The 2008 economic crisis was not the crisis of developing countries, but that of “central economies,” and there were harbingers of it since 2006.

However, this was not an economic crisis alone, it was also a geopolitical crisis. The world is changing, trembling, with strong earthquakes and power struggles happening; power shifted from the West to the East; new blocs and centers were forming.

We also witnessed clashes, civil wars and invasions in relation to this shift of axis.

The global trade war, the fight for control over resources and markets, the disintegration over the inability to share economic power led to to small and medium-scale wars here and there.

Using its superiority of discourse and influence, the West concealed this for a long time. Yet, during the global economic crisis, it did not want to find a solution either. It simply tried to extend the life-span of the existing system putting a band-aid on a bullet wound.

This is because the solution necessitated sharing the economic power domain. Sharing this meant that the global dominion would also be divided. Thus, this would be the end of the “Western” dominance that had been ongoing for centuries.

They also knew that this is not an economic matter alone; they were measuring the shifts in power and calculating its geopolitical consequences. Hence, they turned their focuses to defense, security and areas of conflict.

Resources, markets, capital and technology competition started to be sensed as conflict. Though this conflict put the “trade wars” on our agenda, it is still continuing largely, in the form of local clashes and invasions.

However, the expected is happening. Trade wars, economy wars are no longer local; they feed the regional and global-scale conflict risks. Because the intensity of geopolitical tremors has increased greatly. This is not only the harbinger of a new economic crisis, but also a conflict.

Following Iraq and Afghanistan, the clashes in Syria and Libya are probably going to be the last “local examples” of this geopolitical showdown. After this, it is going to manifest in the form of regional and global-scale showdowns.

You know those who were undermining the matter, mocking, using “foreign forces,” those who keep insisting on “fear politics,” those who brag about “justice and fairness”? They are all lying.

They are all trying to isolate Turkey from the world and sell the scenario that all problems are Turkey’s fault. They are all taking sides according to the waves caused by this global power clash, and following a covert project.

There are signs of a bigger wave than the geopolitical crisis onset by the one in 2008. This time, global power activities are not local but regional – as a matter of fact, global, and areas of conflict will be produced as a result.

The trade wars that have become apparent once Donald Trump became U.S. president are going to lead to grave divisions, disintegrations in Africa, the Pacific, Europe, and everywhere there are separation of powers. Of course, this is valid for our region as well. However, it should not always be anticipated in the form of U.S.-China, U.S.-Russia, Europe-Russia or East-West. The biggest disintegration might happen within Europe itself.

Those saying, “Turkey’s economy is deteriorating,” are hiding what is happening around the world from us. They are hiding the reality that everything happening in Turkey is a reflection of the events happening globally. By doing this, they are trying to prevent our nation, our country from preparing for greater storms.

German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel wrote that the World Trade Organization would become “dysfunctional” in a couple of days, because the U.S. prevented the appointment of the organization’s administration staff, and unless they are appointed by next week, the organization will fall.

It’s not even possible to make a decision regarding the appointment of administration staff for the World Trade Organization. Just last week we were discussing what would become of NATO, whether it was “brain dead” or not. All supranational organizations are in the same boat. All international agreements are in this situation. All moral values and principles are in this situation.

Throw out the old world map. A new map is being drawn. Turkey is carrying out the fight for this new map in every field; within itself, its region and globally. It is preparing for the upcoming storm and is indeed doing it much better than most countries. Yes, the new world cannot be discussed based on archaic discourses.

But come and tell this to those within the country! They are too busy blinding us, paralyzing our minds, opening the doors of the fortress from inside.