The Organization of Turkic States - aka The Turkic Council 

Mongolian isnt a finno-ugric language

@@larrywave no, it's not. I know better now. 🙂

@@FredoRockwell good 😁as there is lot of racist history behind calling finns Mongolian 😅

@@larrywave Totally. I didn't mean to add to that!

@@FredoRockwell no hard feelings 😇

Thanks for watching and for for comment!

🇹🇷❤️☪️👋 Greetings from Turkey.

@@aaaa_10 Hello!🙋 Thanks for watching!

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Qırım yaşasın!

You would love to see a United Turkic States? Would you want it to be the same countries as are currently in the Turkic Council, or would you like a different group?

@@FredoRockwell Yeah, I love to see it 👀.

@@FredoRockwell Hi, I watched the video a little late, so my comment would be late. I want to add something actually a mistake made by many researchers. When the events aren’t viewed from a very broad perspective, many things can be left in purgatory. Turks haven’t been trying to unite for the past few years. This is actually a very long-term adventure. 30 years ago, when the Turkic states became independent, we took the opportunity to communicate again. First, the period of getting to know and understanding each other began. We didn't even know how close our languages were because the alphabets we used were different. Incredible work has been done on this for the last ten years. Most importantly, thousands of Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Azeri, Uzbek and Turkmen students have been educated in Turkey. There are many people who come to our country to work. It wasn’t difficult at all to get together with the effect of sharing a common language and religion. If you asked 10 years ago if it was possible for the Turkic states to unite, I would probably have said no.However, we can say that this won’t be a dream since we’ve learned that there are artificial boundaries between us and started to remove them one by one from our way. It is only necessary to determine how and which level this merger will take place. We, as Turkey, have apparently been trying to be a part of Europe for 60 years. No matter how many mistakes we have, it is a fact that the other party has never been sincere towards us. Why shouldn't we spend effort on this issue with our relatives who are hungry for development and have a lot in common?

@@FredoRockwell it would be good if current Turkic countries unified.

@@Ferahtub Do you think it will happen? When?

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U need to include Afghan Pakistan man

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@@muhammaddinqodirov1748 Chechnya dagistan Bangladesh Baltistan dhagestan all of Central Asia

Thanks for watching! I think a wider Turkish union based on liberal democracy sounds great. For all of its faults (which there are many) the European Union has provided a real incentive for the expansion of liberal, democratic systems of government. If there was a Turkic version of this that provided similar incentives to Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Central Asia I think that would be a great help to the entire world.

Güney Azerbaycan’ı nasıl halletmemizi önerirsin İran’a bir tehdit teşkil etmeden?

@@FredoRockwell sounds great under democracy and a block iss needed a 3rd block for more balance around the world

Respect to turkic country from 35 million south Azerbaycaninan türk 🐺🇹🇲🇺🇿🇰🇬🇰🇿🇦🇿🇹🇷🐺

Tam olaraq mənim qardaşım ❤

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@@s.oeksuez6472 Canada was a former French colony not British one and in Canada you also have French speaking parts.

He’s American. He could never understand us or our culture or history as much as he’d like to.

Hungarian language is contains 27.8% words

Not exactly, the mentioned countries speak all the SAME language, turkic countries not. But they are pretty close though and many words are the same.

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In Sha Allah...Selam Turkiyeden

Thanks for your comment. 🙂 When were the previous Turkic superstates you refer to?

@@FredoRockwell probably refering to ottoman times but ottoman was captured under heavy islamic influence beginning 15th century and lost its Turkic mindset till Ataturk has revived it I dont consider turanism a good idea but a trade and a culture corridor will help turkic nations live in a better world

@@erendogan7317 huns gokturks ottomans uigurs may i mention more ?

There was a previously 16 turkic super states (otherwise known as turkic empire )

@@FredoRockwell 1-Xiongnu Kaghanate 2-Turkic Kaghanate 3-Mongol Kaghanate ( non-turkic rulers) 4-Timurid Empire

Thanks for watching! I think ancient linguistic ties, real or imagined, is a bad foundation for international relations, and DNA is even worse. I don't doubt there might be some similarity in culture between the former Ottoman Empire and an eastern European country, and that's a great thing, but I doubt it comes from a shared ancestry on the plains of Manchuria ten thousand years ago!

@@FredoRockwell Yeah! right. It's a bad foundation to base an international relations right ? based on linguistic ties! You mean like EU ? alright!!!!!! Do you realize that Swedish and a Portuguese, Irish and Greek, Italian and Estonian basically share NOTHING. They don't even understand each other. A bit. While most Turkic languages are literally intelligible differentiate from like %20 up to %90+. While Hungarian might be bit different which it is but still there are a lot of shared culture and heritage. As it is like rest of the Turkic group have heritage from Eurasian nomadic groups. And "surprisingly" including Hungarian all these languages share almost identical grammar and linguistic rules. And basically they all originate from almost the same region. But it's all "coincidence" :) And it's all "DEBUNKED" like you mention in the video right!!! Because eurocentric/western so called researchers says so... Sureee. Also DNA has never been the main point of Turkic history. Turks of Anatolia or "Turkish" basically Anatolian natives mixed with Turkics it's not a secret and literally doesn't change anything. You can also research about the genetic researches about ancient central Asian Turkic peoples. Most significant findings was about that over %50 of their DNA was already literal Caucasian. Because Turkics were basically the people that emerged as the final product of Eurasian steppes. And Caucasian nomadic groups like Scythians etc. all have merged into Turkic group. I mean THAT'S basically what "Turkic" is. The reason I'm talking about this.... Well like I said it's never been about "DNA" it's lingua-cultural heritage group. And lastly if any of these means "nothing" for you and isn't a base for anything. Than why does even there is a thing called "european" as majority of them doesn't even share a culture, or intelligible language, or even history-heritage. I mean they are part of same super-lingual group of "Indo-European" but that's literally means nothing as it's basically most wide spread and unrelated linguistic group on earth. And Turkic by definition is actually closer to sub groups of that group like "Germanic" for example or "Slavic" etc. And this btw is whole another subject but by comment already become too long so I'm gonna cut it here.

