Hilarious Leaked Turkish False Flag Plot - Exposed Turkey (Plotting War), Cries - Leak Is 'Declaration of War' LMAO

ꕤ Article SOURCE - AUDIO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6pZ7AhR_C0 Published on 28 Mar 2014 SOURCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6pZ7AhR_C0 " A leaked conversation between Turkey's intelligence chief and the war room reveals plot to create a casus belli for war with Syria by using ISIL, an alQaeda offshoot, to threaten a Turkish shrine Suleiman Shah Tomb. Turkey has blocked youtube in order to cover up the leaks. Turkish Foreign Ministry confirmed the recording of planning for a military incursion into Syria adding that a 'network of treason' was responsible for leak. Part two of the leaked conversation implicates John Kerry US secretary of state in the plot. Syria has called on the United Nations to investigate a leaked file containing discussions by top Turkish authorities on how to fabricate an attack in order to justify a military operation against Damascus. "I'd like to refer once again to this audio tape leak by the Turkish foreign minister and the deputy chief of staff of the Turkish army," Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari said on Friday, adding that the Turkish officials talked about an attack by "sending a terrorist group inside the Syrian territory." "And then this group is supposed to launch eight missiles within the Turkish territory and it would be a justification for further Turkish aggression against Syria," the Syrian envoy stated. He also denounced some members of the UN Security Council and its secretariat for refusing to hear the truth about the situation in Syria, saying those countries themselves are "deeply involved" in "spreading terrorism" across the Arab country. The audio file uploaded on YouTube is a recording of Turkey's intelligence chief Hakan Fidan, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Deputy Chief of Military  Staff Yasar Guler, and other senior officials discussing the possible assault. Ankara reacted to the anonymous posting by blocking users' access to YouTube throughout Turkey, saying the leaking of the controversial recording had created "a national security issue." Davutoglu also on Thursday condemned the leak as a "declaration of war" against the Turkish government and nation, stressing, "A cyber attack has been carried out against the Turkish Republic, our state and our valued nation." Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier described the recording as "villainous". The YouTube ban came a week after the government imposed a ban on Twitter, accusing the social networking website of violating Turkey's laws.  " SOURCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6pZ7AhR_C0 ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- ꕤ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. COMMENT LMAO ... the only thing that's 'villainous' is Erdogan and his government. This is hilarious.  They're pointing the finger & squealing that this leak is a 'declaration of war', but it's Turkey that was trying to declare war on Syria through dastardly, illegitimate, faked means! OMG!  It says John Kerry, US Secretary of State, was also implicated. Need to maybe confirm this elsewhere.  Wow, I didn't know about this. Don't know how I missed this.  What was I looking at? ꕤ

Transcript - Banned Audio Leak - Turkey Head of Intelligence Hakan Fiday & Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoğlu - False Flag Plot for Casus Belli in Syria

ꕤ Article SOURCE VIDEO https://youtu.be/c-1GooSDwJ8 FULL AT SOURCE http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/turkey-youtube-ban-full-transcript-leaked-syria-war-conversation-between-erdogan-officials-1442161 Turkey YouTube Ban: Full Transcript of Leaked Syria 'War' Conversation Between Erdogan Officials     Jack Moore     By Jack Moore     March 27, 2014 16:57 GMT Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ban of YouTube occurred after a conversation was leaked between Head of Turkish Intelligence Hakan Fidan and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu that he wanted removed from the video-sharing website. Full transcript (translated by @castizbey): Ahmet Davutoğlu: "Prime Minister said that in current conjuncture, this attack (on Suleiman Shah Tomb) must be seen as an opportunity for us." Hakan Fidan: "I'll send 4 men from Syria, if that's what it takes. I'll make up a cause of war by ordering a missile attack on Turkey; we can also prepare an attack on Suleiman Shah Tomb if necessary." Feridun Sinirlioğlu: "Our national security has become a common, cheap domestic policy outfit." Yaşar Güler: "It's a direct cause of war. I mean, what're going to do is a direct cause of war." -------- FIRST SCREEN: Ahmet Davutoğlu: I couldn't entirely understand the other thing; what exactly does our foreign ministry supposed to do? No, I'm not talking about the thing. There are other things we're supposed to do. If we decide on this, we are to notify the United Nations, the Istanbul Consulate of the Syrian regime, right? Feridun Sinirlioğlu: But if we decide on an operation in there, it should create a shocking effect. I mean, if we are going to do so. I don't know what we're going to do, but regardless of what we decide, I don't think it'd be appropriate to notify anyone beforehand. Ahmet Davutoğlu: OK, but we're gonna have to prepare somehow. To avoid any shorts on regarding international law. I just realised when I was talking to the president (Abdullah Gül), if the Turkish tanks go in there, it means we're in there in any case, right? Yaşar Güler: It means we're in, yes. Ahmet Davutoğlu: Yeah, but there's a difference between going in with aircraft and going in with tanks... SECOND SCREEN: Yaşar Güler: Maybe we can tell the Syrian consulate general that, ISIL is currently working alongside the regime, and that place is Turkish land. We should definitely... Ahmet Davutoğlu: But we have already said that, sent them several diplomatic notes. Yaşar Güler: To Syria... Feridun Sinirlioğlu: That's right. Ahmet Davutoğlu: Yes, we've sent them countless times. Therefore, I'd like to know what our Chief of Staff's expects from our ministry. Yaşar Güler: Maybe his intent was to say that, I don't really know, he met with Mr. Fidan. Hakan Fidan: Well, he did mention that part but we didn't go into any further details. Yaşar Güler: Maybe that was what he meant... A diplomatic note to Syria? Hakan Fidan: Maybe the Foreign Ministry is assigned with coordination... THIRD SCREEN: Ahmet Davutoğlu: I mean, I could coordinate the diplomacy but civil war, the military... Feridun Sinirlioğlu: That's what I told back there. For one thing, the situation is different. An operation on ISIL has solid ground on international law. We're going to portray this is Al-Qaeda, there's no distress there if it's a matter regarding Al-Qaeda. And if it comes to defending Suleiman Shah Tomb, that's a matter of protecting our land. Yaşar Güler: We don't have any problems with that. Hakan Fidan: Second after it happens, it'll cause a great internal commotion (several bombing events is bound to happen within). The border is not under control... Feridun Sinirlioğlu:I mean, yes, the bombings are of course going to happen. But I remember our talk from 3 years ago... Yaşar Güler: Mr. Fidan should urgently receive back-up and we need to help him supply guns and ammo to rebels. We need to speak with the minister. Our Interior Minister, our Defense Minister. We need to talk about this and reach a resolution sir. Ahmet Davutoğlu: How did we get special forces into action when there was a threat in Northern Iraq? We should have done so in there, too. We should have trained those men. We should have sent men. Anyway, we can't do that, we can only do what diplomacy... Feridun Sinirlioğlu: I told you back then, for God's sake, General, you know how we managed to get those tanks in, you were there. Yaşar Güler: What, you mean our stuff? Feridun Sinirlioğlu: Yes, how do you think we've managed to rally our tanks into Iraq? How? How did we manage to get special forces, the battalions in? I was involved in that. Let me be clear, there was no government decision on that, we have managed that just with a single order. FOURTH SCREEN: Yaşar Güler: Well, I agree with you. For one thing, we're not even discussing that. But there are different things that Syria can do right now. Ahmet Davutoğlu: General, the reason we're saying no to this operation is because we know about the capacity of those men. Yaşar Güler: Look, sir, isn't MKE (Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation) at minister's bidding? Sir, I mean, Qatar is looking for ammo to buy in cash. Ready cash. So, why don't they just get it done? It's at Mr. Minister's command. Ahmet Davutoğlu: But there's the spot we can't act integratedly, we can't coordinate. Yaşar Güler: Then, our Prime Minister can summon both Mr. Defence Minister and Mr. Minister at the same time. Then he can directly talk to them. Ahmet Davutoğlu: We, Mr. Siniroğlu and I, have literally begged Mr. Prime Minster for a private meeting, we said that things were not looking so bright. FIFTH SCREEN: Yaşar Güler: Also, it doesn't have to be a crowded meeting. Yourself [Foreign Minister], Mr. Defence Minister, Mr. Interior Minister