Few months earlier , when Turkey lived the attempt to overthrown "Democracy" in the country I posted what next moves would be made by Erdogan to accomplish his Neo Ottoman agenta.
I mentioned that after that coop Turkey left with a higly divide society between those that wanted a modern "western" type state following the legacy of Kemal Attaturk and those that lived with the dream of Ottoman Empire's restoration.
But Turkish society is divided not only politicaly but also economicaly and cultural by those that leaved in the Turkey's western shores and those that lived in Anatolia or recently moved by thousands in to Constantinople.
The educational and cultural gap in those two parts of Turkish population is huge and justify the preference of the second part to radical Islam instead of western way of life.
In the past i wrote that Erdogan would try to gather all political power on him following his dream to become a modern Sultan (done).
Also I wrote that Erdogan would attempt to unify the majority of the Turkish society ussing the myths of common enemies were they suited for that cause.
First he used the Kurdish issue despite the fact that when he became Turkish PM visited Kurdish lands and promised political solution for their cause.
Second he used the "evil" Israel (sionists) despite the fact that Israel was the most loyal ally of Turkey for almost 20 years.
Third he used Syria and as a laft over Russia to create a pan Turkish feeling of injustice but soon enough he realised that Turkey's economy could not hundle the luck of exports to Russia!
Then he turned to Greece that was/is the most clasical "enemy" of Turkey escalating the provocations both by sea and air hopping that an insident would give him the moral advandage to start a war conflict "having the right " on his side.
After the coup Turkish Military officers admited the existance of a plan were Turkish airplanes would shoot down a Turkish airplane and would have Greece be blamed for it.
We must not forget that Turkish Defence Ministry revealed last summer an other Turkish plan of invasion in the Greek Thrace and also the Colonel of the Turkish Army Uzay Şahin.
What is in stake is that the Turkish economy crumples under the turism colapse and under the isolation of ISIS cheap oil. Erdogan needed a new "story" to turn Turkish's opinion attention from Turkey's real problems and so...war with some "easy opponets came 1st in his agenta again. Erdogan admires both Sultan Mehmed II the Qonqueror and Sultan Suleiman the Magnifisent but inorder to sell such a profil he needed some public signs.
Turkey's will to present its self as the Ultimate Protector of all Muslims (Suleiman) started with Turkey's attempt to invade northern Iraq and later northern Syria. But those attempts actually failed because some superpowers are active in those regions. The next direction was to the east. Erdogan chosen to play the card of the strong leader against the evil/christian western europe hopping that right exrimist parties would gain some ellections and justify his desisions. The second goal was that if those right extremist parties would/will gain the elections in their countries (see Holland,France,Germany) would make their promise of deserting Greece in its own faith making Greece isolated in a possible political or even worst military help in the future. The recent Turkey's interfearence in the Bulgarian elections and the recent Erdogan's claim that WW 1 has not yet ended for Turkey means clearly that Turkey wants the right of a rematch with the states that fought against Turkey or the states that emerged from Ottoman Empire after the end of WW 1.
Erdogan tries hard to "issolate" Balkans from the rest of the Europe that actually is not that hard if we remember that south EU is already isolated by those that were benefited by it in the near past.
Also ussing the vast Turkish minority to blackmail EU northern states (almost 6 million Turks) creates a western public opinion "let Turks do what they want if they will let us quite and safe".
Only yesterday Erdogan threatended EU and "west" that soon westerners will fear to walk in to their streets!
Those that claimed that Erdogan was ISIS's most loyal ally now they see how much right they were when Erdogan uses the exact same retory with ISIS!
Erodgan needs despertly easy victims because:
He will unify Turkish society over common enemies.
He will -if succed- gain teritories that will improve Turkey's stradegic position gaining more trade benefits even by those that apear today as enemies (see EU).
He will boost Turkey's crumpled economy by starting with the military products exports (that will be presented as war proven ones).
He will force other countries in Middle East to follow Turkey as the Leader of Islam because in every case those goverments will face internal revolts. Remember that Erdogan already tried to input friendly goverments with Islmamic agents in Egypt! Also Turkey suports one of the three rebel goverments in Lybia with weapons and other material.

Some will say..That is a fairy tale and wont happen.
But through out history , a mans crazy vision of supremacy was the most common reason of starting wars. We still remember Hitler and his dreams about humanity and races!
Erdogan's visions of Islamic victory over the atheists, the dream of the "Protector of all Muslims through out the world" and his dreams to restore the Ottoman empire are more than enough to threaten western world. Turkey and Pakistan work together with Pakistan "promise" to Turkey to supply the "Islamic Bomb" (nuclear weapons). A Turkey with nuclear weapons in its disposal will feel free to start major or minor conflict as it likes.
Countries lik ethe Balkan ones will be the 1st to take the 1st blow but in EU modern way of non suporting a member to an other countries like Hungary, Austria and others will soon become "vassals" to Turkey's will.
Unforthunatly many EU people still believe that if their country will be threatened other EU countries will help.
Erdogan KNOWS that this is a myth and that feeds his sick ambitions to have Turkey expanded.