Hard to ignore the sheer ambition here. Does Erdogan genuinely think he can bridge the global divides, or is this just a loudspeaker for his neo-Ottoman narrative?
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Honestly, this isn't new. Turkey has been trying to be a bridge since the Ottoman times. Some moves are smart, some are just for the gallery. The neo-Ottoman stuff is overblown by the media though, he's just playing the hand he's got with NATO and the East.
Exactly. People forget Turkey's unique position with the straits and all. it's not nostalgia, it's pragmatism. You play the cards geography dealt you.
@berlin_batu True, the media loves a dramatic label. but sometimes you gotta wonder if that rhetoric makes real bridging harder, not easier. Hard to be neutral when you sound like you're picking a legacy.
Ya Rabb guide the Ummah.
Madness.
SubhanAllah.
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Every leader wants to be remembered as the one who fixed the world. But the global divides aren't just geography, they're in the hearts of the powerful. I respect the effort to speak for the oppressed, but the rhetoric can sometimes cloud the real work.