Message from @Coltwind
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To be fair, the Ottoman Empire did stabilise the region and it is somewhat fair that they have that as consolation for being split up by the Allies.
BUT
They did also wage a genocidal campaign against the Armenians.
Like they have no claim over Anatolia.
Legally speaking, technically.
But then there's the other side of that coin.
They have a long-established ethnic and administrative presence there, so Anatolia isn't quite black and white.
Culturally, it is *very* Turkish.
I mean, that was established by killing the people that wouldn't assimilate, though.
That's true.
But like
Can you redraw the borders of the Middle East now differently from the Sykes-Picot Agreement?
No, it's too long-standing.
It wouldn't be practical.
With Cyprus, the vast majority are Greek Cypriots.
The government is formerly Greek.
And Turkey invaded unlawfully.
isn't there still demilitarized zones in Cyprus?
there is
Yes.
*or
Yeah I remember watching a documentary on it awhile back on YouTube. It's been happening since like the 60's or 70's. Cyprus used to be a popular celebrity vacation spot back in the 60's until war broke out. Why did the Turks invade? They claim it's their land or something?
They do.
The Turks are basically using WWII Germany logic and saying “we have an ethnic minority here therefore we should unite our ethnic peoples”
Which is retarded because when they invaded only 17% of the population were ethnically Turkish
Even right now, there are roughly 650000 Greek Cypriots to Turkish Cypriots.
*150000
Lol that's fuckin' nuts. I know blacks aren't African, but that is like Africa invading the US because 13% of the population is black.
That's also why they've been deploying troops into northern Syria, since there's an ethnic minority of Turkic tribesmen there.
They were likely hoping Syria would collapse entirely so they could annex it.
The Turks aren’t to be trusted
And then they wonder why Christians were fighting the Crusades
Honestly, giving Cyprus to Greece would be better for everyone because Greece’s economy can be revitalised and everyone in Europe can benefit from Greece.
Yeah Cyprus has a lot of tourism potential, which could help with it's prolonged debt crisis
Exactly
Cyprus could be great but it cannot sustain itself as an independent state, nor can it sustain itself under the control of globalist Greece.
But tbh Turkey is by far the worst option geopolitically speaking because the Turks are just gonna use the oil money to fuck everyone over.
Look at the spending, debt, and GDP as base metrics
Like macroeconomically speaking