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bro he is saying TURK .. NOT AZERİ TURK

I know, I was not referring to what Khamenei himself was saying, but the crowd there. I use Azeri Turk term to avoid confusion. Otherwise, in Iran plain Turk word are used for Azerbaijani Turks.

BTW, this is what Khamenei says in whole: "Turks like Persians, and Persians like Turks, are Iranians, are Muslims, are brothers".

Now, Tabriz Azari, since when are Turks of Turkey Iranians? Why don't you just accept plain facts and stop embarassing yourself.
 
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Iranian-Azari General Yahya Rahim Safavi

Iranian-Azari General Yahya Rahim Safavi accused Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar of serving US and Israeli interests in Syria aimed at weakening “the resistance axis comprising Iran, Syria and Hezbollah.” In commenting on Ankara’s position on the issue, the senior military adviser to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Turkey “a strategic competitor of Iran,” in the wake of weapons supplies to Syrian rebels by the West and Arab Monarchies, with Turkish help.
With Syria the prime issue is the civil war. There are gross human rights violations and now it would seem like majority Syrians are against their own government.

IMO all regional players would slowly withdraw support from Syria while some may even become hostile. You are forgetting that all the leaders of these countries have to justify their position on regional issues. If the public feels more and more disgusted by some of the actions of the Syrian government and can see how one by one all the big names are joining rebels, the leaders have to act in accordance to the popular voice.

Ankara is still one of Washington’s closest allies, and by extension, an Israeli ally given the close ties between Washington and Tel Aviv. NATO member since 1952, Turkey served as a basing point for the 1991 War against Iraq, and is currently one of the most active countries in operations in Afghanistan.

Turkey was a major outpost against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Turkey is the only power whose imperial ambitions in Eurasia match those of the US, increasingly worried about the possible establishment of a continental alliance between Iran, Russia, China and other regional nations that are allergic to U.S. activity in the region.

This is besides the point. We have all been close allies of the US, lets face it, when it suited us we were easily manipulated by the US. It is also true about Turkey that it is slowly exerting its independence especially since the Erdogan and as the military clout has subsided. I think it would be plain wrong to call Turkey a blind supporter of US or Israel. It works with them on certain projects, and fights with them on certain issues too.

The dream of uniting this composite and often divergent mosaic of peoples into a “common Turkic state” brought the birth of Pan-Turkism, at the end of the XIX century. Since then, the Pan-Turkist ideology has historically served the interests of all those powers interested in disintegrating Russia (first imperial and then Soviet). The collapse of the Soviet Union, with the consequent birth of newly independent Turkic countries, has given new life to dreams of Turkish imperialism.

Ankara’s Neo Pan-Turkism is divided over the scope and shape of its imagined new Turkish order. If creating an empire that includes areas of Iran, Russia and China is not a viable option, Turkey may attempt to use cultural influence to seek to destabilize those regions, and countries bordering them. Turkey is also seeking to strengthen its influence in the Caucasus and Central Asia at the expenses of Tehran, Moscow and Beijing.

Given Ankara’s membership to NATO, the Neo Pan-Turkism is not only the ideology of a new imperial Turkey, but also a weapon through which the US and Israel seek to secure control over energy resources and transportation routes from Central Asia and the Caspian Sea. Turkey has made its intentions clear. However, these types of social engineering programs bring with it the risk of a wider regional conflict, nuclear proliferation, and an all out regional war.


See also: ‘West uses Syria to hit China, Russia and Iran’

As far as provable actions go, Turkey has never shown expansionist actions. Yes, control and influence keeps increasing as their military and economic standing in the world increases.

Let's not forget how Turkey was formed, but cutting itself out of the vast reaches of the Ottoman Empire.
 
is this military forum or race?

Good question - to answer this is definitely not a race/racial forum.

Shutting this thing down.

Please discuss major issues of a geo-political nature here, don't discuss people.
 
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