Turkey rejects EU, NATO to join BRICS. And nobody in the US seems to care as our media go silent. 

Turkey is top 5 of the most powerful military forces in the world

I am surprised Turkey finally wakes up...Europeans never consider Turkey as one of their own because of religion and previous Ottoman empire.

For decades now the European Union refused Turkey membership...Good for Turkey entry into BRICS!

I took an overnight train to Istanbul from my Eastern European EU country. I was shocked. Istanbul is ten times richer, and more European than my EU capital.

Well done Turkey

. . . because western media does not want you to know about it.

Western mainstream media must believe that ignorance is bliss.

And when they finally report on it, they will say: BRICS is crumbling.

Erdogan after latest american coup attempt calls Putin says yeah okay Vlad you were right let's get 'er done

Turkey should just leave NATO unless they want to be dragged down for American agenda

Türkiye özgür bir ülkedir ve istenmediği yerde durmaz

Turkey is doing a VERY SMART thing.

One reason I'm all for citizen journalism instead of mainstream media. They are all compromised

It is a fact that the peoples of Turkiye is freaking tired of knocking on the European Union door, waiting for a welcome. We had changed our alphabet, our clothing, our laws, our regime yet it is still not enough for the Europeans. Oh by the way, they had happily welcomed us in the European Economic Union. We had to abide by their rules and sanctions when trading with other partners. We had even given the keys to our economy. Still, not enough! We have got the message already. That door will not open by knocking and waiting. It is totally okey and up to them if they want to limit themselves and stay as a Christian club. No worries. Today, we finally have other options. The resistance against aggressive western colonialism was the reason why Turkiye was established a century ago. We know very well how destructive it can be from our past experiences. We fought against the Russians, the French, the Italians, the Greeks, the Armenians, even the Australians from the other end of the world led by the Brits. It was basically another Christian crusade. The rest of the world surprisingly! believe and name our war as an independence war but there is a reason why we name it our survival war. We had barely saved our lives but we haven’t actually got our independence yet. We had always been and still are very much influenced by and dependent on western colonials. We will eventually break free from the chains sooner or later. Moreover, Turkiye probably would have never joined Nato if it wasn’t for Stalin and the Russian aggression. The Russian government had threatened us to invade Turkiye and had demanded some strategical land such as Istanbul. Their goal was to control the sea canal in between Mediterranean sea and the Black sea. Turkiye unwillingly had to join Nato. There were no other options at the time. It was either war with Russia or surrendering to Nato in peace. In either case, we were forced to submit to one of the colonial powers which we barely had saved our lives from very recently. We can all witness the same story even worse happening in Ukraine today. We mourn and pray for all our sisters and brothers. We pray for the war to end as soon as possible. Furthermore, Turkiye is not or can not be anti western or anti eastern, anti northern or anti southern, anti islamist or anti christian. Turkiye is basically in the middle of all. We have ties with all nations and cultures around us. We have sisters and brothers in every direction. We are the melting pot and the bridge. You all can be sure we will always work for stability, peace and prosperity in around our borders with or without Nato. Any war in any direction is surely a threat to our well-being as well. We are willing to be a part of any union working for peace and prosperity. Finally, whatever the reason, who ever is right or wrong, none of that matters. All wars are a crime against our planet with everything on it including humans. Any war anywhere is a threat to peace everywhere. “Peace at home, peace in the world.” Ataturk. May peace be upon us all living and nonliving.

Turkey has brains,

Western economy is built on expectation and confidence. The mission of western media is not to report the truth but to create public's confidence in their future.

American don’t even know who is controlling our National and foreign p01icies🤪

"We 🇺🇸 are seen as people who are completely selfish, completely self-interested, with no sympathy for or interest in anybody other than ourselves. That's a very bad reputation to have." ~ Col. D0uglas Mac.Greg0r

There seems to be a total news blackout on this, unless you are looking for Turkey recipes. It's incredible, actually - and not in a good way! 😵

I said this once before, please don’t change a thing. Your commentary your style is spot on, thank you and make you my daily watch.!

