- Constantinopole should be under Greek control, but I have a better idea of having it under Russian control.
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- The US is supporting the Kurds only now. As is their custom, they will turn their backs on them tomorrow if required.
- The Russians never liked Turkey. The Russians kicked out the Circassians, who settled in Turkey, and who were further settled by Turkey in the Balkans, and some of their spawn were responsible for the massacres carried out against the Serbs. The Slavic-Turkic fight has carried on.
- The small protrusion north of Latakia was formerly part of Syria but the people there voted to join Turkey. I think that protrusion should be re-integrated with the Kurdish regions.
- Balkans will be up in flames very soon again. Thanks to the Polska Babushka Merkel, Europe is in the cusp of possible implosion.
I think the biggest problem for Turkey is the reality of an emerging kurdish state and the large numbers of kurds, crypto-kurds, crypto-armenians in their population that hasn't integrated that well into the turkish state.
If they (turkish leadership) can handle that (kurdish problem) in a graceful way that doesn't escalate turkish-kurdish tensions, then it will be good for turkey. At the same time, rather than trying to allign with Euro, turkey should return to its roots Asia. Okay that may sound a bit romantic but what i mean is improve relations with Russia (drop NATO), China (drop E. Turkestan). Yup sacrifices, but they need to, if they want turkey to survive.
Break up of turkey is not necessarily a good thing for the region.
But they need to get rid of erdogan, he seems to be inept.
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I don't think that small protrusion is kurdish region; besides giving that to kurds will give them access to sea, make them stronger, not good thing for neighbours.
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Also I don't like the greeks too much
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