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Succession of Empires - Anatolia Always at the Crossroads of History

Reader comment on item: Is the Hatay/Alexandretta Problem Solved?
in response to reader comment: Turkey has No Right to Alexandretta

Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Mar 29, 2021 at 17:54

As is indicated, the historical ledger which assigns Iskenderun to Turkey is a circumstantial allotment at best; the various counterclaims having lost out to the assumption of possession through empires, legitimate or not. One aspect is certain, that the area had become subject to the assumption of Islamic rule of law changed the entirety of perceptions quite dramatically, even potential 'Christianesque' influences notwithstanding.

The implication of ancient empires are reduced to mere historical references, that of the earliest writings which might give a clue (Luwian hieroglyphics)y, the majority of the ancient territories of the Hittites appear now to be in Turkish control, a circumstance that came from a secular (and not so much Islamic) changes of fortunes. How this might play out in the future remains a question now that Eurasian influences seek to intervene again.

And as for one of the other posts ascribing certain aspects of this in the Hebrew Holy Script, there was the admonition to the Judeans and Samarians not to be like the Hittites; or to suffer the consequences of losing their identity to history. The only difference is the Judeans were given a promise of restoration, unlike the Hittites, who were consigned to the pages of lost history.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Turkey, İskenderun (Hatay) and Cyprus [256 words]J. J. Kaplan, AmsterdamJan 20, 2022 04:51278392
Turkey has No Right to Alexandretta [86 words]Karl MarxMar 29, 2021 01:16265134
Succession of Empires - Anatolia Always at the Crossroads of History [204 words]M ToveyMar 29, 2021 17:54265134
CMH not Jewish [29 words]MarcusOct 24, 2013 09:36210926
2A SHAB FROM ISKANDERUN [41 words]HaiderDec 25, 2011 21:46192032
1Arab Alexandretta [75 words]Fadi YasineJun 28, 2011 23:26186883
1Capital of Hatay [118 words]Tim LockSep 29, 2011 17:00186883
France betrayed the Syrians in 1938-1939 [214 words]Bassam Michael MadanyJul 20, 2016 17:38186883
I'd always bet on journalistic incompetence [28 words]Abu NudnikJun 21, 2011 12:20186540
1hatay itself chose to join Turkey [16 words]abdüsselamJan 2, 2011 19:06181467
4The 1939 Phoney Referendum Administered by the Turks & their small Community in Al Iskandaruna [81 words]Fadi YasineFeb 14, 2011 19:47181467
1nice place to live [148 words]JohnnyMay 10, 2010 17:01172524
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5Alexandretta is a part of Kurdistan [90 words]Mehmet Ali KUCUKJun 29, 2007 13:34101958
2hatay and the kurds [89 words]ibrahimMar 24, 2008 07:25101958
1Mehmet Wake Up and look around [252 words]OttomanNov 16, 2008 05:40101958
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1Hatay isn´t a part of Kurdestan [36 words]TurkestannJun 16, 2009 14:3971337
2Hatay isnt a part of Kurdistan [152 words]A man from HatayOct 14, 2011 12:1871337
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3Kurds are from Hittite royalty [698 words]husaynJul 26, 2013 17:5071337
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