Why the world is worried about Turkey 

Title is wrong. The correct title is "Why the US is worried about Turkey?"

Since when is USA the "World"?

Most of Turkish Army didnt join the coup in 2016.

America allows dictators if they serve America. look at past Iran's shah and other gulf dude. look at Colombia where they defended the dictator. dictator is not a problem unless they obey America😀

Go Turkey! I don't know well about this situation. but i can say this.Our Korean always support Turkey! We love Turkey Let's go Together! Long live!

For the US, democracy is when a country licks their boots

Fun fact: There is literally a holiday in turkey where kids take over the parliament for a day

When the people from outside is more worried than the citizens itself.

America really thinks theyre the center of this world.

You'd not be worried if they were ruled by a military dictatorship. I don't see you worried about Egypt.

The title should : "why america worried is about Turkey"

Doesn't matter if the dictator cruel or good untill he support America

The world according to Vox: The United States

Turkey and Japan were the only 2 Asian countries that adopted the Industrial Revolution of Europe in early 20th Century but still keep their distinct oriental heritage.

The things said in 5:41 are wrong or incomplete. The soldiers who want to carry out this coup are the soldiers of a community that is not loyal to Atatürk, worked with Erdoğan before and had a conflict of interest. After this conflict, they wanted to stage a coup first in the political party and then in the country. But Erdogan did not allow this by calling his followers to the streets. In fact, those who took to the streets did nothing. Most of the soldiers there are insignificant privates. They didn't even know what was going on there. When they were told the truth, many surrendered to the police. Unfortunately, many are still on trial. They are even forcibly detained without trial. There are even only military students among them. If there was a coup supported by the people. It would definitely be successful. However, there are almost no followers of Atatürk in the military who are strong enough to make a coup. Many soldiers are now members of extremist religious sects.

It feels very bad when a giant Germany located tv channel states that we are not democratic. I really hate when a country with a dark past with dictators insults us as dictatorship. This channel is very sided and I really hate these sided opinions. I hope this kind of media doesn't manipulate opinions on Turkey of people around the world.

Real title: Why is America worried about Turkey?

Someone should worried about USA when she destroy Iraq and Afghanistan No one get arrested or punched

2:16 when you complete your last assignment on time

so confused why everyone but the people who live in turkey are concerned. He was literally voted president and given more power by the majority.

can make video: 1. why usa is the headache of the world. 2. why usa thinks of itself as police of the world. 3. why usa should gift freedom to americans 4. why usa should stay out of other countries 5. why usa should educate its citizen 6. why usa trying to be modern world imperial

Vox addresses their viewers like if they are from the US... But most of the viewers are outside US...

People: worried about turkey Turkey: well what about that time america

Love Turkey 🇹🇷 from the Philippines 🇵🇭

Love turkey from Malaysia

Love turkey from Morocco

In Yemen most of our people love Turkey a lot❤️

eğer yıllar sonra bunu biri görürse yabancıların havalı birşey yazdığımı düşünmesine yardım edin

You called Turkey’s protest violent, look in America, what your police doing with a peaceful police

Mistakes: -AKP didn't intend to "help the religious, oppressed by secularism" always. They became anti-secular in late 2000s. Before that Erdogan looked pretty liberal, he even said he was pro LGBT rights. -The coup was not a secular coup, it was staged by another religious group. The Kemalist leaders of the army were purged in an investigation called Ergenekon, years before the coup. The army haven't been Kemalists since then. The Kemalists were replaced by FETO members, a very large islamist group which (allegedly) staged the coup. -The referendum was rigged. The electoral council started counting unofficial ballots mid-count, and a Turkish news agency started releasing official Yes/No percentages way before the electoral council did, no one really knows how they got the numbers before electoral council released them. The count was live too, so electoral council knew about this agency releasing its numbers, and they let them. There are a lot of speculations about this. -While it wasn't really a mistake, it's important to note that Ataturk was also a democratically selected "dictator". So it's not like the Turkish people were all islamists and Ataturk tried forcing his ideas upon them. And also most of his laws were democratically created, in fact he only used his "dictator" powers in the war of independence. -Ban on headscarves wasn't done by Ataturk (was done in the 90s), and also it wasn't a total ban. Only from government institutions.