@@goktugkzlok3082 As far as I know, the EU has never at any point claimed to be based on any linguistic ties. How could it, as it includes languages as diverse as Portuguese and Estonian? Or why would it want to? The EU was founded on commonly held political values, like democracy, but that's not linguistic and doesn't even need to be cultural. I'd say the primary aim of the EU has been to stop future wars among its members, which just happen to be together in Europe, so I guess the primary tie is geography. I don't have any problem with the Organization of Turkic States pursuing integration. I don't think it will get very far as long as most members are led by autocrats, but I could be wrong. And whatever they do, it would be great to see the member nations become more democratic and free (which is what I would say about any country in the world, including my own). Thanks for watching and commenting!

@@FredoRockwell Magyars are not Turkic, however there are significant Turkic people in Hungary. Cumans, Pechenegs and some other Turkic tribes ended in Hungary. They have been living in Hungary for centuries, some of them have lost their identity and blended into Magyar culture. Some families are still aware of their Turkic decent.

@@blgram That sounds more realistic to me, and I think it's an interesting bit of history. I don't think it's a strong enough basis for a political union (on its own) but still interesting. Thank you and thanks for watching!

Wow, that's surprising. Do you think Hungarian speakers are aware of this - that their language contains Turkic words? Or is it something that's normally forgotten (like how lots of words in English come from French)?

@@FredoRockwell Many Hungarians are aware of this . The original Hungarians came from western Siberia , and the Khant and Mansi, hunters, fishermen and reindeer herders with mongoloid features but with some Caucasian admixture , still live there . These are the two closest languages to Hungarian, but Hungarian has been separated from them for so long they are not at all mutually intelligible. But if you compare these three languages the similarities in vocabulary are obvious . Long ago, the Magyars separated themselves from the ancestors of the Khant and Mansi peoples , adopted a nomadic lifestyle and mixed with various Turkic peoples . This is how Hungarian, a Finno-Ugrian language, absorbed all those Turkic words . Hungarian, Khant and Mansi make up the Ugrian branch of the Finno-Ugrian language family . But there are only about 30,000 Khant and Mansi left and their languages are very close to extinction as they all speak Russian .

@@robertberger4203 you're on the right path mate but still very far from the truth.

As descendants of steppe warriors I count them as a Turkic tribe. The Bulgars have also been a Turkic tribe from Asia. But their culture and language got heavily slavicized (slavisiert).

@@SedatKPunkt Bulgars were not slavicized they mixed with tatars and now call themselves Volga Tatars. While those people who call themselves Bulgarians only took their name kinda like french did.

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@@pontianforests Are you gay ?

@@baybarshan2500 ya sus be :D Tanrı bize menemen yapsın yazmaya devam et Internette

Kes pontus dönmesi.@@pontianforests

Aga herif tanrı bizle yazmış ne menemeni?(ironi yaptıysan okay)

truth🫢

İki Türk bir araya gelse devlet kurar diye bir anlayışımız vardır.

Yes! Our ancestors lost Asia to the Great Britain and that is how the Anglo culture dominated the globe and became the world’s modern superpower. It is also interesting to know how Brits persuaded and supported Persians against the last Turkic dynasty of Iran - Qacars- after 950 years of Iran being ruled by Turks.

As a Turk, I was curious about human history in general. And I was studying the first civilizations, but even I, as a Turk, was shocked. No matter how far back I went, I encountered Turkic people everywhere. An incredible history! I'm still researching and I'm surprised the same way every day.Every piece of information takes me to the region where Uyghur Turks live, that is, East Turkestan. East Turkestan/Uyghuristan is currently under Chinese occupation, but I think the history of humanity lies there.

Abi ilk önce bukadar detaylı anlattığın için teşekkürler ben Türkiye Türküyüm bu arada. Helal olsun sana.

Thanks for your considered comment! Most of the comments I have about Hungary on this video are quite angry at me for doubting the connection. I don't personally think it's important, or necessary, for nations to have a common genetic heritage to form deeper cooperative relationships. If Hungary and the Turkic nations have a cultural affinity, and it is strong enough to build bonds between them, then that sounds like a great thing. I guess I just find it odd to insist there's a strong genetic/linguistic connection (when at best there is a weak one) and THEN say this justifies cooperation. Just my thoughts, anyway! :)

@@FredoRockwell Thanks for your response. I think I didn't express myself clearly enough. Of course, a genetic relationship is not necessary for cooperation. However, it seems that there is a wing within Orban's party (former Jobbik politicians and symphatisers) that does value that. I mean to say that in addition to the alleged language connection and the pragmatic intention, common origins are also the reasons for Hungary's entry into this alliance. And of course Hungary is not political and ideological homogeneous. So it's not surprising that some Hungarians, who would like to see themselves as native European, get angry when you talk about anthropological similarities with Eurasian people.

