Turkey playing destabilizing game in Middle-East as President Erdogan’s role threatens world peace

There are two diametrically reverse developments which can be manifesting themselves within the Middle-East. One development is progressive, reconciliatory, and stabilizing; the opposite development is disruptive, expansionist (each when it comes to territory and a fundamentalist, exclusivist, supremacist and sectarian ideology) and destabilizing. The first development is represented by the Arab world, led by Saudi Arabia, UAE and their shut allies. The second development is mirrored within the shenanigans of Turkey and Iran.

Ever because the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran has stood out as a defiant, typically wayward energy within the Middle-East. But now, there’s one other contender — Turkey – which is looking for to increase its footprint within the area, and within the course of destabilizing it. In truth, whereas loads of consideration is targeted on the disruptive actions of Iran, not sufficient is being stated in regards to the doubtful position of Turkey in disturbing the fragile equilibrium within the area. 

From a time when Turkey, as a member of NATO, and secular democracy, was seen as a pillar of stability within the Middle-East to now when its seen as an overbearing, obstinate, obnoxious nation led by an Islamic megalomaniac like Recep Tayyip Erdogan who believes that being impolite, offensive, supercilious with different nations and interfering of their affairs is the best way to point out that Turkey has arrived, it has been a steep fall.

Erdogan has all however destroyed democracy in Turkey together with his authoritarianism. He has turned on its head fashionable Turkey’s secular foundations by taking it in the direction of undisguised Islamism. He has muzzled the media in Turkey, jailed opponents and crushed dissent.

The regime has brutalized minority ethnic teams just like the Kurds, actually bombarding their houses and hearths. He has flirted with ISIS terrorists, and there are critical allegations that his household (his son) has profited from his affiliation with ISIS.

Erdogan has blackmailed Europe by threatening to unleash waves of refugees, threatened struggle on a fellow NATO ally – Greece — interfered within the civil struggle in Libya, tried to flirt with the Muslim Brotherhood, even patronize them, to trigger disturbances within the Arab World. He has riled Egypt due to his assist for Muslim Brotherhood, encroached in Syria to prop up his personal favorites, dared Russia by capturing down its plane, after which like a coward bent over backwards to appease the Russian President. He has tried to cock a snook on the US by getting into into protection offers with Russia, regardless of being a member of NATO.

Erdogan has tried to confront Israel and like a complete hypocrite criticized UAE and Bahrain for recognizing Israel and opening up diplomatic relations with it. Further in South Asia, in India, he has tried to intrude in India and has patronized Kashmiri separatists by giving them cash, media entry and even coaching. And all of that is being finished whereas the Turkish financial system has gone right into a tailspin.

Given his megalomania and pretensions for reviving the Caliphate (in fact anointing himself because the neo-Caliph), Erdogan has finished every thing doable to disturb the Middle-East simply so he can re-establish Turkey’s pre-eminence within the area.

The Turkish Empire was in decline for greater than 100 years earlier than it disappeared within the early 20th century after the First World War appears to have been ignored by Erdogan and whereas he throws his weight round, he forgets that the world is not within the medieval ages the place his antics may work.

Whatever Turkey has gained through the years has been due to the reforms that Kemal Ataturk initiated and the shut affiliation with the West, Erdogan now appears hell-bent on undoing for the sake of self-aggrandizement. What he’s now making an attempt to do is to reclaim the management of the Islamic world — a part of his delusions of reviving the Caliphate.

The drawback is that the world at the moment is much more difficult than it was when the TV manufactured legendary hero of Erdogan, Ertugrul, laid the foundations of the Ottoman Empire. It appears that Erdogan has satisfied himself that similar to Ertugrul exploited the chaos of the 13th century to put the muse of his dynasty, Erdogan hopes to do the identical by exploiting and if essential creating chaos within the 21st century. His playbook isn’t that difficult, even when his thoughts and calculations are fairly convoluted, even sinister.

What Erdogan is taking part in for is the management of the Islamic world however this world revolves broadly round three axes. One axis includes the Arab world led by Saudi Arabia, UAE and their allies. The second axis is Iran and the Persian/Shia section of the Islamic world and the third axis revolves round Turkey and includes the Turkic folks. Then there are the outliers – the Pakistan sort nations – which may comply with one or the opposite however can’t lead the Islamic World.

Erdogan has to undermine the Arab and Persian axes if he has to put the muse of Turkey turning into the centre of the Islamic world once more. He realizes that the Arab world at the moment is wealthy and highly effective. More importantly, it has highly effective allies and pals. But he hopes to weaken the Arab states by exploiting their fault strains — inner divisions and energy play by agitating the Arab avenue. This he believes is the largest vulnerability and is exactly the place he’s specializing in.

For now, he’s aligning with Iran, or no less than making some frequent trigger, however battle is inbuilt on this equation. The Persians are loath to just accept Turkic overlordship. Plus there are critical sectarian, ethnic, linguistic and cultural divisions between the Persian/Shia axis and the Turkic/Sunni axis.

Once Erdogan has destabilized the Arab World, he thinks he’ll have the ability to exploit Iran’s fault strains way more successfully than both the Arabs or the only real superpower – the US.

The assist that the West will give to the Arabs could be countered by making a brand new alliance with nations like Russia, and to an extent, China.

The ferment within the area is seen as being conducive to Erdogan’s strategic sport plan and he’s all set to go all in to fulfil his ambition. Cut to the chase, Erdogan and Turkey are at the moment taking part in essentially the most destabilizing sport within the Middle-East, by making an attempt to get their fingers in each pie, exploit each fracture and lightweight a fireplace in every single place there’s some inflammable materials obtainable. Only by means of disruption, destabilization, dislocation and eventually destruction and devastation can one thing new emerge within the Middle-East and when that occurs, Erdogan will go down in historical past as the brand new Ertugrul, but when solely needs have been horses.