Israel Is A Terrorist State: Turkey PM

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86. Why, Turkey most feared enemy is in complete disorder...

And as long as Greece is in complete disorder, Turkey will have a free hand elsewhere. Remember, Turkey's greatest threat is from Greece, the Greeks claim large parts of Turkey (Claims which Turkey rejects). I do not want to go into the various claims (the Greeks claim Western Turkey was mostly Greece prior to the 1920s war between Greece and Turkey, the Turks claim it was mostly Turkish, most people who have studied the situation, give the nod to the Greeks, but the Turks won that war).

More on The Greek-Turkish war of 1919-1922:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Turkish_War_(1919%E2%80%931922)
http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/5gke3d.htm

Thus the present situation in Greece, where you have at least 1/3 of the population in almost violent opposition to its own government, means no threat from Greece. It is to late for the Greek Government to try to unite the country with an attack on Turkey (or defense from a Turkish attack, depend how you would want to look at it), thus Turkey has no fears as to Greece.

The Greeks also seem to have been the main supporters of the Kurds in Turkey. Thus the financial crisis in Turkey has put restraints on the financial support for the Turkish Kurds, thus less a threat (The present Government of Iraq has only marginal control over its own Kurdish territory, but the Iraqi Kurds, with the withdraw of all Greek Support, have become dependent on US Support, something it will NOT risk by supporting the Kurds in Turkey, at least openly).

While the Armenians do not like the Turks, they are presently allied with Russia, and will not do anything Russia will not support. Georgia (The former Soviet State NOT the Southern US State) is difficult to determine. Russia fought Georgia over some territory presently helled by parts of Georgia that want to succeed from Georgia, and for all practical purposes that has tied up all forces in the Caucasus (Russian, Georgian, South Ossetian forces etc). I

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_parliamentary_election,_2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_South_Ossetia_War

Iran has other things to worry about (i.e. a US or Israeli attack), thus Turkey has no threats on any of its borders (Even Syria not a threat, it is to busy in a Civil War). Turkey's hands has NEVER been this free, even in the days of the Ottoman Empire.

Turkey does not know how long this will last, but it will end some time, but in the mean time, it is free to do want it whats to do.