PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN SPEAKS TO CNN’S ZAKARIA.

If you happen to catch the interview on CNN with Erdogan, you witnessed perhaps a historical speech on the future of the Middle East.

I have talked to the issue of the pending new Ottoman Empire, sometimes somewhat jokingly, but any doubts I may have had disappeared!

Erdogan painted a picture of Israel bleaker than any I’ve seen in the last few years, to include Iran’s rants.

That is a telling statement!

Erdogan’s words seem more than a political statement on a world stage.

Erdogan’s words bumped right up against the concept of being a dire warning of Israel’s future.

It is clear Erdogan, Turkey, is going to step in front of the Palestinian statehood issue and the future of the Palestinian people.

His words on Syria, paint a similar picture.

Erdogan and Turkey are going to shape the future of the Syrian people with or without the input of Iran.

I’m not sure what the Arab world thinks of this Ottoman viewpoint of the Middle East, but in Gaza, Erdogan is quickly becoming a hero.

His “advice” to Egypt on their pending election process was not well received by the Muslim Brotherhood nor the Egyptian military.

As I have said before, the Egyptian military has always been and will continue to be fearful of a new Ottoman Empire.

On Iran:

Of all the statements, comments on Iran’s nuclear weapons program were the most disturbing.

“  No attack on Iran will come from Turkish soil, unless Turkey is attacked”.

The message inside the statement is this; no US, Turkish airbases will be utilized for air attacks on Iran!

Not sure the US didn’t already understand that, but his public statement on CNN was not for the US population, but for the population of the Middle East.

It may have seemed as if he was defending Iran, but I think his point was more along the lines of, ‘ Turkey will decide what Iran should or should not be questioned on’.

As soon as he commented on Iran’s nuclear program, he asked why the issue of Israel’s nuclear weapons is not discussed.

Again, the theme here seem to be, Turkey will take lead on issue of Iran.

So, if Palestinian statehood is the issue….. Call Turkey…

If Syria is the issue……Call Turkey

If Iran is the issue……. Call Turkey

If Egyptian election process is the issue…. Yep…… Call Turkey!!!

Anyone see a pattern here????

It is now clear my theory of Turkey no longer being concerned about joining the EU has allowed a Nationalist like Erdagon to strike out in  a new direction.

So, are we witnessing a new Ottoman Empire in the making?

Perhaps on a limited, regional level, but Turkey will not decide the future of the Arab and Persian people.

Erdagon may think he has everything going his way, but oil and alliances based on oil are thicker than Nationalistic dreams of past Empires.

How the Arabs, the EU, the Persians, the Russians and the US react to this “new Turkey” will be interesting to watch.

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend” might be a concept most in the west will be quick to talk about, but this theory doesn’t hold true for Ottomans to Arabs or Arabs to Persians.  

Perhaps two thousand years ago, but this is the 21^st century and a new chapter in world history.