Ottoman lacked progres, lacked investment into education etc.Ironically enough, going into mass debt while not using that money for anything benefiting the nation was a major problem for the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century. There's a reason it's a favorite tactic of China for pulling other countries' into their orbit and it was a favorite tactic of the US before we realized that we could just send in the Marines to kick peoples' asses if they refused to play ball.
And up through 70-90’s Turkey were slowly very slowly building up defence industry. While we had all the troubles of a finance lacking country. Through 00’s we were getting back on our feet, but the had feto issues. Then RTE condemned the economy again despite our defense industry growing. We don’t need all those Construction projects, housings and so on. But RTE and AKP are fond of screwing the country over, so we’re back to square one. Only plus is defense industry having grown. But without economic stability we’ll have to spend our money more wisely....