Update on Central Asian Turkic States

 

The “United States of Turkic Nations” was originally formed by the former president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and President Erdogan of Turkiye.

The union is currently comprised of the following nations- Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Since its formation, the union has come along well with efforts to institute a common military, common economic goals, cultural integration, and even to form a common alphabet.

Although not official members, both Hungary and Northern Cyprus are welcomed to observe at official meetings.

Turkiye has done a great deal to help all of the member nations after they gained independence from Russia. In fact, Turkiye was the first to recognize each country as sovereign, and to open an embassy in each. Their militaries are all educated in Turkish war academies and students from these nations are given scholarships to study in Turkiye. Turkiye has given them military know-how, teaching them everything that is needed to be effective in war.

Everything was on target until…

Recently five of the member nations made a deal with Europe and received $12 billion dollars in return. $12 billion for what? To have their infrastructure renovated and the long-awaited Silk Road from China to Europe to be completed. The condition? These five nations must officially recognize Southern Cyprus who belongs to the European Union.

In my opinion, the EU killed to birds with one stone. Their goal is to dis mental the “United States of Turkic Nations.”

Will they succeed? We shall see what develops in the future.

These five nations welcomed the offer, accepted the $12 billion and each country has since opened an embassy in Southern Cyprus.

Why is this a problem?

It is a problem because Turkiye does not recognize Southern Cyprus. Turkiye maintains its military bases in Northern Cyprus to protect the Turkish citizens.

For years, the United Nations has tried to bring the two sides together, but Southern Cyprus does not want a two-nation state. They want Northern Cyprus back and to make all of Cyprus Greek.

Why did Turkiye invade Cyprus? Because the Greeks were ethnically cleansing the minority Turks on the island. It was essential for Turkiye to protect is citizenry. The result was the spit of the island in to two separate countries. Southern Cyprus is Greek. Northern Cyprus is Turkish.

Now, with this underhanded EU deal, five nations of the Turkic Union recognize the entire island as Cyprus as Greek. It also means that the Turkish army stationed in Northern Cyprus is now considered an invader.

Our Turkic brothers have stabbed Turkiye in the back. But, even so, they are still our brothers.

What would you do if your younger sibling did something wrong against you? You would forgive them and try to solve this family feud.

As a Turkish American, I am terribly disturbed with the action of these brothers. As an elder, I of the mind that these leaders are uneducated people. They have no clue how to effectively run their nations. They have no clue concerning the strategic importance of being in this union.

But, even with what they have done, we cannot possibly punish these five nations. Why? Because their opposition parties are furious with this behavior. I can assure you that the current leaders will not be in power come the next elections.

What stupidity these leaders have shown by accepting the money. Don’t they realize that the Silk Road ultimately passes through Turkiye before entering Europe?

Don’t they see that Turkiye will charge them higher prices for their natural gas which passes through Turkiye to Europe?

There is one leader of one nation, Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, who has not opened an embassy in Southern Cyprus and, to this date, still supports Northern Cyprus. Aliyev is not only smart, but he is a visionary leader. He was educated in one of the best universities in Russia and also taught at that same university.

It is interesting that the EU thought Turkiye would say nothing about the deal. But Turkiye has 2000 years of history behind it. Out of the 27 empires that have existed in the world, the Turks successfully built 16 of those empires.

Yes, that is a fact. 16 empires spanning 2000 years of history.

Who is not happy about the Turks forming this Turkic union? Russia, China, Iran and the EU. These European leaders did a good job persuading the untrained and uneducated leaders of Central Turkic Asia to accept their $12 billion dollar deal.

Or so they think.