(10-31-2023, 12:06 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(10-31-2023, 11:36 AM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: Speaking of Turkey, this is a really good video that I watched a few weeks ago, explaining the history of Turkey and more importantly, why this country is in the UN but typically sides in favor of non-UN countries or remains very neutral at best.  It also shows how they kind of got screwed over during the division of land and waterways (to the Greeks) after each war and various battles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbXpOQCds8A

I have great trouble sympathyzing with the Turks.

I don't like the Turks at all, especially with the fact that they are refusing to vote certain countries into the UN as it takes 100% Yes votes of the UN member countries.

The best part of the video clip that I sent was the fact that the Greeks own numerous tiny islands throughout the Aegean Sea which Turkey also borders.  They used to recognize ownership of the Aegean Sea out to 3 nautical miles, then 6 nautical miles, and now 12 nautical miles, which essentially means Greece controls ownership of most of the Sea, which Turkey does not recognize.  Thus, Greece and Turkey hate each other, which I never knew until watching that video.  My original goal was to seek how Turkey even got into the UN, which is also explained in the video.  They essentially feared Russian territorial takeover so they joined the UN for protection.

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