Turkiye Must Now Engage with the Turkish Sphere
The world is entering a new power structure, and Turkey cannot remain outside this structure. At this point, the issue is no longer a matter of foreign policy preference. This issue is a matter of the state's survival and the nation's direction.
This is Inevitable. History sometimes advances silently, sometimes it breaks down the door with a bang. The period we are living in today is the latter.
The collapse of state authority in Iraq, the Aleppo-centred equation in Syria, the regime's crackling in Iran, and the US's openly interventionist reflex in Venezuela; when read together, they reveal a single truth: The world is entering a new power alignment, and Turkey cannot remain outside this alignment.
At this point, the issue is no longer a matter of foreign policy preference. This issue is about the survival of the state and the direction of the nation. There is one rule that has remained unchanged throughout history: power vacuums do not last. When Rome fell, Byzantium emerged; when Byzantium weakened, the Seljuks emerged; when the Seljuks tired, the Ottomans emerged. When the Ottomans withdrew, this region was condemned to a century of instability.
Today, Iraq is effectively an arena where various power centres clash, rather than a centralised state. This situation is not merely a neighbouring country for Turkey, but a forward security line. Any weakness in Iraq returns to Turkey as terrorism, migration, and border pressure. Aleppo in Syria is not an ordinary city. Aleppo is the historical lock between Anatolia and the Middle East. Whoever holds sway in Aleppo shapes Turkey's southern security.
The message the US is sending through Venezuela is clear: if the state weakens, sovereignty becomes debatable. This model is being played out in Iraq, Syria and Iran under different names.
A possible collapse in Iran will determine the fate of millions of Turks living in South Azerbaijan. This is no longer a romantic ideal, but a matter of national security.
The Turkey–Azerbaijan–Pakistan line is the backbone of security in the new era. This alliance shows that Turkey is now thinking not only of its own borders but of the entire Turkic world. This is not an imperial dream, but the return of imperial thinking. The legacy of the Ottoman Empire is not land, but a multi-layered state of mind.
Turkey's border is not the line drawn on the map. Turkey's border is where history is being reshaped. Those who unite open a new era. The steps taken today will be the name of tomorrow.
