Come on, we will master the seas more!

Turkey is once again preoccupied with itself. The debate over "nullity" has ceased to be a legal concept and has become one of the harshest weapons of politics. Who is legitimate, who is null and void, who is inside the system, who is outside... This struggle, conducted through concepts, is actually a more refined form of a power struggle.

As you know, these are not my areas of expertise. However, this debate has a dangerous side as well as its weight: trapping the state's attention within the secondary, distracting it from what is vital.

Because there are some topics that do not find a place on the agenda but are decisive. They do not produce noise, but they produce results. They are invisible but destructive. And they have no tolerance for wasting time. They are immediate, they are urgent... 

Today, that topic is the SEA...And Turkey is not focusing enough on this topic and continues to waste time.

"HE WHO MASTERS THE SEAS, MASTERS THE WORLD" This saying is not nostalgia, but the starkest reality of today. The problem is that there is still an understanding that reads this sentence with the mentality of the 20th century. The number of ships, naval tonnage, the reflex of showing the flag...

However, the issue has changed fundamentally. Sea dominance is no longer just a surface matter. Because the issue is not only about border lines; it is about the system that runs beneath those borders. Every line drawn on the sea surface actually determines who will have a say under the sea. Sea dominance is about controlling waterways. And waterways are no longer just trade routes. Fiber optic cables, energy transmission lines... And all these lines are separate systems in their own right.

Today, you do not need to enter a country's capital to collapse it. It is enough to touch that country's undersea cables. The internet is cut, the financial system locks up, communication collapses, and the chain of command disintegrates. You can paralyze a state without firing a single shot. This is not a theory. This is the very nature of the new war.

The cables severed in the Baltic, the increasing risks in the Red Sea, the escalating tension in the Pacific, not to mention the Suez Canal... None of these are coincidences; they are clear signs of a system war that has replaced classical warfare.

But we are still preoccupied with artificial intelligence images of wars and their "romantic" stories.

This is why Turkey's "Blue Homeland" approach is not just a geopolitical claim or a romantic discourse; it is a delayed awakening. Expanding maritime jurisdiction areas is, in fact, an effort to take control of the system beneath the sea. 

It is therefore not surprising that Greece is uncomfortable with this situation. Because although the issue appears to be about borders on the surface, it is actually a matter of control. It is the question of who will dominate the seabed. And this question leads to consequences far beyond diplomatic courtesy.

The real problem is this: A strategic issue of this scale is treated almost like a secondary headline in Turkey. The debate over "nullity" has been blown so far out of proportion that an existential issue like maritime security has remained in its shadow. This is not just a prioritization error. This is a strategic weakness.

Because a state does not weaken due to internal debates. But it weakens the moment it misses external reality. This is the imminent and current danger that Turkey is facing.

Moreover, the issue is not just about the sea. The data passing under the sea and the technology that processes that data are parts of the same war. The dominance China is trying to establish through semiconductors and advanced-generation chip technologies is the second front of this struggle.

Whoever controls the cable determines the flow of data. Whoever controls the chip determines how that data is processed. And whoever controls both manages the system.

It is that simple. And that ruthless. Now let's get to the real question: What is Turkey doing?

How well are submarine cables protected? Have sabotage scenarios targeting these lines actually been studied?

How resilient is the energy and data infrastructure in times of crisis? If there are no answers to these questions, the value of all other discussions is limited.

And this is not a question to be asked only to the government.

The opposition must also have a say on this matter. Because maritime security, data infrastructure, and strategic independence are issues of state wisdom, not daily politics. An opposition that does not produce policy or present alternatives in these areas is trapped in a position of only criticizing without being able to set a direction.

There is a problem of direction at hand. "Nullity" (butlan) is the legal invalidation of a transaction from the very beginning. Such a decision is not made for states. But states can effectively render themselves null and void by neglecting vital areas. This is exactly the risk Turkey is facing today.

A country that does not talk about the sea, and never talks about what lies beneath the sea, will find itself unable to discuss the system tomorrow.

When the day comes to untie the knot, success will only be achieved if the necessary preparations have been made. Victory is not won with words, but with hard work. The unchanging truth is this:

He who dominates the sea, STILL dominates the world.

“Come on, we have a lot of work to do, WE WILL DOMINATE THE SEAS EVEN MORE !!!”