He is trying to keep his voters silent. That's all. Turkey is an export economy as it gets with more than 30% of its economy being exports, and it still has a trade deficit because 70% of its exports and 30% of its internal consumption are imported products. China manufacturing was more domestic even back in the 80s. Turkey wasted great 19 years under a corrupt populist like Erdogan. I know there are a few more Turks in this forum, if you like him I am sorry but this is the reality.
That map has every part of the globe where a Turkic language is spoken. The colors describe the status of the are. Red is independent, orange is autonomous, and yellow are places without any autonomy. I remember speaking to a Chinese Uyghur in China. I spoke in Turkish and he spoke in Uyghur but we could understand each other. There is nothing to get angry here. Though Erdogan is a snake indeed. He has been coercing Iraq and Syria by cutting off their water for more than five years.
The current landmass Turkey is sitting on has been called Turkey (The land of Turks) since the early 1100s. Artificial indeed...