4 years later: We are still worried!

5:10 idk why you guys see removing a literal headscarf ban as a problem wth srsly

if the USA is worried about you, you're doing fine, if the US media is doing a video called "why the world is woried about you?" then you're doing great

Reading Turkish people's writing from all different sides of the spectrum in English on this thread was 100x more educational than the video -- and it was actually a pretty solid video. Thank you all Turkish, Kurdish, Ataturk supporters and Erdogan supporters for voicing your opinion and your arguments in English. It was very interesting to read, as our media and educational system is so hyperfocused on itself instead of the rest of the world, we rarely get to hear regular peoples' candid and unedited opinions about the state of their nation directly from them.

Hope for the peace -from nepal

Can the U.S just stay out of other countries decisions on how to have a government.

You talked about 2016 coup as if it is something okay and normal and legal and necessary. Strange how when things are in our favor they never get to be looked upon as evil, even if they are.

some one misspelled this '' why the us is worried about turkey

There are subtitles for many countries, but not for Turks, I have a fear that if there is no reason, the Turks will reveal the lies told here in the comments.

As turk who lives in turkey i am worried about my country

You should have worried when Fethullah and the government were on good terms and the citizens were living in a nightmare. Now that Fethullah, the remote control of the west, is out of the picture, and they can't easily control Turkey anymore, the west just realized there's an autocracy here. Well, good morning.

I ❤ Turkey from Los Angeles California

I am not a dictator- 20 years in power.

Pls don't worry about us. We know what happened at libya, suriya and vietnam

I ❤🇹🇷 I am from Somalia , Turkey helps us and invests in Somalia

vay lan bu video nerden karşıma çıktı bilmiyorum videoyu bıraktım yabancıların yorumlarına bakıyorum

“I missed the part where that’s my problem” - Bully Maguire

I am not a dictator. They say it's my strength, yes, it's true. There is nothing I wish I could not do. Because I do not know to act despotic and ruthless. In my opinion, dictatorship is the one that offends others. I want to dominate, winning the hearts of not breaking. -Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

The world is not worried about Turkey, just the west.

Love Turkey, From Australia!!

World... You meant liberal western

Turkey is a neutral country. It’s bothering no any country in the world. Also while Turkeys economy is not very strong they help other poor nations, so Turkey is a positive country that helps humanity. Also Turkey is developing so fast and if they continue promoting their country they soon become a superpower. We love Turkey.

Love Turkey from Indonesian

Change your title to '' why western world is worried about Turkey"

We need to learn Islam from the Qur'an, we need to read it by looking at the whole Qur'an without removing the verses from their context.

Now the world is worried about Turkey for a whole different reason....

These comments just get better and better as you scroll down.

First of all, Turkey's population is Muslim by majority. If they choose to have their country turn more secular, or more religious, it's their choice/decision. I've been to Turkey about 3 times, and I'm a Christian. And I could tell you that I enjoyed my stay there more than any European country I have ever visited. I hope the Turks keep protecting their amazing country and culture, and defend themselves from the unending attempts by the US and the West to destabilize and weaken the country. Peace !

The most American Subjective video I've ever seen

It is secular to allow wearing a headscarf!

Make a video about why the world is worried about USA. It's more interesting there is 1 million reason about USA

Correction: why west worried about Turkey.

Wooow.. as an ordinary but a well-informed Turkish man, I can freely say that this video is designated one-sidedly and totally wrong. Do those who mention about secularism know that only a handful of countries are secular in the world.

Bangladesh loves Turkey 🇹🇷❤️🇧🇩

The title is why USA is worried about erdogan not the world . so pls STOP PUTTING DELIROUS TITLES .USA IS NOT THE ENTIRE WORLD.

When there was a coup we did not rise for erdogan we rose for our country.

