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Japan doesn't involve any war, but Toyota is not limited to that.

26:06 one of the most devastating and complicated situations in the world, but seeing the the US and Iran on the same side against Israel and France is always so unfathomable that all I could do was laugh. Foreign affairs is endlessly messy.

14:52 i remember how much we as Turkey tried to buy patriot air defence systems and how hard usa tried to not sell back in 2010-12 era. we needed the air defence system more than every other nation since there are wars waging on our north, east and south sides. america just did not sell it and and this led us buying s400. even trump admitted that.

Turkey didn't "blamed" them, PKK OWNED the attack and declared that they did it.... What a way of explaining from the first second. What a mess.

Wow this one had a lot of geopolitics that lie outside the main media’s scope. Very interested to see how tight a game is being played in Syria by Turkey and Russia

What a complicated mess! The great thing about this program is that it explains the motivations of countries allying with different groups which is something news agencies are clueless about or doesn’t make a good sound bite for them.

3:35 "who pay taxes and contribute to the economy" made me burst out laughing, and anyone from Turkey will understand why :D

Wow, just stumbeled upon this channel / video, what a great content creater you are ! I'm a new fan, hoping for more interesting vids ! Keep it up 💪

I know there’s so much more to learn about the situation in the Middle East but you have given me more clear information than the news has for the past 10 years

Nice video, unfortunately it does have some false/lacking information: -France is not ethnically homogenous with them even dealing with their own ethnic terrorists in the past against the FNLC and the ETA (Corsican and Basque seperatists respectively). -There is no mention of the Kurdish government in Northern Iraq that is virtually independent from Baghdad since 1992 that has good relations with Turkey and allows them to not only conduct airstrikes in their own lands but allows them to set up military based in Iraqi Kurdish soil. The Iraqi Kurdish government allows this due to a power struggle between them and the PKK that culminated in a civil war in the region in 1994. -Both the figures for inflation and the number of refugees in Turkey are state numbers that should ABSOLUTELY not be trusted. Inflation is reaching 200% on a lot of goods and the number of Syrian refugees has been reported as being 'stable' for the last 4 years. -There was no mention of the fact that the first military operation in Syria by Turkish Armed Forces was conducted against ISIS forces that had reached the Turkish border. The plan was to show the Americas that the Kurds weren't their only ally in the region against ISIS (and ISIS has been practically dead for the last couple of years anyway). -You did not mention the demographic shift that has taken place in Northern Syria during the civil war as most of the refugees to Turkey are Arabs/Turkmens (A group you entirely failed to mention) from Northern Syria. Before the war the region was majority Arab almost entirely with small Kurdish towns/communites (although I am not accusing the Kurds of ethnic cleansing its just that the Kurds who lived in the area wanted Kurdish rule so they stayed while the rest fled north) -This is not a mistake but I wish you talked more about the geography and how it affects conflicts in the region (specifically the mountainous landscape that allowed to the Kurds to live with low outside interference until recent history but made them splintered and without a common goal of nationalism (again, until recently)).

This is some extremely good storytelling, well done.

Watching this after the devastating earthquake and wonder how much this event has changed this ambition

Thank you, as a Turk it was nice to see an objective and well compositioned video about the subject. We are in the middle of the selections and all our people are quite distressed at the moment, including me. Mostly because of the state of economy, refugee problem, terrorist organisations... But I believe neither of the presidents could make it any better. I stopped trusting politicians long time ago. Also, to clarify, no. We don't declare a war against Kurdish people, we declare war to terrorist acts. If you "could" call it a war, of course. We fought together for this land back in 1920s, altogether as Turkish, Kurdish, Laz, Circassians and more... We won't divide our land that we all fought for. So stop saying stuff like "booho give their lands back" when us Turkish and Kurdish people clearly fought side by side to protect our borders and country.

Message to Turks from an Arab: It's better to be alive and hated by the world than to suffer like the Palestinians or Arabs in kurdish territories. Do what you gotta do

Thanks very informative godspeed

As a Syrian, all I can say is that this is probably one of the most complicated wars/political issue in history, its all literally a chess game.

