Why are Turks so obsessed with keeping the poorest areas in their country? In mine we would be happy if they wanted independence

>>221925168
It's submission nd sheeeit
Why do you think imperial overreach happens
You need wars for the loot, you clean out the land, smoke the people, but then nobody is taking it so you take it. your map is bigger and so pretty. You are X the Great now. You are Emperor X now.
Oh nooo the land contains angry subversive people, who you have to feed and develop. should you let it go? Nope you are too glorious for that.

(Also, Euphrates/Tigris runs through eastern Turkey)

>>221925100
roll another joint

Go back to bed

>>221925100
Go to the empire of Trebizond and begin forming an army and invade the subhuman areas and genocide the mongrelized Turkish population and recolonize Anatolia with Pontic greek settlers to restore the caucasoid race