There are news disclosed concerning the endeavour to form some sort of a Sunni Bloc between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, that there are discussions in this regard, that these powers will begin an operation in Syria after the military operation in Yemen, and that even though the U.S. does not cooperate, they bloc will personally carry out the operation on its own, and in fact that Turkey will enter Syria with ground forces. The truth of such news in Western media, particularly in British media, is quite suspicious. However, it must be noted that there are indications that lead us to be concerned.
It is true that in the recent period there is evident convergence between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Qatar's stance regarding Syria and other regional crises is also clear. There is significant overlapping in the way these three countries view the region, the way they perceive threats and their plans for the future. Whether right or wrong, this can be argued, but this is a relationship, a convergence.
We can easily say that after Iraq and Syria, Iran's presence and operations in Yemen have triggered this convergence. However, the Iran threat felt more in Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries than in Turkey, is the main motivation of the convergence forcing these countries to stand close to Turkey. The threat felt by these countries is a real threat and we can say that Iran is quite enjoying this.
'Sunni Bloc' against the 'Shiite Crescent'
The debate that the Sunni countries in the region were reconstructed based on a settlement with Iran rather than a settlement with the invasive West has been ongoing for years. Back in those years, the disintegration theory that would divide the geography in half as the 'Sunni Block' against the 'Shiite Crescent,' was more a part of the global interference strategy aimed at the region than intraregional dynamics. We always discussed the danger in question in this aspect and persisted in drawing attention to that threat to warn the countries and communities in the region.
Unfortunately today the goal has been reached. Those interfering powers no longer need to make an effort. That effort is now replaced with intraregional power wars and dynamics. The project has been made to become the region's own reality. The energy provided by intraregional conflict theories has reached such an extent that it would carry the conflict even further. It is as though the genie has been let out of the bottle and the incidents and crises are following one after the other with the domino effect.
History of stupidities and that splendid trap
Those who are behind the chaos theory of geography, those who predicted that 'Islam would go to war among itself,' no longer need to strive. Local powers and countries are acting with such a lack of prudence that sectarian identity has become the only reality, and they have started to try and shape their own existence based on that. Whereas this was a century-old trap set in this geography and we are walking into this trap.
They set up a splendid game. They set the rules themselves and served the game. In the end, there were no security concerns or strategies other than the 'Shiite Crescent' and the 'Sunni Bloc.' All threats were directed to this point. We are witnessing the tragic example of how a project turned into the own reality of the Muslim communities, states living in this geography. I guess the historians of the future will be noting this trap into which Muslim country governors fell, as the greatest improvidence, stupidity of the 21st century. Unless we are guided to turn away from the dangerous path, our 21st century is going to be written in books as the history of stupidities.
Wake up, you are all going to be divided
This improvidence will destroy both the winners and losers of today. Similar to Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Egypt and Libya, almost every country is going to experience its own chaos, face long years of instability and misery and divide, turning into tribes and cities, with mini organization states formed. Unless there is a will, a guide to turn us away from this path, Turkey and Iran, the two countries that seem to be the steadiest and most powerful in the region, will also share the same fate; it might be a little later than the others, but they too will divide.
Take note, the minor and insignificant developments you are witnessing today are all the sub-elements of that great project; bit by bit we are being dragged to that end. A few years later you will see that those incidents you witnessed today are all part of a game and regret underestimating it.
I am saying 'we,' because Turkey is not the only country in the region. It is not a country that will remain standing on its own, gain strength on its own, provide stability on its own. It is time that Syria is perceived as an internal matter. Iraq too. Soon, we will come to realize that other crises are also our internal matters.
Iran ' s geopolitical ambition a threat to the region
The intraregional dynamics, definitions of threats, are all the truths served to us by that grand project. That project now forms our security strategies, national goals and our country's formulas for stability. Take a look at Iran. This country which has been in conflict with the West since the 1979 revolution, is gaining strength from the West's destructive aggression toward the region and uses that threat as a camouflage to apply a Persian expansionism strategy.
It is present in Syria with its entire army, in Iraq also with its entire army, and lastly it has stretched out to Yemen with its entire military force. It is making plans to open a door to the Red Sea and become a world power. The next step is to destabilize the Persian Gulf countries to drag them into civil strife and in fact, attempt occupation. Its final step is to pull Saudi Arabia into the internal conflict to try and settle accounts with this country.
When Iran's search for geopolitical power is so, Saudi Arabia is dragged into a serious security crisis, the Persian Gulf feels the threat and embarks on other quests. It endeavours to become a power formed of Sunni countries to restrain the Iran threat. Because the Riyadh government knows very well that Iran's seizing of Yemen is a strategy to contain it, and feels the approaching war.
Is there a preparation for the Mecca War?
This is how the 'Muslims are going to fight among themselves' theory of those who said during the Cold War era that 'Islam has bloody borders,' is becoming a reality. Perhaps they are dreaming of a Mecca-Madina-based Iranian-Saudi war. And we think that everything we do during this process are our own truths.
The Iranian-Saudi balance, the power showdown, is dragging the entire region into war. Perhaps the geography of chaos will form through this war and we will lose the 21st century. Hence, Iran should be stopped from embarking on new adventures after its Iraq and Syria cheek, and end its own 'Crusades.'
Not Shiite or Sunni, but Islam
As Turkey has repeated on numerous occasions, there is no prescription or remedy other than the, 'Not Shiite or Sunni, but Islam' formula. This is the single standing point where we need to stop and prevent the disaster from happening. This is why those who wrote the regional disaster scenario are attacking Turkey. A power that stands in front of the grand project will, during this period, be the most hated country. If you noticed, purge projects, one after the other, are being carried out for the last couple of years against the leaders of the political mindset determining Turkey's position. This is the sole reason.
There area few things to be done to stop the regional sectarian war. Firstly the war in Syria must reach an end. The Baas government no longer has the will, power and legitimacy to rule that country. This government must leave at once and the joint will of Syrians should prevail.
Saudi Arabia must end the enmity toward the Muslim Brotherhood which has blinded it. It should convince Egypt, the situation should be normalized and the Brotherhood affect present in the entire geography should be mobilized to achieve peace.
Turkey should strengthen its current position, seek new partners and turn this into a regional initiative. It should take steps to calm its dangerous and ambitious neighbours instead of the Sunni Bloc against the Shiite Crescent which has divided the region into two as Shiite and Sunni.
