{"id":44301,"date":"2011-09-22T18:06:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T15:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=44301"},"modified":"2011-09-22T18:06:27","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T15:06:27","slug":"imperial-nationalism-turkish-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/09\/22\/imperial-nationalism-turkish-union\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPERIAL  NATIONALISM  &amp;  TURKISH  UNION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republic of Turkey , born from the ashes of a 600-year Empire and having the character of independence , has pioneered many freedom movements which resulted with the establishment of new free countries within the first half of 20th century . The founders of the Republic under the leadership of Ataturk set up this new state by giving the whole nation \u00a0, desolated and impoverished , the spirit of resistance and by getting their rights with force against the Western Allies at that time ; therefore , they deserve our feelings of gratitude and respect .<\/p>\n<p>Today , at this point , we , as Turkey , need to follow much more active government policies . Personally , I strongly believe that the nationalism concept taking place among the founding principles of the Republic \u00a0should be considered as Imperial Nationalism . In other words , Turkey , will exert its power and authority in every piece of land which it already exists or existed before and which it strongly wishes to exist in the future . No need to say , this is not an enlargement basing on the military power , but on the contrary , an enlargement policy by using all the historical and cultural close relations and by creating a land of attraction for other states and people . Military power must always be respected and must create hesitation among the possible enemies .<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0First of all , I want to start wit a basic fact of creation : every entity in the universe has an energy and the power of this energy is directly proportional to its mass .<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0If we apply this fact to politics , the way to gain power in world politics goes through creating unity , as our ancestors wisely said \u201cunion makes us strong\u201d . Examples are many : USA today , Ottoman &amp; Roman Empires in the past &#8230; Of course , the age of empires ended long time ago , but there is always a future for the unions . Even the United States , despite its present power and influence , continuously brainstorms about establishing a One-World-Government under the authority of the United Nations controlled &amp; directed by the USA .<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Under the light of the basic reality above , Turkey , in order to be effective in world politics , needs to unite . The candidates for setting up a union stand next to us : Azerbaijan , Kazakhstan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , Kyrgyzstan and , due to geographical and historical ties , Georgia and Tajikistan . Except the last two , all Turkish origin states &#8230; This unification process can first start with the establishment of confederation and may end up with a federation .<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Due to its historical experience and the effectiveness in state establishment , Turkey must perform a leadership for establishing \u201cEurasia Federation\u201d consisting of the eight states above . This new Federation will represent\u00a0 a union covering approximaely 5 million square kilometers and a population of 150+ million , which is hard to ignore .<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0It is obvious that many of the other actors in the world politics will try every way in order to prevent such a powerful union . Moreover , the present administrators in these eight countries will be reluctant in giving up the power they currently use . However , nobody can claim that it will be easy . I personally do believe that the people forming the nations of those states will look at this unification idea with sympathy .<\/p>\n<p>Finally , the last but not least , this new \u201cEurasia Federation\u201d will need a technology-creating reliable partner in order to set up a confederation . That partner is JAPAN . Imagine Japan and Turkey with their own distinctive and leading characteristics and , right beside them , all other participating countries with their natural and social wealth . The future lies in the united political and social entities .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Even the idea itself is exciting !&#8230; Don\u2019t you think this is worth trying ???<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republic of Turkey , born from the ashes of a 600-year Empire and having the character of independence , has pioneered many freedom movements which resulted with the establishment of new free countries within the first half of 20th century . 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