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You are right about Iran but he was also talking about Turan with the Turkic states which is possible.He is right in the beginning, a Russian/Turkish alliance could lead to bad consequences for Israel and the West. If Turkey becomes a nuclear armed nation with help of Russia we could see a major war in the Middle East. The rest of the video was nonsense to me, there won't be a Turkish Republic. Neither will Iran unite under Turkey. Iran struggles to have major ties with Sunni majority states. And Sunni's uniting under Turkey is not going to happen. As I assume this refers to Arab Sunni's, Arab 'moderate' Sunni's don't like Turkey's leadership and the only such unity would come under banner of Islam. There is no way nationalist Turks, Arabs, and Iranians could unite under a non-Islamic cause.
1. He is talking about ethnic Azeri population in IranHe is right in the beginning, a Russian/Turkish alliance could lead to bad consequences for Israel and the West. If Turkey becomes a nuclear armed nation with help of Russia we could see a major war in the Middle East. The rest of the video was nonsense to me, there won't be a Turkish Republic. Neither will Iran unite under Turkey. Iran struggles to have major ties with Sunni majority states. And Sunni's uniting under Turkey is not going to happen. As I assume this refers to Arab Sunni's, Arab 'moderate' Sunni's don't like Turkey's leadership and the only such unity would come under banner of Islam. There is no way nationalist Turks, Arabs, and Iranians could unite under a non-Islamic cause.
1. He is talking about ethnic Azeri population in Iran
2. He didn't mention Arabs one time in the video. He talks purely about Turkic peoples.
You are right about Iran but he was also talking about Turan with the Turkic states which is possible.
We dont want a union with Iran or Arab states so no worries there.
A lot of things can change in 30 year frame. Just imagine you are 30 years back in time and try to imagine the things of today. It is hard to say but I think eventually Azeri in Iran will get the upper hand which will be good for Turkey.I thought the Sunni's/Shias he mentioned where in reference to the region's Sunni's/Shias. It appeared that way, thanks for clarifying though.
Interesting speech.
Basically, he predicts(fear) that Azerbaijanis gain power again in Iran using their big population, and get united with Turkey, and Central Asia, and make the united Turan, and became allies with Pakistan, and make a half of billion union with abundant energy resources and access to Russian arm technology. well, it is not far fetched.
Well,most dont have a problem with Russia as far as i know.How do Turks feel about establishing ties with Russia?
A lot of things can change in 30 year frame. Just imagine you are 30 years back in time and try to imagine the things of today. It is hard to say but I think eventually Azeri in Iran will get the upper hand which will be good for Turkey.
I agree with most things that he says but I don't agree Russia and Turkey need to be enemies. A growing Turkic power won't harm Russia because we will respect their sensitives. This particular politician doesn't understand that but luckily Putin understands it.
As far as I know there aren't big troubles between Russia and Turkic minorities. But as you pointed out. Ethnic Slav people are getting smaller each year. This might cause some friction betweent the two people but Russia is very open-minded country (unlike the Chinese). If they give enough religious and ethnic freedom I don't expect any problems. The only downside for Russia is that Turkic peoples will get more and more influence in Russia.Well, Russians are also worried about turks inside of Russia as well. If you remember, we had a talk about it, and I told you how Russians kept their share in Russia population by bringing Russians of Kazakhstan and Ukraine to Russia. But, this process can no longer be continued since most of them are already brought back to Russia. while population growth rate reaches to 4% in some regions of north caucasus and is a big number in turkic areas, it is negative in most Russian inhabiting areas. They are very afraid of that.