​@@FredoRockwell Turk identity is not based on ethnicity. Ethnich racism and ethnic nationalism is european invention. Turks built kind of nomadic federation in central asian steppes. Then spreaded to the east and west. They always built multi ethnic empires and mixed with other races. But Turks are connected to each other by Turkish language and culture. This is why when Hungarians want to be part of Turan no other Turkic country or nation has a problem with it. Because we see them as descantents of nomadic steppe people which as in Turkic confedaration thousands years ago. A Turkic superstate would be pretty strong balance power against China and Russia in Asia. And if Turkic Union will become stronger even Koreans and Japaneese people can join this alliance. Because they are not Turkic but They also have friendly ties with Turkic world especially with Turkey...

​@@darkprofileTurks are also bound by blood dude

@@korkufilmleriscarymovies2283 The ones who think that he is pure turkish is an ignorant person. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk told "how happy who says I am Turk." he didn't say "how happy who born as Turk". Turkish nation has built multi ethnic imperials from central asia to east europe. Turks are a confederation of central asian tribes. Turks are not a single ethnic idetity based on blood. Who claim he is Turkic by genetics he must get a surprise by making a dna test.

.....as your bloody history have shown ?

I think it will provide balance. A balance has to be achieved in Asia.

@@heaven-earth108 Are other nations angels?

I don't doubt there may be stronger cultural connections between Turkic people. But I doubt they're as significant as some politicians like to make it sound. The 6th century was a long time ago!

​@@FredoRockwell well I agree but the connections are really way more higher than the indian-german or persian-british link, especially linguistically. many traditions never changed and the idea of a political unification always stayed alive on different places. Nader Shah was a great example, he said Ottomans, Afshars and Mughals (descendant of Timurids) are originated from one nation called "Turcoman" and this nation has to unify. Nader Shah was an important ruler of Persia. also Ottomans sent military supplies to Uyghurs on their rebellion. when we look at Uyghur coat of arms and the Uyghur flag, its same with the Ottoman coat of arms and Turkish flag, just blue edition. thats the reason of it.

@@Berkh I feel conflicted about this idea, to be honest. I think it's very encouraging to think the Uyghurs will receive support from other Turkic governments. It is wrong for them to be ignored, and it makes sense for Turkic nations to be most aware of their plight. At the same time, I think ethnicity is a really bad thing to found a country on. It's way too easy for ethnically based states to treat minorities badly. Also, I genuinely think the principles of good government and human rights transcend ethnic/cultural backgrounds. Or at least they should. :)

@@FredoRockwell I agree. I support some sort of confederations or mechanisms like EU, EU is a great example of a unity which is based on historical or even genetical ties but acting without opressing the ones who are not European but living in Europe. I kinda want the same for Turkic nations.

@@Berkh that I totally understand, and there are huge benefits from lowering barriers between countries in a region. Let's hope there is a democratic foundation in Turkey and central Asia up do this soon!

Thanks for watching and commenting. I've learned from another source that these languages are more mutually intelligbile than I had thought when I made this video. I do understand the desire not to be under Russian or Chinese control and that's totally understandable!

Turkic languages are pretty close to Japanese In terms of Grammar.. and Spanish in terms of pronunciation

it depends. if you compare siberian turkic with turkish turkic, then yeah it’s like germanic, latin languages. but if you compare turkestan’s (central asia) turkic with caucus and turkish turkic, then it’s more like hispanic, arabic dialects.

@@yuksak but siberian and turkish is litterily as far apart as possible its the opposite sides of the spectrum, for that it is still farily close i would say

@@yuksak No Turk who living in Siberia their dialects looks like Mongol language and some mongol words.

Encouraging any ethnic group to conquer the world is a really nasty message. It would be more offensive of it didn't sound so silly. Instead I'd encourage Turkic people to do what I would advise anyone and everyone: be tolerant and peaceful and help make the world a better place. 🙂

Ha! Thanks. I'm not really sure what I'm doing when it comes to editing so that's nice to hear.

Thanks for watching and for your really kind comment!

Thanks for watching and commenting. I agree about indo-European. That's my point actually.

@Эркин Мәмбэтҗан 🇰🇿 Қыйат 卐 Norway? Norwegians are a Germanic people, not an Altaic one.

​@Қазақ_Қыят卐قازاق_قيات Your basic ability to speak a language has little to do with your ability to understand its origins and history. Historians and Linguists spend years of their lives studying these issues, dismissing them as "westerners that don't speak our languages" is silly and ridiculous.

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Afganistanı birliğin için almak saçma, çünkü afganlar da birliğin içine girer onun yerine sizi Türk ülkekerine almamız lazım diyorum

Free trade can do a lot to promote democracy, and it would be great if the Organization of Turkic States had this effect. More economic freedom doesn't always lead to more democracy and civil liberties, however - just look at China!