EU racist policy have reject Turkey's application - yet they want Ukraine to join...Good on the Turks. The Europeans are on decline...Thanks for your report!

Turkey has cemented its greatness again with this one move.

good for Turkey moving away from evil.

Western news agencies don’t want you to think the meeting is important.

NATO is a military group, BRICS is a economic group, they are just doing business together, more like Asia version of TPP, don't worry no big deal.

I didn’t know what Brics was until I started checking out non Western news sources six months ago. I live in Australia and Brics doesn’t feature on the news feed. Why did I check alternative news sources 6 months ago? Concern about Palestinians. Since then my view on global politics has done a 360! Thank Goodness for that!

Lavrov and Wang Yi are two of the best statesman of our time, they are focused on diplomacy, trade along with multipolarity and not empty rhetoric of One world gov. along with a side order of regime changing, if you dont agree with their offer.

As a westerner who has lived in Türkiye and China, this was a fascinating discussion. It's impressive to see an American talking about this, because you're right, we don't expect Americans to know about this nor care, but I concur that Türkiye has a very important position, militarily, culturally and geographically, it can block access to the Black Sea. It also has a huge army and is a major arms producer. FYI, the Turkish president is Erdoğan, the ğ is silent, so pronounce it something like, ER-DOH-WAN with a very short second syllable. Also, I recall Zarif lecturing an American government official that there is no country called "EYE-RAN", it's EE-RAN. You're not George Bush, you know more, please get that right!

Summary : It's hard for publishers (WSJ, Bloomberg, Barron's etc) to inform their subscribers when it's not in their interest to apprise us.

Turkey is supposed to have the largest military in NATO. Hopefully his could be the breakup of NATO.

Turkey has never been complete European, it is a middle east nation with roots in the ottoman empire more related to the east. To join BRICS is a good alternative for them, they are traders for centuries.

Welcome my friends...to the Heartland.

Turkey is not an EU member although it is part of NATO. Turkey , as a muslim country , is always excluded from the EU , with no economic benefits from the blocks. The Wall Street is fully aware of the Turkey alliance with BRICS yet didn't want to disclose it because it looks bad on NATO

Hi Kevin, thank you for your in-depth insights into China and other countries worldwide. As a Christian also, I pray that the world can live and get along peacefully. I found your sharing very informative and non-judgemental. As a teenager coming over from Hong Kong and lived in Canada for more than 50 years. I have seen China rising and the West declining and obviously have mixed feelings. I pray that God will bless you and keep you. May the Lorde make His face shine on you and be gracious to you, the Lord look with favour on you and give you peace. Be safe.

The American dollar and EU laws have put Turkey in a very difficult economic situation. BRICS trade will make big economic changes for Turkey.

Turkiye tries 30 years to join EU but is rejected. Why? Because it is a Moslem country.

Is it because the wolves of Wall Street can't afford expensive meals anymore. So they are taught how to make those foods.

Another thing not being reported is that the fifty years deal of petrodollar agreement ended on June 9. Saudi did not renew the agreement

It's because American legacy media has to wait for the regime to tell them what to say about it, if anything, and the regime happens to be a clown car right now.

This is another amazing video. Not the usual "cow-sense" from other idiots. This got to be one of the best video. Love your work.

Turkey has recently changed its name to Türkiye.

Thank you Kevin for hitting the nail on the head! Thanks also for the laugh!

US-Saudi Petrodollar ended June 9 2024.

Turkey has been trying to join EU for about 37 years now. EU membership is really over rated. Joining BRICS likely won't take that long and can be more beneficial to Turkey.

Another example of a uniquely Western value in the Freedom of Speech through the omission of facts to their public. Well done.

Thank You. Thank You. Thank You, Kevin. You are on my short list of truth tellers.

