Merhaba [that's hello in Turkish] /int/. I am a 19 yo Australian

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Merhaba [that's hello in Turkish] /int/. I am a 19 yo Australian male and Kemalist. I believe that we are randomly born to a country, but people like me are spiritually connected to a country other than the ones we're born in. I loved the Turkish nation ever since I first learned about the Ottoman Empire and the Seljuk Turks.

There is Russian blood in my family, and I believe that I am of the same Altaic stock as the Turkish people. I have what the Turkish people would call 'Ruh'; the spirit of a Turk. I like Oriental [near eastern] music, food, culture and although I'm an Atheist [like the great Ataturk], I consider myself a cultural Muslim.

I've taught myself Turkish and a little bit of Persian and Arabic. I've applied to go to the prestigious Istanbul University where I will become a Poet and Turkicist. If I were born in an earlier age, I would have been a great Turkish bard, with my bağlama I would sing tales of the steppe, of the great Khans, and Padishahs that brought us to Anatolia and hymns to Tengri the great lord of the sky, but alas, I am of the era of the Republics.

I mostly play Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword as the Crimean Khanate, and I love playing the Ottoman Empire in EU:IV. I'm a long time 4channer, and I just wanted to say to everyone there are Turkophiles on this board, despite the endless memes. Shit like 'Remove Kebab' really aren't funny. There's a reason the Turks had one of the largest, greatest and most illustrious Empires in history. You should have the same respect for them as most people do the Romans.

I just want to close by saying that Turkey shouldn't focus on Europe, but its Altaic brothers to the east. The Turkish people should reunite under a single banner, together they would be a greater force than Russia or Europe. Division makes the Turks weak, unity would make them strong.