Why NATO’s Biggest Internal Problem is Turkey

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[cragle]

13:30 - 14:05
the number you used for Marmara regions gdp per capita ($72, 000) was accounting for purchase power parity (ppp) whereas the number for the rest of turkey or Europe was not using ppp

marmara's actual gdp per capita is around $20, 000 (2018)

also the map you used to to show turkey's nationwide gdp per capita implies this is the gdp per capita for the area except for Marmara whereas the number includes it . the actual gdp per capita for the red area displayed on the map would be around $8, 000

in terms of total gdp the Marmara region makes up for around 44% of turkeys economy not 75%

[seriesmovies]

“Turkey isn’t Pro-Western nor is it Pro-Russian. Turkey is simply Pro-Turkey.”
This quote is a short summary of the video.

[filthycoder]

It is funny that nobody asked this question "What the US and the UK are doing in Cyprus, Syria, and Iraq".

[devonmoreau]

So many countries have territorial ambitions based on their past greatest extent, it's interesting to see how these overlap.

[texasray]

As I remember it, Turkey bent over backwards trying to join the EU and the European countries just wouldn't have it. So now maybe Turkey is just giving them a dose of their own medicine by refusing to go along with their projects. I think they deserve it because it's just the echo of their own attitude.

[vulpes]

The side Turkey took in Libyan civil war is the one that is officially recognized by UN so the NATO members who sided with that general dictator are in the "wrong" here, this doesnt mean Turkey is acting against NATO considering almost all NATO members recognize the government Turkey supports

[seto_kaiba_]

Technically a shitload of NATO countries (including the US) support Turkey’s side in the Libyan Civil War too.

[mr_______x]

Romania and Bulgaria were not in the USSR, they were aligned to the Soviet Union, but not part of it.

[isooo]

The map you have for Sevres partition is wrong:
1) Greek invasion zone expanded far beyond what you have shown. It contained the whole western Anatolia.
2) Southern Turkey was given to Italy and France as mandates (colonies)
3) Independence and self determination was only for Christian minorities. Neither Arabs nor Kurds were given independence.
Sevres said “Kurds were not ready for self governing”. A British mandate was to be formed which may be independent in future.
Turkey offered a plebicit for Northern Iraq in Lausanne. Lord Curzon’s response was “how can Kurds decide in a plebicit, they would eat the papers”. I still have no clue how this is supposed to be funny.

isnt it funny that nobody asked this question "What the US and the UK are doing in Cyprus, Syria, and Iraq"

[Billswiftgti]

I am Greek and I have to say that Turkey should take care of themselves, my goverment is sold to the USA. I respect Erdogan for taking care of his country and thinking about Turkey after his death, while my government grabs everything they can during their lifespan.

[IamaCosmonaut]

Fact worth mentioning about the Libyan civil war is that the opposing side to Turkey is also supported by Russia. While rest of EU (minus Cyprus, France and Greece) and UK support the same side Turkey does. To say that the modern state of Libya is a mess is a serious understatement.

[JustSome]

Tbh in Libya it was actually France and Greece that were the odd ones out, the EU (besides Greece, Cyprus and France) and Italy in particular all backed the Tripoli based government (the same one backed by Turkey) so in that case it was more those three countries disagreeing with their allies
Edit: It was/is also the government recognised by the UN

[kairos_fluent]

I think a video about the Balkans geography and how that influenced the history and politics of that region would be very interesting.

[kiriseraph]

Imagine if Greece and Bulgaria agreed to build a really long canal through their territories to the Black Sea...

[spambot_gpt]

Random geography is totally fine if it gives you an extremely advantageous trade chokepoint.

But it is totally unfair it makes your coastal waters a bit smaller.

No wonder these old conflicts just don't seem to end and new alliances are staying at arm's length.

[emyrgrznsky]

21:24 Turkey, Greece and UK all signed up to a treaty that agreed upon terms of a country invading Cyprus to protect it's minority if any attack towards the latter happens. You explicitly do NOT mention this.

[filipgutehall]

Turkey blocking NATO warships from entering the black sea is due to the Montreux Convention of 1936 which makes it so turkey cannot close the straits to warships of only one nationality, making it so only ships of the black sea countries's black seas fleet can enter.

[Alexander]

It would be worth the trouble to mention that the Greek advance to the Asia Minor ended 30 km from Ankara

[rossfrazier]

This channel is one of the best I've ever seen.