Do you notice the inconsistencies and disproportionateness of Turkey, especially in foreign policy? Are we standing on the side of the right; or with the strong? Take a look at AKP's 20 years of action! You will see that it cannot put forward a clear stance! The AKP's stance on the war, which started with Russia's attack on Ukraine and continued for 1.5 months, is a clear indicator before us.
The AKP government is so diligent, knowledgeable, and looks like it's tearing itself apart so that the war will stop and end with peace, that this rapid diplomacy makes people nervous. If the AKP was so talented, we cannot help but wonder why it did not use this skill in Iraq, Syria and Libya.
Peace is the indispensable principle of every conscience and merciful person. It is our humanitarian duty to stand by the right and not to approve of the invader and the aggressor. It is desirable to "mediate" to stop the war, even between two Christian countries! In every period of history, war means "destruction".
We believe in the principle of “There is good in peace” (Nisa, 128). We all long for a world where peace and tranquility are ensured! AKP's inconsistency; It is because he did not show this diligence for Ukraine for Islamic countries such as Iraq, Syria and Libya. These countries were invaded and attacked by the imperialists. What has the government mediated on behalf of these countries? nor did it make an effort to stop the invasion and attacks! On the contrary, he stood by the invaders and aggressors. He prioritized the interests of the USA and the EU.
SYRIA EXAM
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine held "peace talks" in Istanbul. Now, they are doing their best to make the presidents of Russia and Ukraine hold a "summit" in Turkey. The pro-government press glorifies the event. They are nominating the AKP Chairperson for the Nobel Prize. They consider Turkey as an "ambassador of peace". They do not question the government's failure to make the same effort for Muslim countries.
It comes to mind that we are dealing with a fiction. For 11 years, Syrians have been devastated. As a result of the provocation of the imperial powers, the Syrian civil war started on March 15, 2011. The Syrian people are refugees in 47 different countries. Thousands of people died as a result of the use of chemical weapons, napalm and cluster bombs.
Since the start of the civil war, 350,000 Syrians and thousands of children have died. The corpses of many washed up on the beaches. While ghost cities were forming in Syria, no one thought of "mediation" and "peace". Moreover, the government was disturbed by the Saadet Party's meeting with Bashar Assad in a delegation in 2012, so that "brotherly blood would not be spilled, people would not be miserable". The pro-media also joined the chorus. They accused the Saadet Party of "Asadists".
What kind of logic was that?
When AKP Chairman Herzog met with Biden and Putin, how could the Felicity Party be accused in this way even though it was not "Herzogist", "Bidenist" or "Putinist"?
What an unreasonable accusation; what inconsistency and inconsistency it was! Could a strategic field such as foreign policy, which the ancients call "Umur-u Foreignye", be left to such a mentality?
WHO DOES IT SERVE?
UKRAINE is not our neighbor; but Syria is Turkey's 930 kilometer border neighbor! Next, Ukraine is a Christian country! Syria is Muslim! former province of the Ottoman Empire. Turkish is spoken very well. Turkey should have taken care of its first-degree neighbor, Syria. They came to Turkey as "refugees"; they cannot remain as "refugees" until the end. Should we have been closely concerned with the return of these people, whose responsibility we took, to their countries? The way to do this was through "diplomacy".
Turkey applied wrong diplomacy in Syria. The necessary diplomatic contacts with the Syrian administration were made with Iran and Russia in Astana and Sochi. The interlocutor of the issue, Bashar Assad, was not discussed. The table was sat with those who are not interested in the subject. This policy hurt Syria. Russia established bases in Syria; settled in the Mediterranean. Turkey could not use its potential to become a “regional power”. It didn't even occur to him to create a "peace force" in the region.
This was US policy. It wanted to settle Israel in the region and establish a state. The Greater Middle East Project was a project to exterminate Muslims. Wasn't it a betrayal to the Islamic world that a Turkish executive was the co-chairman of the Greater Middle East Project?
The United States did not want the Syrian problem to be resolved. The USA declared that it will never normalize with Assad, it will not support normalization. The future of Turkey and the Islamic world could not be left to the mercy of the USA and the West.
The historical and natural aspect of Turkey is on the side of the Islamic world. For 63 years we have followed the tail of the EU; We could not produce our original foreign policy. Turkey suffered; The Islamic geography has turned into a bloodbath. There is no other way out other than the establishment of the Islamic Union with all its institutions.