Why Turkey Have Geopolitical Limitations and Its Links to The Ukraine War

The Turkish Republic and its predecessor, the Ottoman Empire, from 1299 to 1922, dominated the Bosporus River, and Asia Minor could never be a global power due to its Geopolitical limitations.

(Geopolitics is the study of how geography affects politics and international relations. Within the field of geopolitics, analysts study actors — the individuals, organisations, companies, and national governments that carry out political, economic, and financial activities — and how they interact with one another.)

Still, it can be a significant regional power within its region but is surrounded by several other states.

In its geopolitical and international decision-making, Turkey must consider the European Union, Syria, Iran, and other states within the Mediterranean.

The European Union is not a united political entity, and according to the UK’s former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has likened the Union to the Hopy Rome Empier being politically disunited.

The Turkish Ottoman Empire declined partly due to the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492 and the actions of the Habsburg Empire, chiefly Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and his son Philip II of Spain.

What Habsburg achieved was to keep the Ottoman Empire limited to Eastern Europe and North Africa, denying them new trading markets in the Americas and better trade opportunities with India.