@@FredoRockwell That's true, there needs to be empathy and cultural ties between trading nations to ensure that one state does not empower the other, as in Germany vs Europe, or become a slave labour hub to the other one, as in China vs the west. I just hope this organization to bring more wealth and freedom to the citizens of the partnering states.

That would be a great result! I know I am critical of Erdogan's policies, but I think Turkey is a better long term partner for Central Asian countries than Putin's Russia.

Hiya, thanks for your comment. I've since changed my view on this issue in two years since I published this video. I understand that the languishes are more aligned than I realized. 🙂 My hope is to make an updated video on the next few months.

I'm sure the issues don't seem related to you, and I mean no offence, but the justifications that the Armenian side gave for invading Azerbaijan and capturing territory in the 1988-94 conflict was to stop the persecution of ethnic-Armenians in Azerbaijan. One of Turkey's justifications for its invasion of Cyprus is, as you have just said, persecution of ethnic Turks in Cyprus. The issues are not directly related, but follow the same template. In both conflicts, both sides (Turks and Greek Cypriots, Azeris and Armenians) accuse the other of ethnic-based atrocities. If Greece gave military support to Cyprus to help it regain the territory Turkey now occupies, I'm sure Turkey would say this was unfair. To me, that's a glaring inconsistency.

@@FredoRockwell Türkiye, Greece and the United Kingdom were guarantor countries in Cyprus. Greek officers and Greek nationalists staged a military coup in Cyprus. (Their aim was to unite Cyprus with Greece.) In 1974, Turkey launched a military operation against Cyprus. This operation is called (Atilla.) I think we have something in common with the Hungarians. :D

@@ercankement1 intentionally ignoring coup attempt, legitimate intervention approved by Greece and UN, Annan Plan. He intentionally neglects such facts. Armenian Cyprus issues are oranges and apples. There was a referandum organized by UN for unification. Armenia has never asked to Azerbaijanis But white christian supremacist motives you can sense in case that westerner insists on ignoring it. Its a sign of not being impartial due to white christian supremacist background.

Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thanks for watching and commenting! I've learned from another source that these languages are more mutually intelligbile than I had thought when I made this video. I'm not sure Mongolian, Korean or Japanese are at all related to anything Turkic, though!

@@FredoRockwell You are Turk too : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bjk9GoQ8EvI.html

@@FredoRockwell HUNGARİAN LANGUAGE İS COMPLETELY SAME GRAMATİCLY ON THE OTHER HAND İT İS COMPLETELY DİFFERENT LİKE WORDS

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Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you! Glad to have you aboard! Let me know if you like any of the previous videos. 😀

@@FredoRockwell Looks like you are an expert about Somaliland ;)

@@zeke2408 It's definitely an interest of mine, but I wouldn't say I'm an expert by any means. But the next video I'm making is actually another about Somaliland...

Thanks! Did you watch it on double speed to finish it already?! :D

@@FredoRockwell no I’m currently on 5th minute but so fun actually

I hope it keeps your interest!

Glad you liked it! To me it looks like Turkey wants to play the "older brother" role in this group. I suspect the other leaders go along with this because they perceive an advantage in the arrangement. But I'm not convinced the relationships are as strong as they appear in the photo opps! It will definitely be interesting to see how things unfold...

You want that right? You want Turkey to dominate. Looks like somebody missed Western fantasies of Ottomans.

@@Tztimelord Turkiye has a bigger population bigger economy and the only Turk nation that has access to the sea.

Turkey is the key of the world. It is the middle point of transportation routes, gas pipes and so on. Turkey will definitely will be the bigger brother as seen in Karabakh war and also the inherited Ottoman State wisdom and also the Khilafat. The wisdom is from Turkey. But this is not a dictators group but it is a long awaited historic moment. If you want a prove, you can search the from singer Barış Manço named Kayaların Oğlu. He stated even the year that will happen in his song as 2023 long years ago.

We would only be happy if Turkey rules. Turkey is our big brother. Unlike others, we appreciate our big brother Turkey. Because Turkey needs help from its brotherly countries. We will only help and love each other forever.

Thanks for your comment! I can't tell you how many comments this video has had, angrily insisting that Hungarians are Turkic. I'm not sure why it's so important to these people, but I appreciate knowing it's not a widely held view in Hungary.

@@FredoRockwell Some Hungarians hate Turks because of the Ottoman empire,but they dont know,Ottomans do not see themselves as Turks,they call themselves Millet(Nation) like the Roman empire they try to unite all the nations in the empire.

Atilla, az Európai Hun Birodalom őse, az Ön alapítója. Így alakult ki Magyarország, természetesen nem fogunk könyörögni senkinek, hogy legyen török, csak kutassuk a történelmét, mert a világtörténelem során sok állam asszimilálódott. Lehet, hogy te nem vagy török, de Atilla török volt, és mindenki, aki meg tudja győzni Atillát, töröknek kell lennie. (bocsi lehet rossz magyar, ahogy fordításból írtam)

Türkün ne olduğunu sen nerden bileceksinki dünyada türk kalmadı da türkler macarlara türk dedi acaba bir düşün türk ırkı dünyanın en şerefli insanları türklerdir dünyada türkleri çıkar geriye birsey kalmaz türkler her zaman macaristanın kardeşi olmaya devam edecek

Thank you! I'm making another one in about six weeks. 🙂

I don't think splitting the world up into more and more blocs is the best course for the future, but I do think the countries of Central Asia would benefit from having another regional player in the mix other than just Russia and China. If the Turkic States can provide this, I think that would be great!