I like contents you share here. Just a few important corrections: the country’s name is NOT Turkey! It’s Türkiye. IRAN is pronounced “ee-run” not I-ran! IRAQ is pronounced “we-rock” not “I-rack”. You fix these few you will be more correct and authentic than almost any US state owned media! Cheers!

Expert level of frustration there. Love this channel.

REJECTS ? EU NEVER GAVE THEM CHANCEs

The real question is what do you have for or against usa. If you look into history, anyone with a conscience will find it hard to stay on the side of usa.

It is nice that foreigners are finally recognizing something we have known and experienced for years. We are finally responding appropriately to a community that has always looked down on us and responded to our friendship and desire to achieve better things together with rejection, threats, hidden or overt pressure, and embargoes.

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As an American, shouldn't you be used to this already? 😂😂😂

"she cooks her burgers in duck fat and so should you" is freaking hilarious

Thank you for being a part of the "media" for providing a voice in the region.

Excellent article, thank you for the good work, keep going.

The title is a bit wrong. It isn't Turkey who rejected EU, it is EU that is rejecting Turkey's EU membership for decades. Turkey has become tired of waiting and begging, when, at the same time a country like Ukraine is pushed in and welcomed with open hands. Joining BRICS is pretty logical answer.

The emergence of BRICS is a very important development. It signals the end of the Unipolar world which has been in existence for about 30 years.

Excellent points. I moved to Turkiye in 2022 because I foresaw their importance as the lynchpin to Eurasia. This BRICS move vindicates my view that they see the writing on the wall for the West as a serious partner going forward due to the risk of American lead sanctions against it and the threat of theft of their reserves.

As a Turk, it is possible to say that people don't have interest in EU anymore for sure. Don't believe in NATO, however they will NEVER leave Nato. They are not a bunch of amateurs to reject the exceptional leverage to be under a pact that we are one of the earliest member, besides (hope not) a comflict between Greece is hard to tolerate with them in NATO and we not. One more thing: Turkey positions itself one of the major defense indıstry explorers in the world, rocketing high by making goods in lower prices but in NATO standards, that is a huge plus... There are many other issues that prevent aturket to leave NATO. They might show interest to Brics but noone knows yet if it is just a leverage against West. But frankly, Turks never believe that in case of a problem NATO will come to save us and noone counts on it. We fought with Kurdish PKK terrorists for decades and not just noone helped us in this but also supported them with training and weaponary. I need to add that wests crazy behaviours in Ukraine and Gaza conflicts, the people lost their last bites of interest to trust Western allies but this does not mean that we will leave it completely. Things don't have to be black or white, there are many shades of gray in between. One last thing: Except US, there is not even one military force in NATO that is so well disciplined, equipped and ready to battle, experienced heavily in many conflicts. If Turkey leaves NATO one day, that may have huge shockwaves. Thanks for reading, cheers

Your channel is a breath of fresh air. Thank you. Ever since I moved back to the US, I generally feel dumber as a function of the dumb crap I see on our media

Don't stop your enemies when they are making mistakes.

Great report as usual. Any good recipes for Peking Duck?

They don't want anyone to know about this. It's a deliberate decision to not post about it

I don't know who advises US politicians. Reserve currency should be neutral and never used as a means to destroy an economy of any country. Hopefully, the world will agrees(both east and west north and south) to come up with a reserve currency that is never dependent on any one country's national policies.

As a Turk, I have to say that you are very right. We waited a long time to enter the EU, but they keep making ridiculous laws and decisions. I think it was the right decision to enter BRICs. because China is growing fast. Economically, we can expand into large markets without the dollar currency .

Turkey should be in the Top 5 he says. Finally a man who can understand our countries value, you can only push and shove for so long without a reaction..

It was a very serious topic, but you had me chuckling a few times! Thanks.

