Turkey in Prophecy
What do we know about the modem
nation of Turkey? Would modem
Turkey have any reason to join
with other nations and invade
Israel as is prophesied in
Ezekiel 38. Many scholars
believe the evidence of
Turkey in prophecy is due to
the mention of Beth Togarmah in
Ezekiel 38:6. Does the modern
day position of Turkey fit with
this.
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The language of the nation of
Turkey is Turkish, and
ninety-nine percent of the
population is Sunni Moslem. The
population of Turkey is
forty-five million. The favorite
saying of the Turks is, “Biz
bize benezeriz,” which means,
“We resemble ourselves.”
However, the Turks are coming
more and more to resemble their
neighbors. The modem nation of
Turkey is truly a nation tom
between two worlds. During the
recent Persian Gulf Crisis the
Turks sided with the West
against Iraq, and were
considered a key link in the war
against the Iraqis. Turkey
desires to have strong ties with
the West, mainly for economic
reasons. Traditionally, the
Turks have not felt a special
kinship with either the Arabs or
the Persians (Iranians). They
have mainly been drawn to their
neighbors for economic reasons.
All this has begun to change
with the independence of the
five former Soviet republics in
Central Asia. The names of these
five former republics are
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
Kirghizian, Turkmenistan, and
Tajikistan. This gives clues
about Turkey in prophecy.
While Turkey has clearly been
drawn to these former Soviet
republics for economic reasons,
Turkey also shares strong
linguistic and ethnic ties with
these nations. All of these
nations speak Turkic languages
with the exception of
Tajikistan, where the language
is similar to Iranian Farsi.
Turkey views itself as the
bridge between the West and the
new Moslem states of the former
Soviet Union. In a previous
article in Time entitled “The
Phoenix of Turkish Politics,”
the previous Turkish prime
minister, Suleiman Demirel, is
quoted as saying,
Turkey’s position is more
important than before. Anew
window of opportunity has opened
for us with the Turkic
republics. They speak our
language. We are urging them to
remain secular and to switch to
the Latin alphabet. We are
trying to revitalize a Black Sea
economic union to include both
the Balkans and the new Turkic
republics.