@@FredoRockwell then the european union should not exist in the first place

@Wirsindimmernochhier 😂🖕🏼

Even if your account is true (and I don't think it is) I can't see why any of this would be relevant to modern politics. Hungarian language, culture, and religion have almost nothing in common with Turkey or other Turkic nations.

@@FredoRockwell How much a Bulgarian villager and a German worker has in common in culture, religion or language that they can build a european union and both are identified as European? The founder of modern Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk has a quote. He said "how happy to the one who says I am a Turk". He didn't say "who is Turk, who has Turkish blood, who was born as Turk". So Hungarians are the descendants of Atila. In other european countries Atila means evil. In the world just Turkish Turks and Hungarians name their children as Atila. So It is obvious that Hungarians mixed with other races, their ethnicity changed, they have different religion. But we Turks show respect to their roots. And when they want to be part of Turan world we always wellcome them...

@@darkprofile The EU is not based on a common ethnicity or similarities in language. It's a group of fully democratic states with some very general shared values. There's nothing wrong in my opinion with Turkic states moving in a similar direction, but I don't think it will work if the members aren't democratic.

@@FredoRockwell Who said the a union must be built on democratical values? And who said european union is democratical union?

@@darkprofile Me. And lots of other people. Autocracies make poor members of political federations, and most federations of autocratic regimes fail. Examples are the United Arab Republic and the Union State of Russia and Belarus. Autocratic leaders aren't generally willing to cede real power to a union, which is necessary for a union to be more than a talking shop. Autocratic rulers also tend to be wary of other autocratic rulers (and for good reason). Re the EU: being an established democracy is a condition of membership. You can argue that they aren't perfect democracies - which would be true - but each member holds regular elections and enjoys regular and peaceful transfers of power

Glad you like it, so far!

I think a more democratic Turkey would be great for the entire world. Turkey is a really important country, both because of geopolitics and because of its position of leadership in the Turkic world. Let's hope things improve soon!

@@FredoRockwell couldn't agree more. Fascinating subject put together so well, BTW. Really enjoyed the video.

Thank you!

There aren't any currently independent Turkic countries left to join, but if Russia was to break up (as many predict it may do now) there could be several new Turkic countries. Among them is Bashkortostan, which I've made a video about. There is also East Turkistan, which is now part of China.

@@FredoRockwellHow about 30 million Azerbaijani Turks inside Iran? They ruled Iran for 950 years until the west took power from them and gave to Persians. I would love to see avideo allocates to the cultural genocide against these people that has been enforced systematically in the last 100 years. Iran has banned Azerbaijani Turkic language of 30 millions of its population just because they are the major ethnic group in Iran as against Persians to protect the Persian hegemony.

I agree that Indo European languages are more diverse than Turkic ones. I would probably leave that out, or change it if I was making the video today. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Bro you killing uyghurs

@@tim.2543 inner mongol? Uyghur is turkic man

finally, a worthy opponent... 🤣

Yes, freedom and independence for East Turkestan and Inner Mongolia plus other regions. 😁

Greetings from Kazakhstan 👋

Thanks! Congrats on your monetization, btw!

Thanks for watching and for your comment! I think a unified and strong Turkic state will need the individual members to be stronger first. The unrest in Kazakhstan is very worrying and I don't think things will become more democratic in the short term. It's great to hear that Turkey is becoming more democratic, but you are correct the economy is a big problem. And it's been a big problem for a long time. But let's hope things improve!

Great question, and I can see how this would be annoying. I think this is partly just a habit that's developed over time. I'll try to stop. 🙂

@@FredoRockwell that will be great, Thank you mr Fredo!

Really glad you liked the video! I agree that the invasion of Ukraine changes things but I was thinking in a different way. Kazakhstan recent called on Russia to respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine! Maybe Central Asia will speed up the process of finding new friends outside the CIS

After last Azerbaijan Armenia war, a corridor between Azerbaijan and Turkey was granted by Armenia. Iran see it as a threat and try to interven to stop it. If that corridor will be opened, all land locked Turkic states, their agriculture, oil and gas can transfered to Turkish ports and all Turkic world will have access to seaways from Turkey...

Iran was ruled by Turks for 950 years. Before Indo-Europeans migrated to Iranian plateau 3000 years ago, there were non-Iranic Civilisations in the region such Manna’s, Urartu, etc. then Persians entered the history and ruled for nearly 600 years until the establishment of Abbasid Caliphate. After Arabs, Iran was ruled for 950 years by its native and new coming Turkic tribes until the end of Kadjars when the British started showing interest in Irans petroleum resources. They took power from Turks and bestowed it to Persians. That’s how Persians came to power after 13 centuries - thanks to their European cousins - and Iran was “made” a Persian country.

