I’m not well informed enough on the specific historical details of what happened in the Balkans in the Middle Ages to be able to judge how accurate all of that is and whether some of it is or isn’t exaggerated. I’ll leave that for others to comment on.
I am more well versed in the modern history of the region, and on that i have to say you are unfortunately right about the malign role Turkey has played and the atrocities that were committed, though frankly in my view they did most of that either as part of NATO (their involvement in Yugoslavia, Korea, etc.) or because the Western powers looked the other way and enabled/allowed them to do it (Cyprus), as they served an important role for the Anglo-Saxon imperialists in their geostrategic games first against the Russian Empire, then against the Soviet Union.
And of course Erdogan’s involvement in Syria and his constant hypocrisy in saying one thing but doing another on the issue of Palestine has also been nothing short of despicable.
That being said, i just can’t condone the kind of racism that usually comes along with the extreme anti-Turkish nationalism of the Balkans. It may not be about Islam for you, but most people who embrace these nationalist grudges don’t separate in that way, and they quickly turn it into a religion thing. I see this very often. Plus, i just don’t think that Turkey poses a threat to any of the Balkan states today, i think the whole mutual paranoia between the Turks and the Greeks over the Aegean is mostly just silly.
In the east with Armenia however…that’s a completely different story. I do think that Turkey through its support of Azerbaijan poses a significant danger to Armenia (it’s not so long ago that Nagorno Karabakh happened, when the West did absolutely nothing to denounce the Azeris for that), but i hope that their getting closer to BRICS as the whole western NATO block weakens and falls apart will calm things down there. Especially if we continue to have a strong Russian and Iranian regional influence to keep things in the Caucasus peaceful.
Considering the Armenian genocide which happened just last century, I can’t even begin to imagine parts that waren’t even documented in Middle Ages.
It’s not racism as Turkey isn’t really a race, just valid paranoia after centuries of this shit happening, while you can definitely have your average Greek, Romanian or Serb who spends 24/7 talking about Turkey and spamming Constantinople, impalement or Kebab memes because he has nothing better to do, general serious worries and dislike towards Turkey are valid since well, just look at what happened before 20 years in Balkans, with Turkey occupying parts of Kosovo and Metohija with bases and Cyprus, also bombing of Libya and of course, currently, Syria and Armenia, so the threat is constantly there. Greece definitely has to be on alert just in case considering what’s happening in every country that borders Turkey except Bulgaria, this shit is like being Mexican while Trump is president, not easy.
I’m not well informed enough on the specific historical details of what happened in the Balkans in the Middle Ages to be able to judge how accurate all of that is and whether some of it is or isn’t exaggerated. I’ll leave that for others to comment on.
I am more well versed in the modern history of the region, and on that i have to say you are unfortunately right about the malign role Turkey has played and the atrocities that were committed, though frankly in my view they did most of that either as part of NATO (their involvement in Yugoslavia, Korea, etc.) or because the Western powers looked the other way and enabled/allowed them to do it (Cyprus), as they served an important role for the Anglo-Saxon imperialists in their geostrategic games first against the Russian Empire, then against the Soviet Union.
And of course Erdogan’s involvement in Syria and his constant hypocrisy in saying one thing but doing another on the issue of Palestine has also been nothing short of despicable.
That being said, i just can’t condone the kind of racism that usually comes along with the extreme anti-Turkish nationalism of the Balkans. It may not be about Islam for you, but most people who embrace these nationalist grudges don’t separate in that way, and they quickly turn it into a religion thing. I see this very often. Plus, i just don’t think that Turkey poses a threat to any of the Balkan states today, i think the whole mutual paranoia between the Turks and the Greeks over the Aegean is mostly just silly.
In the east with Armenia however…that’s a completely different story. I do think that Turkey through its support of Azerbaijan poses a significant danger to Armenia (it’s not so long ago that Nagorno Karabakh happened, when the West did absolutely nothing to denounce the Azeris for that), but i hope that their getting closer to BRICS as the whole western NATO block weakens and falls apart will calm things down there. Especially if we continue to have a strong Russian and Iranian regional influence to keep things in the Caucasus peaceful.
Considering the Armenian genocide which happened just last century, I can’t even begin to imagine parts that waren’t even documented in Middle Ages.
It’s not racism as Turkey isn’t really a race, just valid paranoia after centuries of this shit happening, while you can definitely have your average Greek, Romanian or Serb who spends 24/7 talking about Turkey and spamming Constantinople, impalement or Kebab memes because he has nothing better to do, general serious worries and dislike towards Turkey are valid since well, just look at what happened before 20 years in Balkans, with Turkey occupying parts of Kosovo and Metohija with bases and Cyprus, also bombing of Libya and of course, currently, Syria and Armenia, so the threat is constantly there. Greece definitely has to be on alert just in case considering what’s happening in every country that borders Turkey except Bulgaria, this shit is like being Mexican while Trump is president, not easy.