Turkey seeking to join BRICS is a logical move and quite sure it will be supported by many of the current members. Do not see NATO membership as a major hurdle but would see Turkey's involvement in Syria as a stumbling block that needs to be addressed. Know that there have been several meetings on this subject hosted by Russia over the past 2 years but limited movement to this point. China will not have problem as this region (Turkey) was a crucial part of the original silk road network and China is well aware of the gateway to Europe. Great coverage and thanks

It's the world of what Orwell called "doublethink". Contradictions are "thoughtcrime" and not permitted.

That is democracy. You can do what you want.

Not a mention in US legend media.

The Wall Street Journal has an excellent recipe for making Thanksgiving Turkey with spicy croutons stuffing, Italian sausage filling, parsley, thyme flavored spices and a delicious apple pie add-on section.. yum yum I always go to these types of newspapers to get my favorite feast recipes.

As desperate and shocking as this situation is, your delivery of the “news” was hilarious !

I am very happy to notice your concerns about what is being told to the Americans by American and European news agencies. Your concerns are very real like numerous other Americans but unfortunately they can’t find an answer. I live in Canada and think who is running US Whitehouse, Congress and make domestic and external policies. The American political leaders in power give an impression to the world that except for Israel and certain European allies the rest of the world has turned as enemies cuz they are not following American orders.

Great explanation. I appreciate the humor about the turkey sandwich.

Turkey goes to where the gravy is.

Turkey has been rejected by the EU for a very long time now and im glad they did because they are going to be joining a much more powerful organisation, funny thing is Europeans didn't bat an eyelid about this rejection until turkey decided to join BRICS and all of a sudden you are worried about your jobs. Very typical Europe dont stand up or panic about anything until you hit them economically where it really hurts. Good for Turkey though and welcome to the BRICS were countries want to be on an equal level dealing with each other and not showing that arrogance and foolish pride about being better than the next person or seeing another country as beneath you.

Great video. Thank you for letting us know staff

American:"OH it just Turkey, wait, where is it and what does it do?"

Why US media don't want US people to know ?

Wow amd thank you.

Brilliant mate, with genuine thanks.

To be fair, they've just renamed themselves to Turkiye.

I googled "turkey joins brics" and 5 or 6 leads popped up. Mostly non American. One was Reuters (is that American?). But you make several good points. Nero is on his fiddle again.

Excellent analysis site

Have you heard that when they Release thr Brics Currency later this year It will be valued at $ 125 USD FOR 1 BRICS DOLLAR THIS WILL BE EXCELLENT FOR THE GLOBAL SOUTH BUT BYE BYE G 7 😂😂😂😂😊😅

The world is tired of western stranglehold on currency & finance. Nearly 80 years of this has led to misery for what is now called the global south. A huge shift is occurring & your vaunted MSM hides away or reacts with falsehoods. Erdogan skillfully has played the man in the middle but seems to have seen where the best interests for Turkeyie lie.

Plz Do a video about the petro dollar deal expiring …

Todos deberíamos leer las últimas declaraciones conjuntas de los Ministros de Asuntos Exteriores y Relaciones Internacionales de los BRICS ! Ahí entenderemos el porqué mas países se quieren unir...saludos desde Uruguay.

I as a turkish cant blame us and europe media, even in Turkey nobody talks about us going into the brics. Lets see whats going to happen

Turkey just imposed 40% tariffs on chinese EVs. Very cunning...

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I'm a retired roofer from the Midwest and I know of your not in brics you'll be left behind. Welcome to the new multipolar world 😊

Very clear presentation👍

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Warning, Turkey always plays both sides. Never underestimate their ability to change direction for an advantage.

WHOAA!! Did anyone see Batman on the Turkey map just now!!!??

For your information : Turkey is now officially called Türkiye since almost 2 years now

Turkey shouldn't be allowed to join BRICS because like India , it plays both sides, as Turkey has just folliwed the US side to impose high tariffs on Chinese EVs!