Re-invention of West again rests on dragging Türkiye to war with Russia

It can be said that those who consider Europe, or in general, the West’s invention as a historic event, consider the eventual stage as invariable data. The East-West differentiation, which became prominent, especially in the second half of the 20th century, paved the way for the opinion that the West’s invention corresponded to an advanced stage in humanity’s common destiny. Eventually, there would be no need for differentiation in the 1990s, and history would come to a halt. This rejoiced various groups in Türkiye. They were reaching conclusions on their behalf based on Western values illuminating the whole world during an Anglo-Saxon-based globalization period and renewing their faith in science. They valued intellect, and time proved them right. They too played a role in the victory. In a sense, they would be considered winners as well. There could no longer be turning back from this. Hence, they did not debate the final status of the invented West.

Anglo-Saxon efforts in the early 1990s, dragging the West to settle in the Turkic and Islamic region, the West’s final stage idea could have shown that it was an imperialist project. But they were blinded by the excitement of joining the war against darkness alongside enlightenment. Change was inevitable for them. Therefore, some of the shortcomings experienced during the process of taking democracy to the East Islamic world were ignored. Yet, Anglo-Saxons were implementing an extraordinarily major invasion project, but this truth found no response among groups that believed it represented Western values. They insisted on blaming, in any event, the people in the region invaded. Their faith in the West remained firm despite the major crimes committed in a region spanning Afghanistan and Morocco. They truly believed that were in a great battle against darkness in the name of enlightenment, against ignorance in the name of science, and against autocracy in the name of democracy. Hence, the West’s Anglo-Saxon-led advancement in the East was not an invasion. Their deep faith in the West should be considered the traumatic result of the Westernization period.

The East-West differentiation today is re-imposed on almost the whole world in U.S. and U.K. leadership. The July 15, 2016, coup and invasion attempt was a project implemented by those who wanted to see Türkiye positioned alongside the Anglo-Saxons. If they had managed on that day to take Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, we would be living in a different world today. The downing of a Russian aircraft in December 2015, and the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Türkiye Andrei Karlov in December 2016 were all aimed at the same objective. July 15 took place right in the middle of these two events. They wanted us to fight against Russia. There is a lack of focus on the seamless alliance between NATO and the Fetullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ). This strange alliance gains meaning within the size of the project aimed at driving Türkiye into war with Russia. The fact that President Erdoğan’s statement – which came years later – “If it weren’t for our efforts in the last two years, the West camp would have driven Türkiye into war with Russia. As long as we are here, we will not allow this to happen,” drew no reaction from in especially the opposition front is important. They did not even object. They believe they are going to win the upcoming election, and hence declaring they will oppose Russia in the name of the U.S. and the U.K.

At the time he was serving as prime minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu was right in the middle of the aircraft crisis with Russia. We don’t have detailed information about his role in this event, but shortly after he left his role as prime minister, we experienced the July 15 coup and invasion attempt, and Karlov’s assassination happened in December of the same year. NATO and FETÖ’s partnership became clearer on July 15. It is known that Russia is aware of the objective underlying this partnership. In fact, Russian President Vladimir Putin had shared intelligence with Türkiye on July 15. U.S. It was after President Joe Biden openly declared the opposition in Türkiye would be supported, and they would thus remove Erdoğan, that the opposition in Türkiye started to make bolder moves. Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu declared in the U.S. that they would stand with Ukraine. The spokespersons of the conservative right stated they were fighting for democracy against autocratic methods. They were on the side of intelligence and science.

They must believe that once they achieve their objective, they will be able to spread the war from the Balkans to the Chinese border. They know our neighborhood relations encompass a vast area. This will thus give them a great opportunity to re-invent the West.