Tourkokratia (Turkocracy) in Anatolia & the Balkans has clear parallels to the contemporaneous Sultanate and Gurkaniya ("Mughal") tyranny in the Indian subcontinent.
Reborn as the founding ideology of a certain "Land of the Pure", which is why neo-Ottomanism is so popular there.
Reborn as the founding ideology of a certain "Land of the Pure", which is why neo-Ottomanism is so popular there.
https://twitter.com/bulutuzay_/status/1399710402859130885
Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia all experienced centuries of Turkocracy.
Their independence and identity are based on rejecting foreign tyranny and slavery, through cultural revival.
While "independent" India glorifies that period, to prevent any such revival.
Their independence and identity are based on rejecting foreign tyranny and slavery, through cultural revival.
While "independent" India glorifies that period, to prevent any such revival.
Behold the importance of having a self-respecting state that reflects the values and sacrifices of its people.
Vietnam was also under foreign rule for centuries, but their history is told from the perspective of native resistance, not foreign invaders.
Vietnam was also under foreign rule for centuries, but their history is told from the perspective of native resistance, not foreign invaders.
"You must never have read a history book. If you'd had, you'd know we weren't pawns of the Chinese or the Russians. McNamara, didn't you know that? Don't you understand that we have been fighting the Chinese for 1000 years?"
"We were fighting for our independence. And we would fight to the last man. And we were determined to do so. And no amount of bombing, no amount of U.S. pressure would ever have stopped us."
- Nguyễn Cơ Thạch, former Foreign Minister of Vietnam, 1995
- Nguyễn Cơ Thạch, former Foreign Minister of Vietnam, 1995
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