Some countries are powerful not just because of their size or economy, but because of where they sit on the map. This nation has been the crossroads of civilizations for thousands of years, controlling trade routes, vital waterways, and a land bridge between continents. Its geography has shaped empires, sparked wars, and given it influence far beyond its borders. In this video, we uncover the real reason geography made Turkey unstoppable.
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not the final Boss is the main
oh my, how dare you put Erdogan and Ataturk next to each other 🥹
Nice try
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Egypt always a traitor
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As a Turk, this video is riddled with errors, half-truths and the usual one-sided Western propaganda. From North Cyprus to the PKK (Westerners calling the PKK 'Kurds' is like comically substituting ISIS with 'Arabs' or 'Muslims' collectively, but we understand the malicious intention of the West behind calling the PKK 'Kurds', you are not fooling anyone.) to miscellaneous errors here and there. You should feel sorry for the effort and time you have wasted on this video. Unfortunately, there are just very few Western Youtubers who are objective, educated, and have the intellectual capacity to see beyond the Western propaganda.
Why are you spreading misinformation ? The Syrian government literally attacked the Kurdish SDF and have been for the last month. SDF never attacked first it was the Syrian government trying to provoke them because turkey wanted war to breakout
Anatolian farmers literally developed agriculture it was others who adopted it from interacting with them
TÜRKİYE!!
It is really offensive and ignorant from you to put Kurds and the terrorist organizations in the same shoe. Those terrorists are not representing the kurds or are not kurdish supported in anyway. The most harm they did was to the kurds. They are abusing the name of the kurds but are mostly paid foreign soldiers. Just some of the kurds in them are brainwashed and most are kidnapped from their families at a young age and get killed when they refuse to be a part of these not-representing-them terrorists or try to escape them. What you said is humiliating the kurds and ignoring their pain and suffering caused by these terrorist groups.
Others, foreign powers, try to rip us apart like they did between the turks and arabs, so we become smaller pieces easier to consume for them. Now for years they try the same game and pretend and spread stuff like turks and kurds would have problems or do not get along well. There is a saying… If you say something often enough, it will happen… that is what they are hoping for. But we learned from history. We won't let those "black cats" go between our brotherhoods again
You say nothing about the fact that the land from Aegean till 50 km out of Ankara was Greek !
You have prepared the video with a biased perspective.Kurds and Turks are brothers. The real problem is the YPG and PKK terrorist organizations, which are openly supported by the U.S.A and Israel and seek to destroy this brotherhood. The PKK has killed more than 40,000 people in Turkey ( Turkiye with its new name ) since 1978. Mountainous Karabakh is officially Azerbaijan's territory, which has been occupied by Armenia and where Armenians have killed Turks. Turkiye is surrounded by a ring of fire and only wants stability, peace, and tranquility. Turkiye is not just Erdoğan. Turkiye is a democratic, secular republic founded by Atatürk and governed by democracy.
It was a good analysis, thank you. If you are considering analyzing Turkey's future influence towards the east, do not forget one major factor, which is the independence of South Azerbaijan with a larger population located in the geography known as Iran and its joining the current Republic of Azerbaijan and becoming a greater ally than the current Republic of Azerbaijan for Turkey, which can advance Turkey from the south to the borders of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Also, Türkiye forbade the passage of British and American warships that were already on the way to the Black Sea
Pkk is product of The West.
Trust the Satan, Not to The West.
Btw Greece uses 4% of thier gdp on military.
And turkey only 1.9%
Greece economy is also bad with 270 billion euros and 570 billion debt.
Turkey has a 1.4 trillion gdp and much more lower dept
Russia gaining the opperhand😂 only because losing and then calling all Christians worldwide and never won an 1v1 in history against anyone.
Greece’s population is 10 million. The half of our beggest city istanbul 🤣
Its name is Turkiye, not turkey
Great analysis but let me correct you on a few points.
1. The country is no longer called or referred to as ‘Turkey’ it is now officially Türkiye. 🇹🇷
2. The YPG/PYD is an affiliation of the PKK, yes there’s been an agreement between the Turkish Republic & Ocalan for the PKK terror organisation to lay down it’s arms and pursue diplomatic & political relations to resolve the Kurdish issues, BUT…the SDF in Syria who are mainly compromised of Kurds that are ideologically & loyally bound to the PKK are refusing this and are also refusing to cooperate with the new Syrian government’s efforts & demands to disarm so that all members of the SDF can be properly integrated into the new Syrian Arab Army, under control of the state.
3. With Cyprus you forgot to mention that the only reason why the Turkish Republic invaded the island of Cyprus in 1974 was that the situation on the island got so bad for the Turkish minority who were then being ethnically cleansed by elements of the Greek terror organisation and it’s supporters who illegally took charge in a coup.