23:45 it is not UN recognized Turkish EEZ, it is Sevilla University(International Reltions department) map which is asked to draw by Greece. It is just recognized by Greece and EU, nothing more. But you need to know that UN recognized Turkiye's EEZ at 24:08 as you showed through accepting the EEZ agreement between Libya and Turkiye.

Can't say if it's because I am Turkish and already know a lot about all these topics or is it because you explained it so clearly but I felt like this was so well explained and I never felt it's too complicated to understand. Good job

Can’t wait for the nebula content to hit KZfaq at some point

Dang this HOI4 run is getting pretty interesting 🤔

its not just the ports Russia wants in Syria, there are gas and oil fields in Syria which they don't want Syria to tap into and start exporting to Europe

Well done. Thank You. 🌍

"despite their claims of having nothing to do with it" he said as he talked about terrorist organisations who perpetuate these sorts of attacks on a monthly basis in Turkey

The sheer complexity of the geopolitical entangle in the Syrian territory and the tense and carefully balanced relationship between Turkey and Russia is absolutely astounding. I don't know how I'd even begin to understand a fraction of what's happening, had I researched it on my own. But can I commend RLL for making such a ridiculously complex topic actually so accessible??? I pride myself in having a decently easy time in understanding complex geopolitical conflicts, but this is the first time I actually felt like, without this video, I would've been completely lost. The video is so amazingly well structured and it introduced every idea not a second later than it was needed so consistently, that I was able to follow a half an hour long essay on a multi state, multi ethnic, multi decade long, multi conflict web of war and geopolitics like it was nothing. Even beginning to untangle this myself would've been absolutely momentous. This is not just knowing about the topic. There are so many ideas that are mutually exclusive here and that they wiuldn't make sense if they were introduced in the wrong order. By starting with the motivations of the biggest players, the Turkish government and the Kurdish nation, RLL managed to construct a very cohesive and consistent narrative that still managed to convey the sheer depth and complexity of the topic. That takes very real writing skill and, up until this point, I was never able to see it. This video outright amazed me. It has got to have been one of the best geopolitics video I've seen.

That one passed me by in the news. Thanks for shedding a light on this topic.

I naturally do know all this as a syrian , but I would never have made such a simple straight forward video its really nice simple pictures videos and transitions and really well written good job and thank you!

Great work! I am amazed

Finally someone who didnt blame Turkiye for everthing and can seee the truth with his on eyes.Thank you man.

Along with the great explanation, the map presentation and editing is extraordinary. Indeed a geopolitical masterclass.👏👏

haha he thinks france and germany are ethnically homogeneous

interesting background music

France isn't a great example of homogeneity... What Turkey is doing to Kurds is what we did and sometimes still do to our own minorities, which are basically anything outside the former royal domain, something like 90% of France. The only difference is that we started way before Turkey, so the job is mostly done now. But there are still people alive who lived through getting punished at school for not knowing French because they were native speaker of a regional language. I met elders who can only speak in a regional language (Gallo or Brezhoneg in that case) and do not consider themselves French but rather under French occupation. In most places it's just a bunch of people sad because France killed their culture, traditions and language, but in some places (Britanny, Corsica and Basque Country) it's an ongoing issue. Corsica only stopped armed resistance quite recently actually (2014).

I really quite enjoyed the animated segments on the map, it adds a lot of value to the video

Rojava is not concerned with its ethnic demographics, it's rooted in Kurdish liberation but aims for the liberation of all people and welcomes all ethnicities into its borders. It is already a multi ethnic area which is held together by direct democracy instead of nationalism in the same fashion as an ethnostate

As a country the worst thing you could do is create division, animosity, exclusion and domination. You can then guarantee you will face an uprising. Leadership and governments can sometimes be so stupid

Good god what a complicated web of death ☠️ and destruction

Lets hope this DOES NOT turn into a "great war of Africa" (also known as the second Congo war) like scenario. For those who don't know, the great war of Africa (1990s) was the bloodiest conflict in the world since WW2.

The mere fact that Japan is indirectly connected to all Middle Eastern War is fascinating to say the least

I want to ask 1 simple question to the @reallifelore ..... You are from USA and there are 42.5 Million of people speak Spanish and they live there. So the question is : If They want to establish a new country in USA what's your opinion ?

