours in Europe. You know who works one of the shortest? Germany. Because they work smarter, not harder, and German society is oriented around this principle. Invest in public education and opportunities to give the best and brightest a chance...

It depends on how strong the Japanese nationalists have become in government now. They have been pushing to get Japan out of the US grip for years now and looking as Turkey as a major potential partner for the future. China is far less able to exert pressure on Turkey for now than the US.

It is very much possible if, you know, the government didn't wreck educational institutions across the board and wrecked the economy so bad that Turkey's best and brightest are fleeing overseas to contribute their talents elsewhere and help them develop even further. But no, surely doubling...

First time I'm hearing about it. I do know that the F-35 will be equipped with onboard AI to control drones that can be used to provide combat support to the F-35 and regulate sensors but I am not aware that the F-35 will be able to fly using AI. I know the Air Force conducted virtual dogfights...

I don't get the exports defense. More exports is technically good but Turkey is exporting more because everything is so cheap not because the country is actually manufacturing much better quality products. That's even worse than low exports because it means that if the lira starts rising but the...

Haven't there already been scandals like this a decade or so ago? I thought it was an open secret that AKP-affiliated organizations put their people in high places in state institutions. Nothing's been done so far.

Yeah, I used to think it was just Erdogan being stupid and firing people because they were going against his ideas but the consistency with which people are getting fired JUST as the lira is showing SOME promise of stability and recovery, it's way too suspicious.

US allows for dual-citizenship for government officials. Israel doesn't. There is a fair bit of people who are high-up in Israeli politics that were born in and lived as Americans before coming to Israel. Difference is, they had to ditch their American citizenship to get those positions. Israel...

Your opposition parties are increasingly looking like Azerbaijan's opposition parties. That's not a good thing BTW.