Al-Fatiha in a whirlwind because of the pound… Terror in Athens
The Greece of ELIAMEP and other sub-centers of media power refers to the theorem of exporting from Turkey any kind of internal crisis (such as the current one), disgusting the face of the historical reality that the Turkish claims against our country and the Islamists and Kemalists are timeless and does not need the collapse of the Turkish pound even for our “peaceful mutilation”. It is obvious the mistake of their theory that cultivates the road in Greece. It would be good for the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to look at himself in the mirror and to remember the real crises with Turkey that ended in defeats of our country ώντας cultivating the way in Greece…
And we explain: Modern history has shown us that periods of political instability in Greece are those that have “attracted” Turkish attacks from Turkey. In 1955 there was a power vacuum due to the death of Papagos and the September pogrom against the Greeks of the city took place. In 1967 the dictatorial regime came close to a war with Turkey, which resulted in the -critical- withdrawal of the Greek division from Cyprus. In 1974 the tragedy of Attila’s invasion of Cyprus and the occupation of almost half of Megalonisos that continues (!) Are known. And of course in 1996, when the crisis of Imia was set up, Costas Simitis had just taken over the prime ministership, with the consequence of the creation of gray zones in the Aegean. In 2015, Attilas invaded the Greek Parliament, with the help of SYRIZA and Potamios in the four elections in September that elected minority MPs in Thrace.
It is a given that Erdogan is looking for the opportunity for a victory of the “new Turkey” against us. But this is an opportunity that we who will offer to Edor και και soon. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitotakis has been judged by Erdogan’s staff as the vulnerable link that offers him the opportunity to advance his claims. The Turks have been building their claims for a number of years, waiting to drag Greece to the negotiating table on all issues. The international environment is also vague and vague. The military asymmetry is clearly worrying.
The superficiality of our political system does not rejoice every time a major country, especially the United States, announces measures against Erdogan, with SKAI slapping Erdogan once again and the government’s internationalists rejoicing in the logic that a move is being made against it. Turkey is officially and automatically in our favor. This attitude testifies to a simplistic, superficial or even fraudulent approach to reality on the one hand, but also the absence of a well-crafted, long-term strategy towards Turkey on the other. They forget, however, that Turkey is what they would call “loose cannon” in Washington – ultimately unpredictable and uncontrollable and whoever gets the chance…
It is obvious that Erdogan’s “new Turkey” has entered the quicksand with the collapse of the pound. However, Erdogan is not going to abandon his vision: building Al-Fatiha. It is worth noting that the use of the term Fatiha is framed by a deeper historical significance. Al-Fatiha is the first chapter of the Qur’an, which contains the general message of the Islamic religion. A political significance of the use of this term goes beyond the simple religious message. It refers to the “own” page of Turkish history, with the construction of the “new Turkey” until 2023. It envisions erasing the “founding moment” and the national anniversary of October 29, 1923, when the National Assembly discovered the independence of its newly formed state. . Kemal.
The “new Turkey” is defined by the Islamic religion, which is not just visible in public with the headscarf, but is a key structural element of national identity and the collective expression of society. are now elements and management of the economy, not understood in the West. Erdogan, the “enemy of interest rates”, did not hesitate to cut the key interest rate last week (from 16% to 15%) for the third time in two months, as inflation galloped to 20%, sacrificing the pound. The West predicts a similar banking crash as in 2001, which led the IMF to the Turkish economy.
However, the devaluation of the pound has infuriated the population (of Turkey) exporters, as it reduces the cost it pays in pounds, if this calculation is in euros and dollars. A development that encourages foreign companies to invest. A typical example is the well-known German pharmaceutical industry Boehringer Ingelheim, which recently agreed on a joint venture with Turkey’s largest pharmaceutical company, Abdi Ibrahim Pharmaceuticals. In the period 2003-2020 under Erdogan, Turkey attracted about 225 billion in foreign direct investment. dollars. The most important country of origin of foreign direct investment (until 2019) is the Netherlands with 32.5 billion. The top ten is completed by Qatar (21.9 billion), Germany (13.8 billion), Spain (7.8 billion), Luxembourg (7.2 billion), Britain (6.9 billion), Switzerland (6.8 billion), the UAE (6.2 billion), Azerbaijan (5.8 billion) and Russia (5.5 billion).