Thanks for watching and commenting! I could be wrong, but aren't there languages the different Turkic groups you mention different from each other? Stalin may have created the Republic system in the Soviet Union, but I don't think he caused these different languages to appear. I know they have similarities, but being similar is not the same as identical. If there is a sincere attempt to create a democratic Turkic state I wish it well. I also suspect the US government would welcome a stable, democratic state in the heart of Asia. Thanks again!

@@FredoRockwell not language but dialect is different! I was point out Turkish race not language, while mentioning Stalin!

@@timestorm8246 Okay, but the difference between a language and a dialect is subjective and arbitrary. I don't doubt that there are linguistic and cultural ties, but I don't think there's much meaning in saying that a thousand years ago the ancestors or one people were in the same group as the ancestors of another. It's historically interesting, but shouldn't be the basis for driving political change today

@@FredoRockwell well, first of all even you mentioned that Turkish history goes back 2500 years ago which is not correct, know part is 5000 years ago 3000bc and unknow part is not clear but place is south of Siberia. Therefore, it's very normal to see that much dialect and severe differences among those dialect coz of other language effects! For example most common modern Turkish and Azerbaijan Turkish no need any translation but only a few days verbally practice. But I understand you, your most info comes from internet and like Wikipedia type sources, it's very normal. I strongly recommend you to turn on a Turkish tv and Azerbaijani tv. you could understand yourself both are same after 5 minutes listening!

Thanks for watching and for leaving a more in depth explanation! What you are saying fits with what I've read since making this video - that there are Turkic elements in Hungarian but they probably come from cultural mingling rather than point to a Turkic origin for the Hungarian people. And, of course, as a Finno-Ugric speaking people, it would make sense if they originated in the Urals where there are so many other peoples today speaking similar languages (like Komi). But whether all of this ancient history is correct or not, do you think it forms the basis for Hungary to join a Turkic confederation?

Turkic tribes faught with one another all the time according to the Chinese sources, and tbh, it makes perfect sense. These people were not like us modern-day civilizations, they wouldn't think the way we do now. Back in days, being ethnically, linguistically,culturally related to another tribe was probably not a big thing. Things may have worsened after converting from Tengrism. Magyars moved west and became Christians, while Oghuz moved from Caucasus to Anatolia and became Muslims. But yeah, it was loooooooong long time ago and we all intermixed with surrounding nations. Y'all became more Austrian, Slav, and we became more Greek, Armenian, Slav, Persian and Arab. We still have a lot in common, but can't really say we are one nation.

​@@MIKRASIATISSAkızım senin Türk düşmanı yorumunu başka bir sitede görmüştüm cidden... Ve Türk olmadığını bu yüzden de Araplarla Ermenilerle yunanlarla katıldığımız yalanını söylüyorsun 😂 gizli olduğunu mu sandın??? Türk değilsin ve bu lafı bir Türk'ün yüzüne söyleyemeyeceğini biliyorsun çünkü biz Türk'üz ve sen kötü bir sahte hesapsın 🥺

I don't know. I haven't paid for someone to make a translation and a subtitle file, but Google should offer an option for automated translations.

@@FredoRockwell No videos and subtitles about Turks? This is really annoying my friend. Please subtitles🙏

Sorry you're annoyed, but this video was made before I knew how to add subtitles. If you can find someone who will translate the subtitles for free I'd be glad to add them. I've done this with videos about Russia, and volunteers have kindly agreed to translate subtitles for those into Russian and even Ukrainian. I'd also add Azeri, Uzbek, and the languages of the many other countries covered in this video. Some day when I have a lager budget I hope to make subtitles in many languages as a matter of course. 🙂

I think that's a fair commentary. I suspect there will be more attempts to create economically integrated regions, and once economic integration gets entrenched political integration may follow. Thanks for watching and commenting!

If I was India, that's what I would do. I don't know any details, but I saw Pakistani flags in some of the videos of state visits I searched through. It must be an important place to build alliances for India. If you can have good relations with all of them, that's a huge win!

@@FredoRockwell yes that is definitely true. Mostly India wants geopolitical dominance over Pakistan.

As an indian I can say that main reason this government is trying to have some form of good relations because 1. Pakistan as pakistan is trying to gain support on "Kashmir issue" and to prevent india surrounding it and to prevent india from in general growing economic ties with the Stans (ex pakistan refused to let a natural gas pipeline from Stans to india eventhough it would benifit pakistan) so india is trying to counter pakistan 2. Natural gas - india wants natural gas and it is now trying to transport it from Iran ( it was proposed ig ) and in general increasing trade between the Stans and india

@@ChadPANDA... I can confirm as a fellow Indian. That's why I made this comment.

I think the biggest boost would come from a weakened Russia, which is already happening. But this is a cause of the current conflict in the Caucuses so maybe I'm making the same point ...

@@necatkarasahin8544 right they better let China get a military base 😅

Do you think ancient genetic and linguistic connections are relevant to modern politics? For example, on this basis the UK should have especially close ties to German speaking countries. That would seem a bit silly to me, at least on that basis.

@@FredoRockwell Let me tell you this: Pecheneg Turks, despite being Christians, changed sides and sided with their compatriots in the battle of Manzikert, which was the end of Eastern Rome.

