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Actually statistical research have found that an absolute majority of Turkey's population, including conservatives, are secular and want a secular government. Also, Turks are massively becoming irreligious. In 2 generations, irreligious people will be the majority.

Okay, so because his economic policy was succesful for a while (wouldnt call it succesful now), does that give him the right to be tyrranical?

Erdogan himself is tyrranical.

The US is pretty much an empire, in the sense that they had a dramatic territorial expansion in the first 100 years of its existence. It started out as 13 colonies and quickly engulfed everything up to the pacific coast. That's also conquest. And yeah, colonialism and modern imperialism played...

it not the idea of praying at Ayasofya that I am against. I am against the way this is being exploited for votes and the danger of destroying cultural heritage, just in the sake of historical pride of conquest. I agree with you, many historical mosques are empty, while dozens are being built...

I highly doubt the government will be that stupid to cover up the mozaics again.

Fair enough, if they keep it open for tourism and tourist revenues I'm not completely against it. Also, in my opinion, just because Fatih Sultan Mehmet did it 600 years ago, does not mean we should forever keep it the same. But there is no practical value in turning it into a mosque. There are...

Yeah but the mozaics were covered with plaster by the Ottomans. So are they going to cover it again you think? If yes, it would be desctruction of not only millions in tourist revenue, but invaluable historical assets and 90 years of work trying to restore them.

But will people still need to pay an entrance fee? What about the mozaics etc?

Yes but in Turkey, HDP gets about 10% of the votes, while there are about 18% Kurds+ Zaza's in Turkey. Also, 30% of HDP voters are Non-Kurds. That means an abolute majority of Turkish Kurds doesn't vote for HDP. As fot the voting maps, there are only 2 or 3 provinces where HDP really gets the...

There are much, much more Kurds fighting as professional soldiers in the Turkish army than in the PKK...

The current number of Turks in Macedonia falls in between 50.000-200.000, depending on which source you prefer. Also it is more complicated than that, as many Albanians in Macedonia are bilingually raised in Albanian and Turkish and heavily identify with Turks. When I was in Skopje, it was very...

You shouldn't determine the defensive capability of TAF based on one little raid on a base where Turkish forces and equipment are barely present.

If true, it means the air defence systems present can't detect the fighters?

What suspension is the Altay going to use because of the embargo?

The stacks seem to be against Turkey regarding available equipment.

We need both. Remember, it's not only PKK that is a threat to us. Our southern and western borders are suitable for tank warfare.

Does this mean Turkey has to sell the S400 to the US??

To what extent is Turkey reinforcing the GNA for the offensive?

True, but domestic projects are mostly going well. Attack helicopter engine, missile engine, engine for afv's are all progressing well.