WW2 photos by Wehrmacht soldiers (???)

[kılıç_mehmet]

Actually, "Brave Turks" threw their lot in with german forces because they had perfectly matched ideologies, and saw an opportunity to realize their dream of ethnic national sovereignty. An ideology which you proudly claim.........

I think I mentioned that. The Turks that lived under the sovereignity of the Russian Tzarist regime were far, far better off, even though still persecuted for the same "crimes" they were under the Soviet regime, they were still entitled to their own property, communities and lands, which changed significantly under the Bolsheviks, and their religious freedoms were severely under threat.
They joined the Germans in the hopes of finally freeing themselves from the Red menace that was on their heads at the moment. The same Red menace that said that they were going to declare the treaty of Kars null and void, and were preparing to declare war on the last sovereign Turkic country in existence, the republic of Turkey.
And why is it so "evil" that the Turks of Russia wanted to claim their rightly deserved ethnic national sovereignity? We saw how well they fared under the rule of the Bolshevik.
And not only that, the ethnic slavs of the Soviet Union also allied themselves with the German forces, and prior to it, had rebelled, and formed the White Army to crush the Reds, but sadly, they were defeated, and Russia succumbed to the ideology that resulted in the deaths of millions of their people. Are you going to deny these?
My grandfather's father himself thought of going to Russia to volunteer with the Osttürkische waffenband of the SS, in order to fight for the independence of the Turks of Russia.
However, due to the restrictions that were imposed on traveling out an into the Turkish republic he was not allowed to leave the country, as a war was raging on, and we were non-aligned.