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Turkey is slowly becoming a regional power. It is interesting how well they seem to be playing the political game with EU, US, Russia and Israel. I am not a fan, but I can't help but to admire that level of skill to balance competing interests.

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Turkey has a unique geographic location of immense strategic value. There is a reason NATO bends over backwards to include a country that is culturally completely incompatible with the rest of the mostly European members and even openly attacking other NATO members like Greece. What you see now is heavy influence of China that wants to take complete control over Europe under the guise of something called the "Belt and Road" initiative with the heavy support of some European industrial leaders.

Assume that the leadership in Turkey is nothing more than a puppet regime fullfilling those interests.

Konstantinoble: https://youtu.be/Wcze7EGorOk

to me it looks like they are overstretching their hand and will eventually snap. if AKP stays in office eventually turkey will be the next Iraq without oil

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