{"id":284876,"date":"2026-04-09T06:58:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=284876"},"modified":"2026-04-09T06:58:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:58:33","slug":"from-sykes-picot-to-cyrus-cylinder-history-rolls-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/from-sykes-picot-to-cyrus-cylinder-history-rolls-back\/","title":{"rendered":"From Sykes-Picot to the Cyrus Cylinder: History Goes Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is happening in the Middle East today is too profound to be explained by the political choices of one leader. Donald Trump is a consequence; history itself is the decisive factor.<br \/>\nThe crises that are discussed on the surface of global politics are in reality just the surfacing of a deep historical rupture.<\/p>\n<p>Sykes-Picot Agreement drawn with a ruler in 1916 (<em>global distribution treaty<\/em>) borders are dissolving today in the face of the sociological and geopolitical reality of 2026.<br \/>\nThese borders reflected the geometry of imperial interests, not the natural flow of peoples.<br \/>\nWhat is happening today is the recall of this artificial order by history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modern Siege: Between Power and Memory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Middle East today is under siege not only militarily but also economically, culturally and intellectually.<br \/>\nThis siege goes beyond conventional warfare; it is carried out through economic pressure mechanisms, financial isolation and strategies to erode collective memory.<\/p>\n<p>But there is a critical fact that has been overlooked:<br \/>\nThis geography does not only produce crisis, it also produces memory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Memory Society and Homeland Reflex<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As seen in the case of Iran, the \u201cinternal unraveling\u201d scenario that the West expected did not materialize.<br \/>\nOn the contrary, in times of crisis, society does not disintegrate, but intensifies.<\/p>\n<p>This points to a phenomenon that modern political theory struggles to explain:<br \/>\n<strong>Memory Society.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A memory society is a social form that does not disintegrate in difficult times; on the contrary, it generates collective resilience by drawing on past experiences.<br \/>\nThis reflex is not just a security response; it is an ontological defense of existence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mirror of History: Cyrus and the Forgotten Truth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Cyrus Cylinder (<em>Kiros Cylinder<\/em>) shows that this geography has a political mind that produces not only power but also justice.<\/p>\n<p>Cyrus the Great, who conquered Babylon in 539 BC (<em>King Cyrus II of Persia<\/em>), granted freedom to the Jews in exile, allowing them to return to Jerusalem and rebuild their faith.<br \/>\nThis is not just an example of tolerance; it is an early political model where state reason meets ethics.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the same geography is characterized by a geopolitical amnesia that is disconnected from historical continuity.<br \/>\nThe political reflexes developed against the historical backdrop that gave it a space for life reflect not only a strategic but also an ethical rupture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neo-Solidarist Awakening: A New Geopolitical Language<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The emerging picture cannot be explained by classical alliance systems.<br \/>\nA new concept is needed: <strong>Neo-Solidarism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neo-solidarism is a new form of geopolitics based on shared history, mutual trust and the capacity to generate reflexive solidarity in times of crisis.<br \/>\nIn this model, relationships are not interest-based but existence-based.<\/p>\n<p>The new rapprochement along the lines of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran and Pakistan is the embodiment of this framework.<br \/>\nIt's not just a collaboration; it's a potential <strong>Pan-Eurasian Neo-Solidarist Axis<\/strong>Dir.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strategic Shahdamar Logistics and Power<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most critical dimension of this axis is not its military, but its logistical and economic depth.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamabad-Tehran-Ankara line (ITI) forms the land logistics backbone, while the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) adds maritime access and energy security.<\/p>\n<p>What emerges when these two lines converge is this:<br \/>\nAn uninterrupted strategic belt stretching from the Indian Ocean to Anatolia.<\/p>\n<p>This generation produces independence, not just trade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Threshold Moment: The Geopolitics of Resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The temporary ceasefire between the US and Iran is a sign of balance rather than a compromise.<br \/>\nThis balance did not arise from military superiority, but from the resilience capacity of geography.<\/p>\n<p>This shows that the region's will to solve its own problems without external interference is strengthening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion: History Is Returning, Not Rewriting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this process that extends from the ruler-drawn borders of 1916 to the multi-layered reality of 2026, it is no longer external forces that are decisive, but the region's own historical memory.<\/p>\n<p>The new model of solidarity spearheaded by Ankara and Baku is not only a geopolitical alternative but also a historical correction.<\/p>\n<p>Because the borders in this geography will no longer be determined by maps, but by nations with memory.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regional Truth and the Neo-Solidarist Axis<\/p>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":284877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[289],"class_list":["post-284876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-yazarlar","tag-manset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284878,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284876\/revisions\/284878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}