Anatolia is a magical place, full of divine peace and harmony. Cradle of civilizations and home to many prophets, the rich and fertile land is constantly coveted for its vast agricultural potential.

Harvests run commerce and commerce relies on the power of communities, which benefit from democracy and community-oriented policies. These practices set a stark alternative to the neighboring dictatorships built on drier, rockier, less bountiful lands and envy runs politics.

The rivalry in the region sets the biggest political contrast in human history. Starting with the Trojan Wars, coming up to today, Anatolians learned that rivals turn to enemies and enemies gang up to invade and plunder Anatolia's riches.

That Greek onslaught of 1,260 BC benefitted immensely from the era of Prophet Moses, the spiritual leader of Egypt. The Nefertitian capitalism of the time was also critical, as it had forged the historical Egyptian alliance with the Greeks. Achilles was the legendary Greek fighter whose zeal and combat inspired cruelty in Roman Emperors like Caligula, the name that ordered the crucifixion of Prophet Jesus.

This is all to say that Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, and Jews have been inseparable allies for over 3200 years. When we look at global politics today, it would be a shame not to analyze the chasm between East and West without this information. For that matter, the United States deserves to be seen as a protege of Western politics, an extension of Caligula, and his political heirs in the Vatican.

Swordfighting between Hector and Achilles may have transformed into aerial dogfights between F-16s, but the animosity stays the same: Greeks still harass Turks, Egyptians fight Libyans, Israelis slaughter Palestinians and Moses people still detest anything and everything about Jesus.

What has changed in three millennia is the alchemy of Anatolian resistance. When the Greek-Roman authority turned into the Byzantian Empire, the Anatolian response was to welcome Turkish warriors from the East and fight off the Byzantian rule. 

The Turkish gene, that expertise in warfare, granted the victory in the Battle of Malazgirt and started a new era in Anatolia and beyond. A major turning point that tipped the scale of global politics, the Turkish control of Anatolia  transformed into the Ottoman Empire and shook Europe to its core.

So when we celebrate Victory Day, travel to Europe, boast about a global Turkish brand, or cheer for a Turkish-German team, we do it with the power and pride of having fought for our independence, having bled for Anatolia, having made it our eternal home, a place we can always call our own.