and our Chief of Staff, the four of you are enough. There's no need for a crowd. Because, sir, the main need there is guns and ammo. Not even guns, mainly ammo. We've just talked about this, sir. Let's say we're building an army down there, 1000 strong. If we get them into that war without previously storing a minimum of 6-months' worth of ammo, these men will return to us after two months. Ahmet Davutoğlu: They're back already. Yaşar Güler: They'll return to us, sir. Ahmet Davutoğlu: They've came back from... What was it? Çobanbey. Yaşar Güler: Yes, indeed, sir. This matter can't be just a burden on Mr. Fidan's shoulders as it is now. It's unacceptable. I mean, we can't understand this. Why? SIXTH SCREEN: Ahmet Davutoğlu: That evening we'd reached a resolution. And I thought that things were taking a turn for the good. Our... Feridun Sinirlioğlu: We issued the MGK (National Security Council) resolution the day after. Then we talked with the general... Ahmet Davutoğlu: And the other forces really do a good follow up on this weakness of ours. You say that you're going to capture this place, and that men being there constitutes a risk factor. You pull them back. You capture the place. You reinforce it and send in your troops again. Yaşar Güler: Exactly, sir. You're absolutely right. Ahmet Davutoğlu: Right? That's how I interpret it. But after the evacuation, this is not a military necessity. It's a whole other thing. SEVENTH SCREEN Feridun Siniroğlu: There are some serious shifts in global and regional geopolitics. It now can spread to other places. You said it yourself today, and others agreed... We're headed to a different game now. We should be able to see those. That ISIL and all that jazz, all those organisations are extremely open to manipulation. Having a region made up of organisations of similar nature will constitute a vital security risk for us. And when we first went into Northern Iraq, there was always the risk of PKK blowing up the place. If we thoroughly consider the risks and substantiate... As the general just said... Yaşar Güler: Sir, when you were inside a moment ago, we were discussing just that. Openly. I mean, armed forces are a "tool" necessary for you in every turn. Ahmet Davutoğlu: Of course. I always tell the Prime Minister, in your absence, the same thing in academic jargon, you can't stay in those lands without hard power. Without hard power, there can be no soft power. EIGTH SCREEN Yaşar Güler: Sir. Feridun Sinirlioğlu: The national security has been politicised. I don't remember anything like this in Turkish political history. It has become a matter of domestic policy. All talks we've done on defending our lands, our border security, our sovereign lands in there, they've all become a common, cheap domestic policy outfit. Yaşar Güler: Exactly. Feridun Siniroğlu: That has never happened before. Unfortunately but... Yaşar Güler: I mean, do even one of the opposition parties support you in such a high point of national security? Sir, is this a justifiable sense of national security? Feridun Sinirlioğlu: I don't even remember such a period. NINTH SCREEN: Yaşar Güler: In what matter can we be unified, if not a matter of national security of such importance? None. Ahmet Davutoğlu: The year 2012, we didn't do it 2011. If only we'd took serious action back then, even in the summer of 2012. Feridun Sinirlioğlu: They were at their lowest back in 2012. Ahmet Davutoğlu: Internally, they were just like Libya. Who comes in and goes from power is not of any importance to us. But some things... Yaşar Güler: Sir, to avoid any confusion, our need in 2011 was guns and ammo. In 2012, 2013 and today also. We're in the exact same point. We absolutely need to find this and secure that place. Ahmet Davutoğlu: Guns and ammo are not a big need for that place. Because we couldn't get the human factor in order... VIDEO https://youtu.be/c-1GooSDwJ8 FULL AT SOURCE http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/turkey-youtube-ban-full-transcript-leaked-syria-war-conversation-between-erdogan-officials-1442161 ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT It's taken me this long to discover this wonderful audio.  lol Wow, who got this?  How cool. ꕤ

Surveillance & Intel News

