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Germany's 17th state, the 'Turkish-speakers' and their significance

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Published: 03.11.2026 06:00

So, what, has a new one been added to the 16 states in Germany out of the blue? It is... But this 'addition' is not new: It is a virtual state formed by those who speak/understand Turkish, or more accurately, those who have in some way passed through Turkey in their lives. Moreover, it has been on the scene for decades. It is very influential... According to some sources, there is a population of nearly 4.5 million. Official sources remain stuck at 3.1 million.

Leaving Germany aside, are we aware that there is a state, or even a 'stateless people', with a population of around 7 million across all of Europe? These are the 'Turkish-speakers'. Doesn't the fact that Elif Eralp, who aspires to govern Berlin, appeared on the cover of Der Spiegel, Germany's (and even Europe's) most important weekly news magazine, show how important these people are?

Anyway..

Let's start from somewhere else.

THE TRUTH BEHIND THE EVENTS

Only a little of what is brewing in France has spilled over into Germany for now. We are talking about the protests and the incidents that have occurred.

There is no need to be too surprised: Very little of Germany's material wealth is trickling down to France either. This is one of the reasons for the friction. We can draw such a parallel between them.

It is well known that the crisis spreading step by step in Europe's 'geoeconomic power' or 'hegemonic state' hits the youngest (students) and the oldest (pensioners) first. But the number of people taking to the streets to protest this impoverishment is perhaps just over 120 thousand in all of Germany. France's figures in this area are much higher.

The incidents that occurred after the demonstrations in Berlin and especially Frankfurt in Germany, and the isolated attempts at looting, are things that the media has disproportionately highlighted, but it has certainly not been to the detriment of the right and the ruling classes.

One way or another, the American dream and hegemony are rapidly retreating, but Europe's situation is no better. Because they are tied/dependent on each other at the hip, of course.

The point to be noted here is what awaits the people of Turkey in such a framework. Not good things. Honestly, good things do not await the Turkey-linked people in Europe either.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a newspaper that is truly influential among the right-wing and middle classes, highlighted that most of the 'looting' youths did not even feel the need to wear masks. Strange. Yet, a wind of hysteria is being whipped up in the media. Some incidents in Berlin, Hamburg, and Frankfurt are being extraordinarily exaggerated. Is there a desire to take precautionary measures against a possible mobilization of the public? Perhaps.

No matter how we look at it, Europe is in the grip of a deepening crisis, and it is very clear that the main reason for this is the military conflict environment being maintained over Kiev with Russia. Germany is officially being crushed under the absence of Russian energy. The real economy, especially the energy-intensive industrial sector, is moving to countries where it believes it will find cheap energy. It is literally fleeing. Audi's cooperation with Trump in the US and its multi-billion investment plans on the other side of the ocean are exactly like this...

The classic right, which forms the backbone of the German establishment, and its sidekick 'left' (SPD, Greens, and The Left/Die Linke), believe that the prosperity miracle of Federal Germany is fading. Here too, they declare the 'radical left' that creates chaos and those who loot shop windows as the main culprits by using them as examples.

Is that really the case? How true are the things the media puts on the front page and the stories being told? Could the dosage have been tampered with?

SHOP WINDOW LOOTING? WELL, HOW MANY SHOP WINDOWS?

It was announced that 17 stores were damaged in the events that took place in Frankfurt on Saturday night. The fact that the media, which announced that 54 protesters were detained, 100 police officers were injured, and about 1000-1500 radical youths prone to violence appeared on the scene, has made such a fuss about these 'things' makes one ask the question: Are these measures taken to prevent the French reaction from being seen in Germany? Is it so?

There are no easy answers to the artificial and/or fabricated panic triggered by these developments. However, in addition to the lack of Russian natural gas in the Europe of Germany, the fact that it has not been able to produce great statesmen/women and brilliant thinkers from within itself for decades can also be put on the table as a reason.

The bridges built (like the 'Atlantic Bridge') also bind the parties together in negativity. As the American dream falls apart, it naturally drags Europe and Germany down with it. The reactions brewing in France are also falling upon Germany. To a greater or lesser extent. The law of bridges and communicating vessels must be something like this: The parties become similar to each other over time. If they do not, that connection, that system collapses.

The undisputed leader of public opinion polls, the AfD (Alternative for Germany), must be snickering.

The summary of the summary?

It is this: It is certain that the shadow or wind of the events in Europe will fall upon Turkey in the near future. I assume the opposite is not expected. Everything that brews in Europe also falls upon Turkey. Except for prosperity. After all, this Turkey is a reservoir of labor: Look, a significant contribution is coming from the outside and from the most important connection centers, especially Berlin, to the current crisis stemming from internal imbalances and looting...

The 'ballot-box monarchy', which we can call the practice of the Islamist Ankara or the 'Abdul Hamid III' regime, will not be able to see a day of comfort. If Europe enters a constant coughing fit, Turkey will sooner or later, within this system, get pneumonia. It cannot be saved...

So, would Germany's 'Turkish-speaking' 17th state remain ineffective/silent in such a situation?

There, and in Turkey too... We don't know... We shall see...

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