Yusuf Kaplan
14 February 2022
Mounting tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine have prompted people to ask all the wrong questions: Will the Americans and the Russians clash? Will a third world war break out?
These are all misplaced questions!
When you go asking the wrong questions you shouldn’t expect to get the right answers.
The U.S. in particular, and the Western alliance in general, wants to besiege Russia from the south and west, confining it to its natural borders by making Ukraine a NATO member.
I said “besiege,” because Russia does not regard its natural borders as its real borders, and never will: Russia is more than just Russia alone.
China represents more than just China.
For Europe, it is more than just Europe.
What about Turkey?
Turkey is more than just Turkey.
This quality of being “more than” has everything to do with boasting a unique influence: The U.S., the EU, Russia, China, and, of course, Turkey are powers that carry unique weight. Actors with potential power that by far transcends their actual force.
The tragedy of Turkey's ignorance!
Here, I would like to draw attention to a vital and mind-blowing distinction that we are yet to become aware of:
Turkey’s unique influence and that of other actors couldn’t be more different.
Are we aware of Turkey's weight and singularity?
I’m afraid not.
The influence of other actors stems from their material strength. However, Turkey's influence comes from its spiritual /intangible/soft power.
The clout of other actors is quantitative; thus it's temporary, whereas Turkey’s is qualitative. Rooted, enduring, and emanating meaning and life.
It is not actually power that Turkey possesses, but a qualitative feature that its influence carries.
Turkey's intelligentsia is not even aware of this unique, qualitative influence that Turkey possesses. Isn’t it just sad! How tragicomic!
This is the chilling indication that the Turkish intelligentsia is not what it claims to be.
An intelligentsia that does not know what it represents, unaware of its "power," and does not even realize that it carries unique weight, has no value to add to this country.
It’s not a part of this country because an intelligentsia means an actor with a unique weight. It represents “more than just oneself.” It represents a world-establishing scholar, an intellectual, an intelligentsia, a language-creator, and an artist of a country who is expected to be an asset by the simple virtue of his own being and to add value to our lives due to their extraordinary characteristics.
An intelligentsia that cannot grasp the value of Turkey and its cultural, intellectual, and historical depth simply cannot be called an intelligentsia. Forget about the issue of influence, its very existence is a nuisance to the country.
Turkey is a pioneer that will become aware of its deep influence, which is capable of shedding light on the future of humanity, will present it to mankind, draw on its spirit, and pave the way for us. It will be incapable of launching a great breakthrough that will make history unless it builds this next generation that is capable of doing so.
First of all, we need an intelligentsia and a leading generation that will bring to light both their own and this country’s unique influence.
Russia, China, and Japan: New Apostles of Capitalism
Now let's take a look at the field again.
The world is living or dying around capitalism.
Capitalism is the religion of the world, that's for sure.
The East has also adopted this secular, pagan religion.
Mounting tensions are a struggle for power/hegemony between the U.S., which established the church of the religion of capitalism, and the newly converted Russia, which has just entered the religion of capitalism. Nothing more.
If it is possible to talk of something more, it could be that they are attempting to stop Turkey in its tracks; for this reason, we can talk about the siege of Turkey from the Black Sea. At the moment, this strategic target is not visible; it seems blurry and vague.
But I can say the following: The conflict between the U.S., Russia, and China has now turned into a conflict within the system. It is as if the answer to the question of who will be “king” in this capitalist world is sought.
This is not the East-West conflict it’s being portrayed as. The East is no longer the old East. The converts of the East are the new recruits of the religion of capitalism or the new slaves of capitalism.
The East does not represent an axis, a pole, or a summit with a unique spiritual weight. It has melted into the capitalist West, and it continues to do so…
The new apostles of capitalism, China, Russia, India, and Japan, as well as the U.S. and the EU, may struggle for hegemony within the capitalist world, but they will not engage in a devastating great war—except, of course, in very compelling exceptional circumstances.
What will the great war be waged for?
They will wage a devastating war against Turkey in the medium and long term. Only Turkey is resisting becoming an apostle of capitalism: While Japan was trying to be the apostle of capitalism with the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the Ottoman Empire risked being physically destroyed (de facto removed from history) by capitalism, but resisted it spiritually.
Although Turkey carries out its economic transactions through capitalist mechanisms, it has not yet fully embraced the religion of capitalism.
It will not accept it. It will break through and be equipped with a spirit that will challenge capitalism…
Is this mere fantasy?
No.
At the very least, the fact that we are taking all our strategic steps in the light of our historical depth, with the awareness that we are the "last island of humanity," the soul of the world, the hope of the oppressed, and the nightmare of the tyrants should be sufficient to show everyone that we have the potential to challenge capitalism.
Turkey is the soul of the world, the conscience of humanity. The fact that aid organizations such as IHH, which help the world's orphans and destitute without expecting anything in return, are the children of this country, is a small but important indicator. The influence of IHH is indeed great because of the moral and spiritual responsibility it boasts and carries.
When the pioneering generations, who will discover and activate Turkey's spiritual and historical influence, finally arrive, a new era will be ushered in, and we will change the course of history again.
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