"Both the Russian and Ottoman States were multicultural, continental empires that drew on nomadic roots and Byzantine models...
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Kicking off "Russia and Turkey: Lessons from the past century" at Bilkent University with Alexander Sotnichenko of the Russian Embassypic.twitter.com/svQ181fOtn
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"Turkey is the geopolitical pivot of Eurasia. This served as the basis for Abdulhamid & Ataturk's grand strategy: be neutral in a global clash
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"Three main points of cooperation: 1. Economic 2. Security in Eurasia - good for the region 3. Defending the nation state order against humanitarian intervention
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"We may have different interests in Syria but we have a shared interest in stopping the war. Turkish companies could also play a key role in reconstruction. Can use the Astana model to solve other Eurasian crises. We as regional powers need peace
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"Shared interest in vis a vis the West. Rejected by the EU, against sanctions, for multi-lateralism, for militarily indepence.
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"We may not like Iran but we need security and stability there
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"US pressure on Iran could create the same instability as in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya. We can stop this tragedy together
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"Turkey unfortunately engaged in some anti Russian efforts in central asia in the 90s under the leadership of the Gulen movement.
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"The MHP has discovered it can be more active in central asia in cooperation with Russia.
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"We believe in free trade. Why should Turkey buy expensive American gas instead of cheap Iranian gas
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"Sputnik: it is sometimes strange but it works
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"Crises in the caucasus are a result of Soviets losing the cold war" as problems in the ME followed ottoman loss
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* Did my best to summarize here although i should say these arent verbatim quotes
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Sounds good on paper but has little connection to reality. With Putin and Erdoğan one-man rule and many different agendas in Eurasia, it won't work. Also, Turkey cannot administer its own country, is broke. How can influence Eurasia policies?
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Merhaba ,Size rastlıyorum ara sıra buralarda , genellikle Türkiye ''uzmanları''nı tasdik ederken,sizinde fikirlerinizi okumak isterdim biraz ,samimiyim
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