ꕤ Article SOURCE surveillance | intel PETITION #Surveillance #Privacy #uspoli #law stop backdoor govt access to encrypted services - #Petition https://www.savecrypto.org/ #uspoli #surveillance #California Police fake phone tower  spy tech approved by DOJ https://www.revealnews.org/article/east-bay-cellphone-surveillance-plan-gets-attorney-generals-support/ #Berlin campaigners launch Intelexit support group for #NSA & #GCHQ to quit http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/09/30/intelexit_for_nsa_surveillance_self_help_group_for_intelligence_agents_started.html #France Draft Bill #Surveillance mass surveillance carte blanche Similar plans are already in place in the UK and the Netherlands. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/09/france-must-reject-law-that-gives-carte-blanche-to-mass-surveillance-globally/ #military Nearly 120 soldiers from 163rd and 303rd Military Intelligence Battalions deployed to #Afghanistan http://kdhnews.com/fort_hood_herald/across_the_fort/fort-hood-military-intelligence-troops-deploy-to-afghanistan/article_42e4c9c0-66b0-11e5-8fd1-5f39ca88a06f.html #military US army #SouthKorea hoover up radio transmissions & detect underground tunnels fleet of new spy planes http://theweek.com/articles/577905/new-american-spy-planes-could-spot-kim-jong-uns-secret-tunnels ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/world/asia/kunduz-taliban-afghanistan.html?_r=0 Afghanistan Kunduz Still Held by Taliban, Locals Say, Despite Afghan Government Claims By ALISSA J. RUBIN  OCT. 1, 2015 Afghan soldiers preparing on Wednesday for a counteroffensive to try to retake the city of Kunduz from the Taliban. Credit Najim Rahim/European Pressphoto Agency KABUL, Afghanistan — Kunduz residents and provincial officials said the city remained in Taliban hands on Thursday, despite claims from the Afghan government that it had retaken the city. Kareema Sediqi, a member of the Kunduz provincial council, said that “the city is still in Taliban control,” but that Afghan security forces had advanced as far as a roundabout near the city’s entrance. Interviews with several residents suggested that the situation was fluid, with fighting continuing. Ms. Sediqi, who spoke from Kabul but was in contact with family members trapped in Kunduz, said, “The Afghan security forces are struggling against strong Taliban resistance from Taliban who are wearing A.N.A. uniforms,” referring to the Afghan National Army. It is a common Taliban tactic to obtain uniforms of the government security forces and use them to confuse their enemies. [...] But before residents had gone far from their homes, the Taliban counterattacked, wearing the uniforms of Afghan security forces, with some riding motorcycles and others driving captured Humvees and sports utility vehicles. They pushed back the Afghan forces, who remained on the city’s outskirts, according to Ms. Sediqi and some residents. [...] Saad Mukhtar, the director of public health for Kunduz, said that since the city fell, his office had recorded 49 dead and 332 wounded in local hospitals, including civilians and members of the Afghan security forces. Hundreds of civilians and members of the government forces have been holed up in the airport south of Kunduz, and reinforcements sent from other provinces have been delayed or halted by Taliban resistance in outlying areas. Residents reached in parts of Kunduz Province beyond the city said that the Taliban remained in control in the district of Chardara. That district is one of the most strategically important in the province because a road to the largest city in Afghanistan’s north, Mazar-i-Sharif, runs through it. [...] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/world/asia/kunduz-taliban-afghanistan.html?_r=0 ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Pentagon Pushing to Increase Post-2016 Troop Levels in Afghanistan New Plans Aim to Give Military 'Leeway' on When to Carry Out Drawdown by Jason Ditz, September 30, 2015 Every planned drawdown of US military forces from Afghanistan seems to turn up later than announced and smaller than planned, and despite officials still sticking to the NATO narrative that the Afghan War “ended,” some 10,000 US troops remain there. Officially, the plan is for a major drawdown by the end of next year that will finally catch up with what was supposed to be a 2014 pullout. Unsurprisingly, the Pentagon is once again fighting against following through on the plans, with officials saying the “plans” they are advancing both intend to withhold the troop level reductions deeper into 2017, and to give the Pentagon more “leeway” in when and how many troops get removed from the country after 2017. Already 14 years into the occupation of Afghanistan, the continuing struggles of the Afghan military continues to drag US ground troops into combat, and many officials seem to favor just maintaining the occupation essentially forever instead of ending the war and watching the government continue to lose territory to the same insurgency they’ve been fighting throughout that war. With less and