Worry about Sudan and Egypt, Turkey is progressing well. May Allah protect all humanity from dictators

I was worried too but good thing my mom helped me make it

Main things that need to be corrected in the video according to me are: 1. Ataturk had somewhat dictatorial-ish powers as the founder, plus he had almost full support of the citizens as the war hero. But he didn't want to be a dictator as he tried to bring multi-party system a few times, unfortunately couldn't manage to do it before his death because in every attempt small but somewhat effective Islamist groups who hated secular change tried to abuse it, caused him to postpone the plans before it becomes a major crisis. Also, the only thing he dictated was secularism related stuff which he thought was the only way to protect the country from repeating the later Ottoman mistakes. 2. Headscarfs were only banned for public servants only during their jobs in their work place and for students. Its purpose was (whether you agree or not if it's the right decision) to prevent discrimination between women wearing head-scarfs and who are not in the process of getting government jobs, promoted or getting grades as students, and/or to prevent creating any concern of discrimination in the minds of people who receive the service. Because significant percentage of Islamist people naturally (without even thinking) see head-scarfed women as better muslims, and has a bias that better muslims have higher morality so they could/should be privileged. Because of that notion and because you couldn't and shouldn't ban head-scarfs from the public all together, they thought this ban could at least minimize government based discrimination and any concern of discrimination of that kind. Now the ban is over, and after the referendum, new laws and rules concerning public-servants are on the way which are going to weaken (if not remove) the job-security of public servants, bring less-transparent and corruptable recruitment methods and promotion standards. As a result, naturally female public-servants who are not wearing head scarfs are one of the groups that feel under threat which is also an example of those discrimination concerns I tried to explain. 3. The 2016 coup was not executed by secular Kemalists. There's an Islamist movement which began in 60s or 70s following a cult leader called Fethullah Gulen, which slowly grew socially and ecconomicly by connecting with mainly religious, conservative, less educated and low-income people of Turkey in the name of so called public service and Islam. Provided scholarships for poor people's kids, helped their education, tried to attract clever students to their schools and other educational structures. Tried (succeded in some degree) to brainwash suitable religios oriented kids (detected throughout their education) with Gulen's teachings making them believe they serve for a higher holly purpose. Later, canalized them into studying especially management, law and other fields which are main branches recruited in the government. Then tried to place/infiltrate its followers (who act as they're not from the movement) first in the critical duties which are related to recruitment, promotion, justice department, intelligence and police; then in time, all around the government, except military in some degree as military was more selective and also had strict disciplinary methods against possible cultist or Islamists. The Gulen movement's secrets and goals begin to be exposed by journalists, secular politicians and those claims had decent media coverage in the late 90s and early 2000s. Investigations began which caused Gulen to flee to USA, but after AKP (Erdogan's party) came to power in 2002, the allegations were quickly dropped and media coverage began to diminish except secular opposition's constant warning about the threat which AKP dismissed until 2014 or so. In AKP ruling, the Gulen movement became stronger and stronger in the government, law and police force (and in every field of governmental public service) as AKP didn't have enough qualified people and built a partnership with them. Also they passed laws that especially built a highway for Gulenists to rise in justice department. They also managed to take control the government central exam system that recruits public servants and even military students. Plus, AKP constantly tried to weaken the military firewall I mentioned. After Gulen had enough power in the police and justice department; various anti-military allegations, investigations, lawsuits began which ended up many military generals and high-ranked officers arrested using manifactured false evidence. Although those evidence proven to be totally false, and despite continous opposition warnings, AKP supported those lawsuits for a long long time. The imprisonement, dismissal and/or resignment of many generals and high-ranked officers opened a window for lower-ranked secretly gulenist officers to rise in the military which they took, and Gulen had a decent power in the military as a result. After AKP and Gulen movement had some disagreements in 2014, their fight for power began. First Gulenist tried to bring down Erdogan with corruption lawsuits about ministers and their sons, including Erdogan's son using the concrete evidence they easily collected during their partnership and government power. But Erdoğan managed to tear the lawsuits down quickly using his political power fiercely and creating a vast media propaganda campaign using the media who he slowly took control over the years. After this attempt he tried to weaken Gulen by confiscating media owned by Gulen (which fanatically supported Erdogan until their break-up by the way) and Gulen controlled companies and a bank of Gulen's, which are thought to be the main financial sources of Gulen organization. Then comes the Gulenist officers' coup attempt who weren't enough to control the whole military which is why the coup attempt failed, not that Erdogan invited people to streets. If the whole military joined the coup with full power and didn't hesitate to use fire power againts resistance (not only in a few places but everywhere) nobody could stop it. There are many uncovered secrets and serious doubts about the coup too, but I won't be going there in this post because it would be speculation. 4. Now Erdoğan declared Gulen organisation as a terrorist one (which is actually justified) and he is using the coup attempt and state of emergency laws to get rid of any opposition because it made a perfect excuse for him to fire and/or jail people at will, as there really were many Gulenists in the government (and in every part of the community) but public doesn't know who are. He and his supporters can blame anyone being a secret Gulenist and that is now a major oppression method going on. He already accused the opposition being a partner with Gulenists (the same opposition who constantly warned him about the Gulen threat and always fought against Gulen's false lawsuits) during the referendum. Unfortunately, if he's elected the president with the new powers (which he probably will be because he already controls the election system in the justice department which declared about 2,5 million illegal votes legal during the referendum), the power will single-handedly be his and the state of emergency laws will be the norm in the country. Added: Hours after I wrote this, the very popular biggest secular opposition newspaper (which always has been against Gulen organisation and fight against their false lawsuits) and its owner and editors are under heavy investigation for supposedly helping Gulen organisation and trying to overthrow the government. Their buildings are being searched by the police at the moment. Probably I am next for writing this comment, seriously.