Man, I knew all this and follow each of thesse events but it was overwhelmnig to watch all of this in one video. Basic yet covers almost every aspect of the conflicts. Well done.

I am an Austrian and it is illegal to use any language other than German in any parts of our country. Which makes me question; why my common Europeans rage when they hear Kurds are not allowed to speak their own language in other countries lmao.

"Sending millions of people to a war thorn country where they don't feel safe"? Dude they go to syria for holidays. After the earthquake some even told that they go for resting their head.

No one is talking about what the fuck America is doing in Syria, which doesn't share the same continent, but talking why is Turkey in Syria?

"Turkey is not ethnically homogenous like France." Bruh, you had literally the whole of Europe to pick from.

О shit, this is complex.

not 3 million syrians, now at least 10 million of them

great video, but it's very hard to keep up with so many information, is like a tsunami, nevertheless I love it

I've been watching this situation for months now, happy for you to finally cover it.

The depth of your understanding due to the work you put in is incredible. This is classic geopolitics lecturing for free on Yt. Kudos RLL!

Wheres occupied Golan Heights on your maps presented at 0:43 ?

Fascinating!

just saying as an american i have much respect for my turkish brothers. i hope all goes well.

This is a master class of geopolitical analysis

At 2:49 it's the jordanian flag and not the iraqi flag

This situation is way too complex, any decision is going to make people unhappy. Wow would hate to be in any of their shoes

Wow, I'm getting goosebumps of how all conflicts around the area are linked, from Libya to Ukraine to Iran (and further all world conflicts probably), and how complex it is and that it's not as simple as "Russia & Iran are allies" or "all Nato countries are allies" (Turkey & USA in this case) etc. etc. ...

Ok there is a bit of bias in this video. I am not Turkish, I am Polish but implying (11:28) that Erdogans approval rate is "Barely hovering above 40%" making it look like it's really low is just deceiving to say the least where half of the European leaders stay below 40% constantly. Macrons approval stays around 35 to 40%, Olaf Scholz have 30% approval rating. His approval rating is staying on the Western European level.

As a Kurd living in Turkey, I do not have any problems. I have equal rights. Every Kurd who does not disturb the internal peace in the country is as valuable as a Turk. The Kurds who are disturbed by this situation are the Kurds living outside the borders of Turkey. Apart from that, 90% of the Kurds living within the borders of Turkey do not leave Turkey and do not attempt to rebel because we are Turkey. We see their lands as our own land and the Turks as our own brothers. Kurds who left Syria, Iraq and Iran, please do not interfere with us and our Turkish brothers. If you continue to threaten our borders with the PKK and other terrorist organizations, we will defend the Turks and Turkish lands until the last drop of our blood. How happy is a Kurd who lives under the superior Turkish identity. and I'm a Turk

I wonder if it's true when he says at the end of all his videos "I would love to tell the rest of the story but KZfaq would demonetize my channel". Is it possible that could be true for every single video? It just doesn't seem like it could be.

Istiklal (where the bomb explodes) is not just a shopping area, It's like Champs Elysées of Turkey.

A good lesson (or reminder) that the world is much more complex than the average person realizes

And this is why Turkey has such a big military.

This video is incredible. It felt so smooth and I didn't notice that it ended

Honestly feel I got a much better understanding wtf is going on around Syria

As a turkish person our government does not have any conflict with any kurdish person, we define turkish people as people who are legal citizens of turkey and not based on any ethnic character. However, pkk is a terrorist group that caused harm to turkey by targeting the civilians and resulting in a lot of deaths. Their main goal is to establish a new regime in Turkey and they are terrorists. Therefore, as any government would do, government of turkey protects it's citizens. In the media it is seen as in Turkey there is a discrimination against kurdish people but there are actually isn't.

So this was 9 months ago? Did it happen? I don’t remember it.

This was simply amazing! I realise you can’t account for everything in under half an hour but this summary was brilliant! I got a whole different understanding for these conflicts than I’ve ever had before!

Thanks for all the work you do my man. Videos like this are more valuable than anything mainstream news orgs produce on complicated geopolitical topics.