less media coverage of the Afghan War, there seems to be less political interest in seeing the troops brought home, which likely will ensure that the Pentagon proposals to keep troops there get through without too much debate. http://news.antiwar.com/2015/09/30/pentagon-pushing-to-increase-post-2016-troop-levels-in-afghanistan/ ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT Thought I'd look up to see what's going on with Afghanistan, seeing the US is sending out over 100 intelligence staff. Looks like Taliban's winning? Fourteen years is such a long time to occupy a country. Surprised how sophisticated Taliban are, wearing uniforms of Afghan government troops etc. It sounds like life goes on around the fighting and bystanders get shot if they're unlucky. Don't know enough about Afghanistan to make anything of what's going on. ------- Spy planes that find tunnels is pretty cool ... & especially handy near Gaza. ------- The French are going to subject everyone to mass surveillance, which is pretty standard for countries that expose themselves to internal risks. ꕤ

Syrian Regime Change - Humanitarian Aid

ꕤ Article SOURCE https://fts.unocha.org/pageloader.aspx?page=search-reporting_display&CQ=cq260115191009dOLEaWyOry 2012-2015 Syria Total:   USD $14,343,463,267 (committed)    + USD$  743,800,39 (Pledged) USD Committed USD Pledged Australia 149,082,851 15,725,518 Canada 517,298,762 EU Comm 1,573,770,779 Finland 61,083,566 France 106,524,427 Germany 969,788,332 Kuwait 938,412,017 219,390,000 Qatar 235,579,649 3,803,270 Saudi Arabia 586,481,638 Sweden 170,721,978 Switzerland 175,307,558 1,142,037 UAE 417,971,494 126,192,450 UK 1,393,325,651 USA 4,226,880,211 13,320,001 ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT Regime change and eradicating 'moderate rebels' defected to 'death cult' militants is expensive. Check out what the US, UK and EU have spent.  Yes, I know this is allocated as 'humanitarian aid' -- but the 'humanitarian crisis' is the result of Western intervention in pursuit of regime change in more than one target location, including Syria. Above is only some of the funds committed by various governments. Jordan and Israel are not on the list. Expect that this isn't a complete list of everything. The British domestic population is subjected to 'austerity' measures, but Britain has allocated this substantial expenditure  towards what amounts to one of the incidental costs of regime change. Money's also found for other countries -- so this isn't the only overseas location that funds are allocated to.   Global Humanitarian Contributions in 2014, top donors: United States European Commission United Kingdom Germany Japan Sweden US is right up there, just as it is in terms of military spending.  The top spenders also form part of the US alliance, which I think is interesting.  The respective economies may also factor in somehow (not sure re Sweden) -- banking interests/investors - invested? There's a reason US is on top of that list, and it's not generosity -- look what's happening with water shut-downs in the US and the fight for minimum wage that is still on. Countries that 'cannot' find adequate money for their pensioners, unemployed, care homes, public housing, education, and so on, and  countries that are selling off public property, healthcare, and shutting off water to domestic communities; countries that begrudge their domestic population minimum wage etc etc, find money for mid-intervention and post intervention humanitarian 'mop-ups' overseas. Grand total of USD$23,276,994,829 in 2014 (plus some) -- all contributors worldwide- here. But this isn't everything.  It's just what they classify as 'humanitarian aid' ... and it may not even be all 'humanitarian aid'. At USD$267,063,481, Australia contributes more in the 2014 overall totals than France, more than World Bank and more than Qatar (which probably owns Europe). Meanwhile in Australia (as an example): ‘Devastating’ Social Service Funding Cuts Slammed Posted: Friday, September 18, 2015 - 11:00 Author: Xavier Smerdon A Senate Inquiry has slammed the Department of Social Service funding process which saw cuts of $270 million and has recommended that five-year contracts be awarded to service providers to ensure stability. http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2015/09/%E2%80%98devastating%E2%80%99-social-service-funding-cuts-slammed# I'm not up on all the Liberal government's social welfare reforms (ie punishment of the vulnerable), so I've just plucked the above as an example. While welfare is getting cut, the military spending looks sizeable (from the random examples). Australia has invested approximately AU$1billion in Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)  -- which is some kind of military satellite communications gadgetry from US supplier -- here. Australia is spending $50 billion on a submarine-building program -- here. Australia is carrying out airstrikes in Syria and Iraq -- here.  