Can Turkey become a "Superpower"?

[blondeturkish]

Kurdistan is "remaining and expanding".

That would still be a dream

 

[TruthSeeker]

No nation that is Islamist, that is, that allows political Islam to be a major factor in its politics, can ever be a super power. Turkey is moving to more, not less, Islamist power. Turkey is declining in its potential to be a super power. Why? Because to be a super power a nation must embrace and lead science and technology. Islamism prevents science from having the necessary space to develop world-leading technologies. China has all of the characteristics needed to be the leading super power, except for sufficient individual liberty. Individual liberty doesn't have to be absolute, of course. China needs just a bit more individual liberty, and the rule of law, to become the 21st century super power.

 

[Selim I]

@Kuwaiti Girl @blondeturkish @T-123456 And others, please stop turning this thread into a Euphrates Shield thread or Syrian War thread.

Instead, read my thread. You guys commented and voted in this thread even without reading my first post.

Stop spamming irrelevant stuff in here. Go do it elsewhere, we have plenty of other threads that suits your interest and heated debate.

 

[Selim I]

No nation that is Islamist, that is, that allows political Islam to be a major factor in its politics, can ever be a super power. Turkey is moving to more, not less, Islamist power. Turkey is declining in its potential to be a super power. Why? Because to be a super power a nation must embrace and lead science and technology. Islamism prevents science from having the necessary space to develop world-leading technologies. China has all of the characteristics needed to be the leading super power, except for sufficient individual liberty. Individual liberty doesn't have to be absolute, of course. China needs just a bit more individual liberty, and the rule of law, to become the 21st century super power.

Quite the contrary I'd say, Ottoman Empire was only able to unite with other nations that time was solely due to the factor of Islam.
And the whole purpose of this thread is actually that; does Turkey still posses the potential of uniting Muslim countries like before? Or somewhat form a strong union (like EU, or USA). And if the answer is yes - would it make this new union a Superpower?

In my thread I could come up with 4 reasons why I think Turkey may posses the potential.

 

[faithfulguy]

No nation that is Islamist, that is, that allows political Islam to be a major factor in its politics, can ever be a super power. Turkey is moving to more, not less, Islamist power. Turkey is declining in its potential to be a super power. Why? Because to be a super power a nation must embrace and lead science and technology. Islamism prevents science from having the necessary space to develop world-leading technologies. China has all of the characteristics needed to be the leading super power, except for sufficient individual liberty. Individual liberty doesn't have to be absolute, of course. China needs just a bit more individual liberty, and the rule of law, to become the 21st century super power.

To be a superpower, one must have that desire. Most Chinese have no desire to be a superpower. From this thread, not many Turkish wants to be superpower. Like most nationalities, most Turks just want a good family, job, security and the freedom to worship, plus experiencing joy and happiness of life. To me that is just normal human life. What would be abnormal is if a Turkish made a movie about becoming a superpower by 2030 and has many European whites serve as servants In Turkish. That would be deranged and despicable.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Turkey is geographically as big as Saudi Arabia , very very large country and they are close to Pakistan two very very big counrties

 

[Serpentine]

Turkey is geographically as big as Saudi Arabia , very very large country and they are close to Pakistan two very very big counrties

In terms of area, Turkey is nearly 1/3rd of Saudi Arabia. I don't know which country exactly you mistook for Turkey.

 

[terranMarine]

In terms of area, Turkey is nearly 1/3rd of Saudi Arabia. I don't know which country exactly you mistook for Turkey.

Perhaps he mistook Iran for Turkey?

 

[Serpentine]

Perhaps he mistook Iran for Turkey?

Maybe, but it should also be noted that since most of Saudi Arabia is barren desert, 'usable' land area of Turkey maybe equal or even more than KSA.

 

[terranMarine]

Maybe, but it should also be noted that since most of Saudi Arabia is barren desert, 'usable' land area of Turkey maybe equal or even more than KSA.

You've got a point there. But even then does Turkey not have what it takes to become the dominant force in the region if one leaves the size (or usable land) of the country out of the debate.

 

[marbella]

I've seen a list of voters, many of them may have never uttered a single word on PDF. Many strange user names!!

 

[GOLDENEAGLE1]

Turkey is still a developping country but it is developpping super fast, the next 10 years will be very important. TURKEY will be one of most powerful countries on eart our history speaks for itself.

Projects worth 1 trillion USD most of them succesfully finished already more will follow

Someone said Turkey isnt able to produce indigenous products

There are currently around 300 indigenous military projects ongoing and these are just the known ones

 

[KediKesenFare3]

Neither İran nor Egypt has the capabilities and the potential of Turkey. Especially Iran due to its extremely divers ethnic composition will be the next failed state in the Middle Eastern.

 

[terranMarine]

Turks can't handle the truth

 

[TheCamelGuy]

if TSK ever decide to attack you (which i hope it will someday) your shoeless bandit army will pitty the day they were born

Such video is best described a show of force using firepower. To make people like you excited lol. Proves nothing, might as well fill 100 barrels with fuel and blow them up for the cool explosive effect.

TAF can't face the ISF, the only edge you have is the aircraft. TAF's current condition is shit, now how many times do I have to tell you that. They took months for tiny Al Bab, Iraq's PMU would've taken Al Bab in 2 weeks.