This is where you go wrong when it comes to dictators
DICTATORS love having ppl escape the country since those who mainky escape are those with higher qualification standard, or with some sort of monetary funding! This only leaves the poor uneducated bums and this aids dictators to solidify their grip on power within their respective countries. Countries like Egypt havent been stoping scientists, doctors, or even engineers from leaving the country and taking up new nationalities for a reason. The same is with countries like Sudan, Iran, Tunisia, Syria, Afghanistan etc.....
The only countries with democracy within the Med East are both Turkey and Israel and that is why most dictators within the Med East hate the current Turkey to the core. During the 2016 coup, they were one of the first supporters of the military and kept saying how the Turkish ppl protesting their military are Islamic radicals supporting terrorism. Now such countries are on the brink of economic collapse while Turkey is having renowed export success and technological milestones being achieved (although with high inflation
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Typical middle east.
You will either end up with a Secular or Religious dictatorship.
Balkans, Middle East and the Caucasus are all disfunctional.
Lets not forget Eastern Europe.
When it comes to Turkiye all our neighbours have problems from wars, poverty, oppression, economic problems and terrorism.
Turkiye is in a neighbourhood where its daily chaos.
Honestly I sometimes see the benefit in Australia's Geography.
Our biggest drawback is we are too far but our biggest benefit is nobody can touch us or even invade us. You dont have mass migration because our walls are the oceans. I dont agree with mass migration its still sad with people drowning trying to get themselves into Australia.
Not to mention we barely have kind of spillovers from our neighbours mainly oceania im talking about. Also our lands are surrounded by waters.
Australia's interior is big most of our country is semi arid but in times of war most of our cities are located in the coasts which means they can be targeted which is another drawback.
Then again Australia's military has been more focused on Air power and Navy while our land forces wont be getting all the attention but still needed for land defence.
Turkiye's geopgraphic position is both a curse and a blessing. Thats why Turkiye has such a big place in geopolitics because its the bridge between Europe and Asia.
Also the land of empires. How many empires and kingdoms that have come gone trying to control this bridge of land.
Turkiye was so important for the Romans hence why they made Constantinople their capital.