No mention of what these cost, but I'm pretty sure this doesn't come cheaply. Australia:  Boeing (USA) $1.49 billion 13 Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft contract - here. Australia -  $11.9 million Orbital ATK Inc. (USA) - Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile conversion service - here. Australia - new defence planning blueprint seeks to fortify seas defences with highest priority to Navy - drones & subs - $70 billion boost - here. Anyway, that some of what money was found for.  Yes, defence is important, but surely a government spending colossal amounts on military can shop around or drive a hard enough bargain with suppliers (who want their money), so as to ensure that the people at the very bottom socially and economically do not become victims of government spending cut-backs. How is punishing the domestic population -- the vulnerable, at the very bottom of the social and economic ladder -- the right thing to do? Well, it looks like the domestic population -- especially the socially and economically disadvantaged -- are of the least concern to politicians. It's private profits first.  Working classes (and even nations) last. Look at European politicians selling out their nations. ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Spend Theory (so far) War: Sanitisation & Maintenance of Illusions Link  |  here Assange Transnational Security Elite, Carving Up the World Using Your Tax Money London  OCT8 Antiwar Mass Assembly (2011) Link  |  here ꕤ

Europe - Active Military Personnel - 2010-2013

ꕤ Military SOURCE http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 Armed forces personnel Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. 2010 2011 2012 2013 Albania 14,745 14,750 14,750 8,500 Austria 25,758 23,250 22,800 22,500 Belarus 182,940 158,000 158,000 158,000 Belgium 35,736 34,050 30,700 37,500 BiH 10,577 10,550 10,500 10,500 Bulgaria 65,315 47,300 47,300 47,300 Croatia 21,600 21,600 19,550 19,550 Czech Rep 28,521 26,750 26,750 24,100 Denmark 18,628 16,450 17,200 17,200 Estonia 5,750 5,750 5,750 5,750 Finland 24,975 25,000 25,000 25,000 France 341,967 332,250 325,600 318,400 Georgia 32,355 32,350 32,350 32,350 Germany 251,465 196,000 186,450 181,550 Greece 149,647 148,350 147,350 148,950 Greenland - - - - Hungary 34,587 38,500 38,500 38,500 Iceland 130 180 180 200 Ireland 10,460 8,900 9,350 9,350 Latvia 4,600 5,350 5,310 5,310 Lithuania 25,240 23,350 23,350 21,950 Luxembourg 1,512 1,510 1,510 1,510 Malta 2,127 2,120 2,130 2,130 Macedonia 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 Moldova 7,733 7,750 7,750 7,750 Montenegro 13,084 12,180 12,180 12,180 Netherlands 43,279 43,300 43,300 43,300 Norway 24,450 24,450 25,800 25,800 Poland 121,400 118,050 172,700 172,700 Portugal 90,334 90,300 90,300 79,850 Romania 153,800 151,300 151,300 151,300 Russia Fed 1.43-m 1.364-m 1.364-m 1.26-m Serbia 29,125 28,150 28,150 28,150 Slovak Rep 15,799 15,850 15,850 15,850 Slovenia 12,100 12,100 13,550 13,550 Spain 223,216 215,700 215,600 213,950 Sweden 21,163 21,300 16,100 16,100 Turkey 612,800 612,800 612,800 612,800 Ukraine 214,825 214,850 14,850 121,500 UK 174,020 165,650 169,150 159,150 ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Population 1 July 2014 FRANCE:  64,641,279 median age: 40.8 1955 fertility rate:  2.75 2014 fertility rate:  1.98 TURKEY:  75,837,020 median age:  29.8 1955 fertility rate:  6.62 2015 fertility rate:  2.07 SPAIN:  47,066,402 median age:  41.8 fertility rate:  1.48 GERMANY:  82,652,256 median age:  45.9 fertility rate:  1.40 SWEDEN:  9,631,261 median age:  41.1 fertility rate:  1.91 *Aging Population | *Low Reproduction Rate *Exception:  Turkey  Random samples above. http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/ other Israel:  7,822,107 Median Age:  30.1 Fertility rate:  2.91 Palestine:  4,436,411 Median Age:  19.4 Fertility Rate:  4.12 Syria:  21,986,615 Median Age:  22.6 Fertility rate:  3.04 Lebanon:  4,965,914 Median Age:  30.2 Fertility rate:  1.52 Afghanistan:  31,280,518 Median age:  16.8 Fertility rate:  5.24 Iraq:  34,768,761 Median Age:  19.9 Fertility rate:  4.12 Somalia:  10,805,651 Median age:  16.4 Fertility rate:  6.71 South Africa:  53,139,528 Median age:  26.2 Fertility rate:  2.43 Nigeria:  178,516,904 Median age:  17.8 Fertilty rate: 6.01 Sudan:  38,764,090 Median age:  19.2 Fertility rate:  4.53 ꕤ