@@FredoRockwell dear fredo,If any historical script is ever to be found,lingustics first refer to hungarian to learn actual meaning in case these words arent found to be in other turkic languages

My friend, hardly anyone in "the west" has any idea that people think that Hungary might be a Turkic country. There's barely anything written about this in English. Also, only crackpots and racists think that what tribe might have a genetic relationship to another tribe thousands of years ago is politically relevant today. The idea seems absurd to me, and I suspect to most people in Europe and North America. I have ancestors from several European countries, and I think this is mildly interesting, but I don't for a moment think I have any real political connection to these countries two hundred years after my ancestors left these lands. Again, that would be absurd. The OTS is a very interesting organization, and I can see the benefit in cooperation, but the only justifiable reason for it to exist is cultural and linguistic connections which exist today, not DNA from the tenth century. 🙂

@@FredoRockwell I said that this is due to the fact that they have developed a common lifestyle and culture. Although Genghis Khan was a Mongol, he also led the Turkic communities. Yes, you're right, racism is complete nonsense, I look at it in your context. As a result, one way or another, all people dispersed from a single geography and community and formed their own. There is such a fact, for example, when refugees from the Middle East want to migrate to Europe, Europeans definitely do not want this. Obviously, despite accepting a large number of refugees, the Turks do not want this either. The reason for this is not only the economy, but also cultural discontent. The reason why the leaders came together in this organization is a cultural partnership between the communities. In this context, I would very much like to see Korea, Mongolia and Japan in this organization in the future. The more communities unite on earth, the more globalized the humans becomes.

@@AhmetDiyorki Korea and Japan, just like Hungary, have no cultural connection to the Turkic countries. If there are connections, they are very distant, faint, and most people are unaware of them. There can be no cultural or linguistic justification for including any of these countries. The only justification is something that happened in history centuries ago that most people have forgotten - and I think that brings the OTS into disrepute.

@@FredoRockwell My brother, you still don't understand / see the point. The real thing is to become a whole as humanity, the unification of the humanity in the Earth to open a new era in the history, era of the terraforming other planets, the era which starts the Golden Age of the Humanity, the era of great unification. - We are not looking fo the DNA - Heritage - Roots - Background. Nomadic people who lived in the Siberia and on the Eurasian Steppes had tamed the very first horse in the human history, they were dominant on their land, they built powerful tribes, sometimes they merged and created super-states and empires such as Gokturks, Xiong-Nu Khaganate, Hun Empire etc. This culture has forged in thousands of years. Some people from this very culture called themselves "Mongol", some called "Hun", some called "Turk". Names are insignificant for these nomadic people who created this culture. Only ideology and the aim of these people were to conquer where they can reach with their horses. These people were in love with their elegant horses, these people were stargazing and watching the blue skies in a great inspiration. "Tengrism" , which is the old-religion of the nomadic people has emerged in context of these ideologies and feelings. - This ideology is still alive regardless of individual religious beliefs. Culture and language are the most important values which bring humans and therefore governments/states together in the light of the same goal or interest. It does not matter what percentage of Hungarians are of Turkic origin. It does not matter what percentage of Anatolian Turks have Greek or Roman DNA. It was not and will not be the point. It is all insignificant. We are not racists. Because there is no "pure race" in the world. Culture and language are the only important things which describe a human being. To be able to feel in the same way, to be able to fight and die side by side, to be able to unite under the name which you think describes you the most. If people of this world want to unite under the name of "Turk", let it be. If the Hungarians, regardless of their DNA results or their roots, want to become a Turkic State and want to be called as "Sons of Attila", let it be. British, French, Italian, Turk etc. They are all just names. Only thing matters is to unite under the same goal. You see, almost every Turkic person wants to call even Japanese and Koreans brothers/sisters. "They were part of the mainland Asia, our ancestors lived together" they say. I wish we all could call others brothers/sisters. It is so hard for someone to call another "brother" from the heart even if this person is an individual from your nation yet Turks can do say that even to Japanese. The instinct and desire to unite with other people... - Keep in mind that humanity can only be united step by step. In the light of this ideology, we must start from somewhere. Easiest and most efficient way is to create EU-like structures. Unlike EU, a possible Turkic Union is going to be very strong in terms of cultural and linguistic ties of the countries. These people see themselves as brothers/sisters and can understand each other in their mother tongues. This is something very special. It won't just be an economic / trade based union, it will become something better. A federation of the same culture. This structure will emerge as a 3rd block in the world. There is no country in the world right now with a possibility to unite almost 350 million people with such ease. A beacon of the countries who are not willing to take a side in a possible world war. A lighthouse of the people who want to follow their will instead of Globalist Agenda and its evil. (I am referring to ones who control almost all of the banking system, energy sources and distribution, the creators of this selfish-consumption based economic system which is doomed to explode). - Technology and Science as a role-model : With the fall of the EU which we all witness in the next 20-30 years, Europe will have to strenghten its ties with Turkic States. Other than China and USA, Turkic States will become one of the very few countries in the world which are independent in terms of Energy. Uranium, Torium, Natural Gas, Fossil Fuels, Rare Earth Elements are very rich. Other than that, Nuclear Fusion Reactors with an efficiency higher than 1.0 (For example : 100 MegaWatt Input, 150 MegaWatt Output) can be made by Turks. If not, one of the necessary key elements which is highly crucial for these reactors are Borium, Turkey holds %70 of the whole worlds Borium reserves. Humanity's leap in the tech and science depends on the Turkish interests. The other key element for reaction itself to happen is Helium-3 Isotope. There are not enough of it in the world. Our beloved Moon holds millions of tons of it. Turks must hurry the space rush 2.0 too. All of those concepts will determine whether this union is ready to lead the humanity or not.