Satellite feeding target info to projectiles now.

bro what is Tape Receipt Ordogan💀

What an excellent video. Thank you so much for the work you put into making your videos

This is such a complicated mess of war. I can't imagine how tough it would be for an average person just trying to peacefully live your life as best you can.

"Teyep resep erdoğan" got me laughing so hard cuz im a turkish kid its pronounced sooooo wrong

And lastly, this has a lot to do with water. The area Kurds claim to be Kurdish are conveniently located in water sources. Kurdish ethno nationalist theories are quite aggressively funny about all that, from claiming there have been numerous Kurdish states before Rome in the region to claim old Medians being Kurds. But the area these types are interested in has the water sources of the region

Without this channel I would know nothing about current events

I thought I was well informed about the wars in this region but apparently I had no idea. Extremely well made video!

24:06 Gokceada and bozcaada is a Turkish island

I think Turkey has it right. It will respect the border while simultaneously securing a safe zone in that country to buffer itself. I wouldn't be surprised if the Kurds had it in their mind to nominally take over Syria. Which makes sense for them to prop up one of Arab factions in exchange for autonomous port access and control over Kurdist sectors of Syria until they break off.

Really excellent video. Thank you Joseph and team!

More videos like this please. It goes so much more in depth than traditional medias. I've learned more about this conflict in 30 min than in my entire life.

10:00 Would you rather opening the border gates that connects Turkey with Europe?

We declared war because Syria is sending refugees non-stop and now we are advancing

I'm very curious about your videos Please add Turkish subtitles

Thanks for all the effort.. it is really the best content that ever described this conflict

Really interesting video with a sad but important to teach topic. I think there are hard times coming for everyone in this world. Many conflicts that are possibly coming in the next years.

Turkey has the rights to defend herself

I just want to point out that you have spelled the name of the Turkish president wrong and used an image of the Jordanian flag instead of the Iraqi flag in the first section of the report but overall the report is excellent and very interesting! Thanks for your efforts!

Thanks so much for this! I've had only the vaguest understanding of these issues. You have managed to pull together the complicated threads in an entertaining and understandable way.

This is an excellent breakdown of what is going on in that part of the world. You hear so much on the news these days but can only take so much in without a proper map and a detailed, easy to understand breakdown.

As a Turk I think that’ll be a blood zone more than a safe one!!! no more wars Kurt’s are our brothers sisters🥺

Middle eastern minorities trying not to start an insurgency with the goal of statehood challenge: impossible

Your videos are always great but this one was amazing. So informative!!

I’m from Syria and I’m studying political science and international law and I believe your video has well explained the situation

And also, Kurdish taxes come from western Turkey. Taxation is one of the biggest beef with Turks of the country and Kurds, who don't even pay their electricity, use electricity illegaly and Turks from tax-paying regions are actually compensating a lot of the cost in their own bills. One of the big reasons Turkey will never allow an anti-Turkish state is the very fact that ever since Turkey was formed; it's been desperately trying to bring water to the region, revive it's economy, education etc. The dams of Atatürk and Keban been so difficult for the ailing economy in 70's, if you're a doctor who's born in İzmir, as an ethnic Turk, you're obligated to do Eastern Service, in those Kurdish dominated regions too, because the state does force you to at least do some community service type of era to help the region out. Teachers who want nothing to do with the east are to go work there for a time, the state uses a lot of it's tax income to support Kurdish regions for decades now After all that, nobody, absolutely nobody give up the region over some ethnic minority with hopes of an ethnocentric state that's run by a bunch of insurgencies. The reason Turkey doesn't want a Kurdish education, is simple. This isn't an American mish mash society, there's literally no reason for any Kurd to speak only Kurdish. The region is not keen on education, people hardly finish high school and curtailing their ability to speak the official language is harmful to them in the first place.

That was the funniest wrong pronouncation of "recep tayyip erdogan" lmaooo

one of the finest modern history lessons I've ever seen. GREAT job

Woah... Syria, Ukraine, Libya... Kurds... That's a geopolitical puzzle. So nice to get a broader view of regional conflicts. Thanks!

I live in Türkiye, most of the reasoning and info is wrong in this video

Turkey is interfering in Syria because the U.S. is already occupying the oil fields in Syria and Russia is occupying the Syrian ports on the Mediterranean