4. The Syrian civil war devastated the entire nation, killed over 650,000, made 12 million into refugees, sent millions to other nations around the globe to live, most cities are piles of rubble, most of the nations infrastructure is destroyed, the nation barely has enough resources, energy or money yet, it barely has a standing army or police force though Türkiye is helping & modernising it with this along with everything else, while the Syrian regime murdered their own people with the help & assistance of Russia, Iran, Hezbollah & Shia proxies on the ground terrorising & oppressing the people, I didn’t see any of those nations take in any refugees nor help them…while they spoke up for oppression, dignity & freedom. Us Turks took in 3.8 million Syrian refugees not because we HAD to, but because it was the right thing to do, because that is what Türkiye does regardless of who it is. Because one day God forbid, we may find ourselves on that side of the border one day begging for help from our Syrian brothers & sisters.
Before you become anything in life, be a human being first, then everything else will fall into place like a neat puzzle inş’Allah. 🤲❣️
Turkey is not that rich in terms of fresh water
Great analysis, but there is one major error I want to address: First, you said the YPG has no ties to the PKK. To say that, you’d either have to be ignorant and unaware of world politics, or have a Europeanist mindset you still haven't overcome. 🙂 I don't think you're ignorant. I think the second option would be more accurate. How can you deny it when even the head of the CIA has admitted it? It's already clear to those familiar with the matter that the YPG and PKK have an organic connection, meaning they're sister organizations. Let me explain how absurd that statement is: ISIS changed its name to Daesh. But even if you change the name on paper, it retains its organic structure, and you're telling me that they're no longer ISIS, but Daesh, and they should be removed from the terrorist list. Please don't mock human intelligence. Besides that, despite a few minor biases, this is a really good video, with a very clear and objective perspective, unlike most Western sycophantic YouTubers. Congratulations.
I like the last sentence: “For 2000 years Turkey’s been playing with map cheats, everyone else has gotten stuck in the hard mode” 😂😂😂
Few adjustments:
– The map shown to claim that Turkey has intentions to expand its borders into Iraq and Syria is the map of the National Oath Borders declared in 1920, at the beginning of Turkish Independance War. It includes Batumi (in Georgia today) and some territories in northeastern Greece. These borders were the initial goal of the Great National Assembly, who conducted the Independance War, declaring independance and republic after the war, ending the Ottoman Empire. During the negotiations after the war, Turkey has compromised some of these lands. There is a lack of information which leads the audience to think that this has come up a few years ago out of nowhere.
– Turkey is not an altogether enemy for all Kurdish groups in the region. There is also a role that the "internal" politics between Kurds in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey plays. The highest Kurdish population among these 4 countries is in Turkey by far. Kurdish leaders' political goals in other countries does not really allign with PKK's ideology (Marksizm-Leninism and Maoism). Adding the majority of the population is under PKK influence, other leaders, such as Barzani in northern Iraq, did not want a unitary Kurdish state that will be dominated by PKK's agenda. They have developped decent relations with Turkey and sometimes used this to balance politics between Kurds and leveraged against PKK. While PKK has declared its abolishment recently, it has increased its influence over Syrian Kurds during Syrian Civil War, using the security concerns among Syrian Kurds for its advantage. This has been going on since the very early stages of the Civil War and there is a considerable overlap between Kurdish militia leaders in Syria and PKK.
The music in the backround wthhh?
Power to Turkiye
Ever since I was a young kid in grade school I always though Turkey Eye was such a cool looking country – geographically speaking. It's a peninsula separating SW Asia from SE Europe and E Asia. And it separates the Mediterranean Sea from the Black Sea. Plus it's part of that "Silk Road". Turkey has a very unusual and interesting geography.
Turr key yay is how it is pronounced
I believe Ardogan might be one of the smartest leaders of our time.
🦃 not turkiye😂
Guys please stop calling it TURKEY! It is very insensitive and rightly disrespectful, this is a colonial name you gave it after a damn bird. Which is very stupid, like the bird itself!
Please if you want to be respectful and intellectual in the future call it by it's real name instead.
Which is:
Western Kurdistan.
Thank you, and have a nice day.
🎉🎉It's good not to be colonized, national identity is not lost, culture is not erased, and it is honorable and dignified, come on, Mr. Turkey, keep moving forward.😊😊
video is legit glazing turkiye and its geography and the t*rks are crying in the comments because of simple mistakes
you are deleting my comments so im unfollowing
Turkey has been a gangster-nation since it's inception before the fall of Constantinople. Byzantium shall arise again.
Greece is not an island clustered nation like Philippines, it has a main land , and 2km island doesn’t have same EZZ , no where in the law of sea says so , please check it , it’s not legal argument
Google center of the world and find out