Yes - it's a mistake. Please see other comments. But thank you for watching and commenting!🙂

Thanks for watching and for your extensive comment. Since making this video I've learned more about the connection between Turkic cultures, and I'm aware now they're more connected than I realized. I hope you're right, and that the Turkic Council spreads democracy and turns into something like the EU. That would be great!

TBH I see more of the Eurasian Union developing further, before a Turkic Union can even be suggested. All central Asian states’ biggest builds es partner is Russia. The Turkic Council might work more like the Commonwealth, rather than a EU type of Union.

I made that video a long time ago. Can you explain your question a bit more? Thanks.

these coumtries Peacefully united did they not?

@@botiabonyi Only if you have a very expansive definition of "peaceful," at least for the last two examples you ask about. I'm still not sure what your point is, though

Thanks for watching and commenting. It's interesting to speculate about the origin of Turkic people, but do you think DNA or mentions of ancient Turkic people should be relevant to modern culture or politics in Turkic countries?

@@FredoRockwell yes,at least for surviving

Really glad you liked it! I wonder if the problems in Kazakhstan will undermine support for the Organization now. What do you think?

@@FredoRockwell At this stage, I'm not really sure. From what i gathered the whole Organization is materailly a bloc like the Nordic Council, and Kazakhs arent less Turkic.. the people may not really care.

Hungarians are 5 percent central Asian from kipchak and huns

why not believe ???????

@@cultureofturk711 some Hungarians want to be accepted by Europe and reject their central Asian origin

I live in the UK but originally I'm from Georgia in the USA. 🙂

@@FredoRockwell wow you know Turk nations but some peoples dont know turk nations

@@tahabeksfk292 I'm no expert, but I do enjoy learning about Turkic countries. Make sure your watch my video about Bashkortostan! 🙂

@Erqĭn Məmbetdjan 🇰🇿 Q̆iat Қыят qandaysız qardashim

We have brothers from every religion. We are not all muslims and genetics are more important than religion.

Thanks for watching! And fior the comment. To be honest, I didn't invest much time reseaeching Finno Ugric languages so thank you for the correction! This Turanism mythology is more pervasive than I realized!

​@@FredoRockwell ​ Who said Mongolian is Finno Ugric??? As a Turanist myself this is the first time I am hearing about this. Maybe you westoids need to learn that you are indeed as ignorant as how the world makes fun of you all! Finn-Oghur or Uralic or Finnish and Hungarian language group is its own thing. Mongolian was once scattered among these so-called Mongol tribes like native American tribes, no evidence exists before Genghis Khan. Korean and Japanese and Turkic languages belong to the Altaic group, which is the sibling group of Uralic languages. You dont even know what you are talking about and calling the theories "Turanism mythology". Disgusting.

@@FredoRockwell There is a surviving Oghur Turkish tho, called Chuvash Turkish. Volga Bulgars and the first Bulgarian Empire had a large Oghur Turkish speaking population too. Guess what happened to them. Serbian Empire and Eastern Rome happened. Genocide, assimilation.

@@MasterOfWarLordOfPeace Thanks for watching! This is something I had heard long ago, but like Turanism, it appears to be based on a discredited linguistic idea. My apologies. Sometimes people just really want to be related to people they are not, and their wishes get mixed up with real history. Not that it is really in any way relevant to modern events, of course, but these pernicious ideas do still cause problems .

@@MasterOfWarLordOfPeace Bearing a historical grievance from the Roman Empire is a bit extreme, don't you think?

In English (the language of the video) turquoise is considered a shade of blue. I'm aware that different languages (including Russian, Italian and many others) this is not the case. Thanks for the comment, though. I'm hoping to make another video about this topic soon and I'll try to me more precise.

@@FredoRockwell wow you are reading the comments, thanks for reading. Sorry for sounding little bit unfriendly 😅

@@celilgunes8698 I didn't think you were unfriendly - don't worry! I appreciate knowing how I can be more accurate. 🙂

That's something I would definitely support! Democracy and human rights in the EU is far from perfect. If anyone can do better I think that would be excellent! Thanks for watching and commenting (and look for my video about a Turkic people later this week). 🙂

I've improved my understanding in the last few years. Please see previous comments on the issue 🙂

No. I relied on some out of date information. Sorry. 🙁

We only want the Turks and our homeland, not the Russians. Our homeland is within Russia, Russia not among the Turks

Thanks for watching and commenting. I guess I will - I mean, that's what history does, right? Take its course...

Oh totally, 100% serious. Beyond serious, really.

It becomes satirical when you take something too serious...

@@Obrez1 I know. Just look at my reply to your question for a great example. 😀

Yep, I understand that now. See multiple previous comment threads on this subject.

I've followed events in Cyprus for a long time, and both sides of the conflict accuse each other of atrocities. Whatever the truth (and I would not be surprised if there is at least some truth on both sides) I don't think a military invasion of another country is acceptable.