The dream of the Sultan of Erdogan and the ghost of a great war – Mark Haroutyounian
02 MARCH 2021
The Turkish president continues to restore and assimilate the heritage of the Sultan. He has already called himself the leader of Islam, threatening the West and the Arab world. He acts recklessly, as no one tries to limit his Imperial ambition.
Reminder: Faithful to the heritage of Sultan Mehmet Fetih, as he had done in the 17th century. In the 19th century, with his army, by a decree of Erdogan, he transformed the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople into a mosque, and the pastor waved the sword of the Ottoman conqueror and preached.
The world listened, watched, was silent. Encourage us? Powerlessness? Guilt?
Erdogan can afford anything, because there is no one in front of him, sometimes there are muscular speakers. A follower of the events asks if Erdogan can continue the agitation until confrontation. According to his rhetoric, he’s ready for a showdown. He declares. “When it comes to fighting, we don’t hesitate to have martyrs.”
Turkey’s neighbors, Europe, the West and the Arab world know this challenge, which would not come in disguise. It is clearly conquering. You must display the map. The Turkish army is present in Syria, Iraq, Libya. It is established in these countries as a conquering imperial power.
The European Union became powerless and could not prevent its member, Cyprus, from invading and occupying 38% of the territory by the Turkish army. It was July 20, 1974, almost half a century ago, and over time it has become a habit, more of an agenda for the 27 member states, an admission of defeat and a blessing in disguise. It is also not on the agenda of the United Nations High Commissioner, of which Cyprus and Turkey are members. What happens to the United Nations when the Organization does not defend its members?
United Nations High Commissioner:
Since no one holds Turkey to account, it automatically authorizes further expansionist aggressions, just as the hordes of the past, who were accountable to no one, did not hold back. He did so, repeating history, during the last war in Artsakh against the Armenians, bringing the fanatical mercenaries of the Syrian opposition into Artsakh.
Artsakh is too small for the international community and for politics. Although in recent days French TV channels and newspapers have widely covered the right of a nation to live in the land of its fathers under the veil of Artsakh and Armenia, who lost in battle. uneven in the Artsakh mountains.
Turkey has attacked many other fronts as well. He violates the maritime borders of Greece and Cyprus, wants to seize the islands off the coast of Turkey, ignores international agreements, flies his fleet near them, uses the Turks of Europe, in particular the ‘Germany and France, to exploit its electoral interests and exploit Europe. It’s no secret, but no one is against it.
The international community, including Russia and Armenia, believed Turkey would be careful not to resort to military aggression in the Caucasus. But Turkey circumvented the unspoken ban by cooperating with Azerbaijan, which called it “one people, two states”. Supported the Azerbaijani army with weapons and consultants. Artsakh and Armenia could not resist. The result is known.
Self-proclaimed President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan is compelled to pay homage to the traditional nationalist-religious expectations of his masses, capturing them and arousing religious sentiments. Armenia was an easy target for him.
Europe and America will not retaliate by making an unforgivable political error when the borders of Cyprus and Greece have already become a war zone. Who will explain how Turkey, member of the Atlantic Pact, threatens Greece, member of the same Pact? The Atlantic Treaty is an alliance. What to understand? How can the European Union, the Atlantic Treaty and the United States not oppose Turkish aggression?
Russia is simply surprising. Turkey’s pan-Turanian ambition first threatens the integrity of Russian imperial territory, because the trend is clear. to unite the Turkish-speaking and Turkish-speaking peoples. Russia is convinced that it is aware of the threat, but tolerates Turkey’s conquests in order to distance it from Westerners who seek to isolate it.
It was and is difficult for Armenia to find its place in this game of chess. It was necessary to have an internal force and half or full allies on the external front. How is it that Georgia, which is part of the same cultural basin, is not an ally of Armenia? How to explain, first of all, our incapacity?
We must always keep Erdogan’s big dream in mind. to continue Mehmet Fetih Sultan’s victory in the capture of Constantinople in 1453 and to complete it with the conquest of Europe. To do this, Islam has become a strategic weapon today and wants to become its leader, the caliph. Almost four centuries after the capture of Constantinople in 1914, more than half of the city’s population was Christian. The Turkification of the city took place, along with an unnamed ethnic cleansing, ethnic cleansing. Always with the sinful silence of the West. The people are gone, the centuries-old Greek and Armenian heritage remains. The Greek and Armenian patriarchates are watching, trying to save what is possible, but also for how long.
The Turkish authorities want to forget the history of the pre-Ottoman period. Church-owned areas in Turkey are being taken over and sold, including churches.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, regardless of law and public opinion, pursues his policy of conquest.
Sooner or later, the pan-Turkish ambition will oppose Russia, and the will to reconquer the former Ottoman territories of the Mediterranean will be fought by Europe and the West in general.
Add the permanent Kurdish threat.
What could be the consequence of ambitions, policies of conquest, the abuse of nationalist and religious fanaticism?
And because the disposition of modern forces and their might is such that a war does not stay in one geographic area, it inevitably becomes global.
A great war. Globally: And a new map.
Europe, America, Russia, the Arab world, China, India, Iran and everyone else knows the danger. Will they one day explain why they tolerate increased corruption?
Will they do it before the disaster or at the end?
Paris
Original in Armenian – Source Yerakouyn
English translation – LOUSAVOR AVEDIS:
