With the expiry of the 100-year-old treaty in 2023, Turkey may enter a new era as it can drill for oil and establish a new channel between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara as a prelude to charging the fee on passing ships. It could be called the Istanbul Canal. • Abolition of the “Treaty of Sèvres” and its unjust clauses towards the Ottoman Empire and establishment of what would later become known as the secular “Turkish Republic” after the abolition of the system of the Islamic Caliphate, and the demarcation of the borders of Greece and Bulgaria with the Turkish state, which retained the annexation of Istanbul and Western Thrace and included provisions for the payment of debts in instalments of the Ottoman state. A Washington Post article published yesterday titled “Erdogan`s Turkey Fights the Ghosts of Sèvres 100 Years Later” quoted 20th-century Turkish historian Nicholas Danforth as saying, “Sèvres has been largely forgotten in the West, but it has a strong legacy in Turkey, where it helped foment a form of nationalist paranoia. which some researchers have called Sèvres syndrome.” The Washington Post then quoted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who said after the conclusion of the illegal maritime agreement between Turkey and Libya: “Thanks to this military and energetic cooperation, we have overthrown the Treaty of Sèvres.” The treaty`s expiration, coupled with Turkey`s recent military adventurism, suggests that the region`s geographical contours may change. Over the past century, especially in the last decade, Turkey has become a somewhat hegemonic power in the region, with Iran being its only rival in influence and Israel its only rival in military power. Its proactive stance in the Syrian conflict – through its famous Operation Euphrates Shield and its current Operation Olive Branch – has made the country a regional power to be reckoned with militarily and diplomatically. The Treaty of Lausanne expires in 2023. This has sparked a debate about how Turkey sees the opportunity and how it would act. Will he try to revive the Ottoman Empire or something similar in Europe? Will geopolitical maps be redrawn? Will Turkey project a hard power leading to regional domination? In addition, it will be free to seize the rich resources, including those located in northern Iraq, and they will have the right to seize the underground resources and start drilling for resource exploration. These military interventions took place in the context of a previous Turkish intervention in northern Iraq, with the intention of conducting combat exercises in several countries in the region and signing military agreements with Arab and African countries. The idea is to expand Turkish relations abroad to promote military exports, maximize economic returns and increase regional influence based on hard power.
Erdogan`s aggressive nationalism now spills over Turkey`s borders and aims to conquer land in Greece and Iraq. Thus, Turkey`s moves to pave the way for its mythical “New Turkey 2023” included: the expansion of the Turkish country into the northern part of Syria, Iraq and the Kurds` prevention of its own unified state. “Turkey has started a second republic – what Erdogan calls the `New Turkey`. Proponents believe that this new incarnation of the Turkish state will be freed from the authoritarianism that defined the Republic of Atatürk; Critics fear that he will be deprived of Atatürk`s secularism,” said Nick Danforth of Foreign Policy. And how do the current great powers handle Turkish demands? Will we see wars before 2023, and who will lead this change This has been reflected in Turkish military concentrations on the borders with Iraq and Syria and in its involvement in the Red Sea through an agreement on the Sudanese island of Sawaken, as well as in the Turkish military intervention in the northern Syrian city of Afrin. And by 2023, the treaty period that has elapsed for a hundred years will end, and here we understand Erdogan`s comments, as Turkey enters a new era and begins oil exploration and drilling of a new canal connected between the two Black Seas and Marmara in preparation for the collection of royalties from passing ships. With the expiration of this historic agreement in 2023, myths about the restoration of the former Ottoman Empire have never been erased by the continued ambition of the Turks, known for their expansion plans, colonization and nationalism. By drilling in Greek maritime space, which Turkey claims as its own, without any justification under international law, including that of the United Nations Law of the Sea, Erdoğan can claim a cheap victory in Greece, knowing that the Greek army will not defend its maritime space unless seismic research turns into gas drilling.
which the Turkish president will probably not do. Although the Greek army was put on high alert and all the soldiers on vacation were immediately recalled to their units, it is unlikely that Turkey`s provocation would slide into the conflict, especially since Erdoğan has once again succeeded and masterfully distracted the Turks from the catastrophic economic situation by invoking Turkish ultranationalism against Greece. The treaty, which is recognized on the borders of the modern state in Turkey, and the allies` demands for autonomy for Turkish Kurdistan were reduced in exchange for the concession of land from Turkey to Armenia, and claims to the spheres of influence in Turkey were abandoned and control of financial transactions in Turkey or in the armed forces was imposed. and it was announced that the Turkish Strait between the Aegean and Black Seas would be open to all, contrary to what happened in the Sèvres Convention. Given the emerging geopolitical realities, Pakistan should formulate a strategy to take advantage of the opportunities that Turkey could offer in the coming days. There should be a holistic plan for the pre-2023 period and the post-2023 phase. .