WHAT?
Turkey's population isn't exactly booming
Turkish population, while not booming, is going at a healthy rate. German population is DECLINING!
By 2023, Republic of Turkey will have a greater population than Germany. A fact.
Also, ethnic Turks should be having 3 babies on average. Otherwise, ethnic kurds will become 40% of Turkey within 30 years...and believe me, 30 years is nothing in terms of time frame.
second part of your post is completely false. Especially the NATO protection part... dafuq?
We don't need NATO protection.
WE ARE NATO
Turkey is not a nuclear missile power, so please stop it.
United States is NATO. Not Turkey.
Without a credible nuclear deterrence, and without any U.S/Coalition support, Turkey won't be able to hold against Russian military aggression in the region (Caucus, Eastern Europe, Black Sea, and so on).
Stopped reading and lost all interest apart from flametrolling war watching beyond that.
Fun thread though!
Tsss, Tay.
Please explain the inaccuracies in my post.
European powers aren't geopolitical powers anymore. They barely play any role or enjoy any influence on any countries beyond Europe. They have small, cut-down militaries.
European powers are mainly economic powers (Especially Germany!) today...but when it comes to issues like Israel-Palestine, Syrian War, Egyptian revolution/counter revolution, Russian expansionism and so on...it is the Turks who play an active geopolitical role in these conflicts rather than France or UK.
You see what I'm saying?
Besides, if Turkey enters EU---it would be a very, very important country owing to its size, population, and voting power in EU parliament.
Don't you agree?