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Should we accept this to have better relations with EU, without an EU membership in this century of course, and accept that most of our maritime traffic will now have to pass through Greek national waters as claimed by Greece under the right of innocent passage?
The EU will always be hostile as Turkey is a geopolitical rival vying for the same spheres of influences and resources.
Turkish military presence predates Cyprus becoming a EU member. Thus it was the EU which chose a path of hostility, not Turkey.
I don’t think you understand the long term strategy of the EU. The EU simply swallows countries that are geographically close and politically aligned, and the borders of the EU are not limited to the current ones.
Cyprus was an easy to get country (they wanted inside the EU and it had a good geographical location and small population) that was easy to swallow and digest, so taking them in was a no brainer.
In the same manner, you will see countries like Montenegro, Bosnia, Kosovo, Albania, Serbia get absorbed one by one into the EU, because they fit geographically and are small enough not to alter the balance of power and destabilize the economy.
The bigger targets like Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey are much more difficult to absorb and integrate, because of their size, so there needs to be a very high political alignment first. We are seeing this evolution in Ukraine, where the current regime is 100% pro-EU, unlike the governments of the pro-Russian past. This means that Ukraine was already “conquered” in the sense that the population and leadership has been converted to a pro-EU mindset. But since Ukraine’s situation is so complicated because of the war, it will take some time before it will be able to join the EU, as it will need to end the war and reclaim its territories first, and also rebuild its economy. But Ukraine’s future in the EU is almost certain.
With Turkey, the population size is a big issue, because it would technically be the largest country in the union, with the most voting power in the EU parliament, which makes Germany and France weary. But if Turkey would become a very pro-EU country in both population and political opinion, the pressure on France and Germany to accept Turkey would rise.
The thing is, the main objective of the EU is to become one of the big boys, together with the US and China. And when it comes to total power, the addition of countries like Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaidjan and Armenia could greatly incease the overall size of the union. But this is something for a later time, because the EU institutions need to get more power themselves first, in order to be able to slowly bypass the opposition from certain countries.
Turkiye being a member of the EU, means that the borders of the union will be extented to Iran, Syria, Irak … And let’s be real, this won’t happen. Europe always used Turkiye as a buffer zone to contains refugees. And this won’t change now.
By the way, if you want to be totally independant, you have to stay out of the union. I’m personnally in favor of France being out of the union, even tho I know it won’t happen.
Hope Greece takes them. Those weigh over 6.500 tons and they are undergunned compared to their size. Greece is in the same shitty cycle. Binge buy whatever is available, and after a few years, can't maintain them due to a lack of funds, and let them rot in the harbor.Italy offers Greece 2 used FREMM Frigates, with deliveries in 2028, 2029.
Why does Turkiye allow RAF to use her airspace when flying missions in support of the PKK? This aircraft was ferrying 2 Typhoons to the location from Cyprus.
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There wouldn't be no Turkic Union, atleast not in the forseaable future. Uzbeks don't like Kyrgyz and vice versa for example. Huge parts of Central Asian society still have that old soviet mentality. Self serving pricks. Being from Uzbek origin background from Afghanistan, I have spent alot of time with the folks. I have no good expectations.Our so called Central Asian "Brothers"
Backstabbing us oh well when Russia comes knocking on the door.
I hope Turkiye pulls the middle finger.
Closest will get to Turkic unity is with Azerbaijan. You dont have people like Elchibeys in any of the Central Asian countries.
Tajiks actually performed much better than the Kyrgz in the latest skirmish. Thats how piss poor Central Asian Turkic militaries are.
We can all blame Erdogan and Akp all we like. At the same time time you have your Muslim brothers and Turkic brothers all backstabbing you at the same time.
Maybe its best Turkiye puts its interests first before any deluded bullshit union.
Drop hayals and come back to reality. This is a good lesson we all learn. Geopolitics does not care about our feelings.
TR is in talks with US to assume the same anti-ISIS ops these RAF jets fly at the moment.Why does Turkiye allow RAF to use her airspace when flying missions in support of the PKK
There wouldn't be no Turkic Union, atleast not in the forseaable future. Uzbeks don't like Kyrgyz and vice versa for example. Huge parts of Central Asian society still have that old soviet mentality. Self serving pricks. Being from Uzbek origin background from Afghanistan, I have spent alot of time with the folks. I have no good expectations.
ARD and ZDF used to be respectable and trustworthy.Turks in Germany have to pay every month for this sh*t (Public broadcasting license fee 18,36 €), so german national TV can make terrorist propaganda.
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Why does Türkiye allow Mazloum Abdi walking freely near the Tishreen Dam? Because this Goverment is ANTI Turkish in every aspect, they don‘t have something called dignity, honour or patriotism only a pricetag.Why does Turkiye allow RAF to use her airspace when flying missions in support of the PKK? This aircraft was ferrying 2 Typhoons to the location from Cyprus.
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In my opinion, Türkiye should under no circumstances open its airspace to the US and/or Israel to attack Iran. Ankara refused the US 22 years ago when the Americans invaded Iraq, and I think it was the right move.In the end. I think Turkey should make a deal with the US to pressure the Greeks, abandon Syria. And provide Turkey with F35. And in return, they can use Turkish airspace to attack Iran. In case of an invasion. Turkey should not make the same mistakes as with Iraq but Turkey should enter to North simultaneously to help free the Turks or Iran