Vox - world is worried about turkey. World- we are worried about America and Isreal.

You mean why USA is worried about Turkey?

This video doesn't age well. Alhamdulillah

They cant dictate him so they call him a dictator 🤯

The title of the video should be "Why is the west worried about Turkey"

Why is vox so anti Islam 😂😂

0:52 Atamı o "adamla" yan yana görmek bile yakıyor yüreğimi...

“Why the world is worried about *insert random country here*”

actually the 2016 one wasn't really military, it was the islamic group that grew in the military (also we all know who funded them, not necessary to mention their name)

Alhamdulillah Muslim will be united once again. May Allah bless us His guidance and protection in this world and in Hereafter. Ma Sha Allah

He says he (Erdogan) makes politics about to elect. Man, your ads about vote are published in Asia ( after it ended, they were still on there )

Why don’t you try make one of all the dodgy things the USA has done?

*My only concern is how will this affect the development of Mount and Blade: Bannerlord.*

They are doing pretty good. Spend a year in turkey, thank you very much for the concern lol.

Long live turkey

Such shallow analysis! Also forgot (!) to mention who actually were behind all those military coups in Turkey.

How does a religious leader gain so much power in a secular country ! India : hold my tea Edit: thanks for the 1k likes

If America doesn't like a president, he's doing his job well.

Thanks. Nice video!

Asian country feel more worry with USA and israel..

Atatürk's lovers didn't do it, Fetö did it, Atatürk's lovers love their country.

As an Armenian I greatly respect Turkey, ataturk, and erdogan

4:11 Indeed men and women are not equal. Also, none is superior to the others. Men and women complement each other, both are dependent on each other. They are different and not equal. Have you read the book "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus"?

Love from Poland 🇵🇱&🇹🇷!!

Netanyahu's a dictator by your own definition.

There are too many distorted claims in this video, I say this as a Turk

I support Erdoğan at some points and dont support at some points too. I support him about removing banning headscarves. Women are free as long as they don't go overboard with what to wear. And headscarves should be free. Alcohols... Their sales should be at suitable places. But... sometimes it's really not nice to exploit religion.

Disclaimer‼ "the world" stands for the "US" in this video🤭

Turkey is a great country. I love Turkey from USA. 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇹🇷

Anyone from Turkey here ?? :)

As a Turkish i'm also worried about Turkey. We going to collapse.