To put things into perspective
- Turkish nationalist forces defeated 7 nations against all odds
- In the early republic era multiple rebellions were decisively squashed
- Plane factories were established
- Hatay was regained without a drop of blood
- In 1974 half of Cyprus captured and remains as the TRNC to this day
- The defence industry was restarted and became more organized in the 80s
- By the 90s, Türkiye was building Kobra APCs, MLRS, ballistic missiles and numerous other weapon systems, steadily moving towards more indigenous parts and designs
- Türkiye was not only conducting highly effective cross border ops against PKK, but was also threatened both Greece and Syria to all out war, both counties backed the fuck out of it.
- The castle plan was enacted, to destroy PKK by force, making them completely flee Turkish borders in the late 90s
When Erdoğan came to power
- The hood incident happened
- FETÖ forces fully infiltrated the military
- PKK came back into Turkish territory
- Türkiye followed US plans for Syria, but instead of building a proper Turkmen force, backed a bunch of rag tag groups who ended up being incompetent, allowing US-backed PKK, rebranded as SDF to take over most of Syria. They now hold power in the same government that we back.
- Meanwhile in Iraq, there's an entire autonomous Kurdish region that suppresses Turkmens, yet nothing is done to counter this.
- Iran has provided 358 loitering anti aircrat missiles, along with other drones/loitering munitions to PKK. Nothing is being done to counter them.
- Cyprus actively arming up
- There's 5 million documented, and probably 10+ million overall refugees in Türkiye, and there's thousands more coming in every week
- FETÖ and PKK supporters are in the government
It's a shitshow. The only and only thing going good is the defence industry. And the only reason why it's going good is because the foundations were laid decades ago and held strong by the institutions that back it. Erdoğan simply inherited it.
You can tell me about geopolitics this and Hakan Fidan that, it's all a bunch of bs. We're punching way below our weight for a country of 80+ million, with a huge military in the most strategic land in the world. We can't use any of this to our advantage because ultimately votes matter more than anything else to a man sitting in a 1000 room palace with everything to lose. He'll sell out the southeast, make Türkiye defacto partitioned like Iraq is, gain millions of votes from Kurds and also keep your vote because you believe that it is part of some big strategic plan. Please snap back to reality. Erdogan hasn't made Türkiye stronger.
I won't go back to the early years of the republic as it is not opened to discussion like it should be after 75 years past and things became historical.
AK Party fought gangs as it is written in its party program and took down FETÖ and PKK as well as others, and now Türkiye is to be marked as terror free.
Erdoğan brought power to the law and enforced law on criminals and gave them the punishment they deserved, no one can bully the Turkish state anymore.
Oh yes, may be the stray dog lovers still need some toning as it is the only bleeding wound remains to be healed.
Since Erdoğan, elections have been held on time and destabilizing early elections has become a thing of the past.
Erdoğan made peace with the Syrian government and is in the process of resuming the fortification of the backyard of Türkiye. Bringing peace and stability to Syria and Iraq also to the Caucasus even including Armenia. Which will in turn bring wealth and long term stability to the entire region.
Unemployment rate of male population is down to 6.5% being the lowest in 30 years. We should keep some of the skilled Syrian refugees rather than allowing them to leave as we will need more hands in our factories down the road.
A few years from now I want to fly in my private plane to the now terror free pastures of the east and the south and also take a tour in the vast land of friendly nations surrounding Türkiye; through Syria, Iraq, into the gulf region, towards Somalia, Sudan and Libya and back home over Greece. Have some rest to plan my next trip in a wider region, in any direction I want, in a plane powered by a Turkish made engine with fuel extracted from our friendly lands.
. What is exactly the question? I mean what i read is some emontional guy crying, you are comparing past with now and looks like you dare to say in the 90 and 80's was better? And then you come with 1000 room palace.
