GlobalMillitary96
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Turkey is a regional power I believe Turkey's influence can be felt in the Islamic World and the Turkic World.
I believe these places to be Turkey's sphere of influence due to religious, historical and cultural reasons.
-Balkans
-Middle East
-North Africa
-Caucasus
-Horn of Africa
-Central Asia
Turkey's sphere of influence is pretty big I can see why so many feel threatened by it. Imagine the potential for Turkey in these regions.
These places are perfect for soft and hard power.
I think Turkey can win through hard power however it has already lost the soft power war in North Africa and the Middle East. The Arab-Israeli alliance has spent billions countering Turkish soft power. Like always, we will be forced to use hard power, which means that we will grow in influence by expanding borders and launching operations. We never should have supported the Muslim Brotherhood. It was probably our biggest blunder. In general the Middle Eastern countries hate us and are easily manipulated by the US. We cannot trust any Middle Eastern country, I'm even slightly suspicious of Qatar.
The situation in the Balkans is rather complex. However as a general rule of thumb, Balkan countries are looking to Turkey as a power that can help them stay afloat, same way they look at Russia. We should continue to make relations better with Balkans countries, and try to make sure that if anything happens that they won't support Greece against us. I can see us working closely with Macedonia in the years to come.
The horn of Africa is a very strategic area. It can host military bases that can threaten Saudi hegemony in the region and possibly even serve as missile launch and airbase sites. However more pragmatically speaking, we can help Sudan and Somalia fight against militants so we can gain a foothold in the region. This can have many benefits as you can imagine.
Our main goal in the Caucasus should be to win back occupied Azerbaijani territory and deny American military presence in Armenia. Both Georgia and Azerbaijan are very friendly towards us, which makes our job a lot easier. Across the Caspian Sea we can find our Turkic brothers in central Asia. As the most populated and arguably most powerful Turkic country we should ensure that all Turkic countries are peaceful towards each other. We have the ability to mediate any issues in Central Asia. We should strive to learn from each other and set up joint cultural and archaeological projects. We need to stick together in order to preserve our culture and our ancient traditions. Together we can build an enviable union which other countries will even want to join.
So to some it up we have a lot of potential. Our biggest threats are Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, Greece and Israel. together they have made most other Middle Eastern and North African countries disapproving of us. Unfortunately we can't do much right now except for protecting our immediate interests (Eastern Mediterranean Gas and Northern Syria). As for the other areas, we can form a military, economical and cultural pact that can change the balance of power.