89 years ago, in an interview given to American newsman Isaac Morcosson, Atatürk was recorded to say,

"Uprisings and riots in these artificial states formed in Middle East after the WW I, in near future, are unavoidable.

Unless the leaders of our young republic side up with these people when trouble starts and not share & follow the devious ways of the imperialistic powers, fate of Turkia will not be any different from those of her neighbors."

Believe it or not !  

89 years is not exactly near future.

89 years ago from today; troubles started around 1990 with US luring Iraq to move into Kuwait. That was about 67 years after the interview.

Does  "67 years" qualify as near future, in the context of world history ?

No. Who could have seen in the stars even ten years earlier that the USSR was going to collapse? Changes are rapid and often surprising.

My point is why do you have to quote someone from 89 years ago in order to prove how he was able to see behind the corner? Most certainly there are as good and more adequate analyses of the Near East situation from more recent thinkers. Even from the Turkish point of view.

I bet there were many people who knew approximately when USSR would collapse, about 10 years before she actually collapsed.

Say hello to Mr. Gorbachov, pls ! He should have informed you too....

You are mixing history and geology, AlphaF. In history 89 years is a very long time.

Mikhail Gorbachev only said they should never have allowed it to happen. It is hindsight.

1. just what is the % of 89 years to known history ?

2. Gorbachov....I always thought he organized the collapse himself...

everybody guess something, some happens some not.

sultans, presidents, prime ministers even dictators guess, too. Guessing is their job actually to prevent loss and damage.

sultan abdulhamid guesssed WW1, ataturk guessed, WW2, someone guessed the collapse of USSR. and today someone else guessing the collapse of USA!

It is not hard to guess something. If something is not based on justice, if someone always suffering the current stuation, you can absolutely guess it will change sooner or later.

Look at china, in order to produce the cheapest products in the world, one billion people suffering in poverty. They (the governing part) seem succesful today if we ignore the one billion people! Will it continue a 100 years, i dont think so...

about syria, there is absolutelly something wrong about it. but the question is, are we in the right side. i dont think so. syria will change, must change but i do not trust the allias trying to change it, i do not want to be a part of this dirty game with bad boys (usa, nato, ...)

Who do you think has organized the shelling of Turkia from Syrian side of the border, if anyone ?

1. Essad

2. PKK

3. KGB Agents

4. SAVAK Agents

5. CIA Agents

6. tunci

If and when that something does happen, it is no longer called a "guess"; It is called "vision".