It may not be correct for Turkey as a single entity, but the context of the link was Turkey as a part of the Muslim sphere of influence where it represents the leading edge of secularization that Al Qaeda is fighting
As I said, a broadbrush generalization.
I admit that it may not be valid to lump all Muslim nations together, but that type of conglomeration does seem to be part of he Al Qaeda agenda
Which means what... that it is OK for the rest of us to "lump all Muslim nations together"? Wouldn't that kind of impair our ability to analyze, understand, and project their individual circumstances?
Besides, I I would dare say that Al-Qaeda doesn't "lump all Muslim nations together" and is keenly aware of the individual characteristics of each.
If Turkey is pushed into chaos it may lose it's coherency.
Turkey has a long history of dealing with terrorism. Even before these incidents, major shopping malls and office buildings in Istanbul all had airport-style x-ray machines etc at their entrances. I have a funny feeling that Turkish police will be more effective in dealing with terrorist attacks than their American counterparts, and without going nuts in the meanwhile as a nation.
I made very good money from Turkish t-bills and a USD/TRL forward in the first half of this year, so I looked back right after these incidents, to see if there was an opportunity to reenter the market - i.e., a rapid devaluation of the currency, a rapid increase in yields, etc. Nothing of the kind. It must have helped that their Central Bank announced it was ready to fund the market & intervene, but there were no panic sales in the market.
Just to show you how difficult it will probably be to "push Turkey into chaos".
I don't really understand what you meant by "it may lose its coherency" ("cohesion"?) but I guess you are referring to the possibility of the nation dividing into factions? I doubt it. As you have seen after 9/11, there is nothing that brings a nation closer together than an outside enemy claiming random lives from among them. |
