Turkey to Confiscate Gold in New Clever Way - To Help Citizens Earn Money

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/markets-by-sector/precious-metals/gold/turkey-to-confiscate-gold-in-new-clever-way-to-help-citizens-earn-money/

US Lawmaker Sees "Ample Evidence Of Turkey's Complicity In ISIS's Murderous Rampage"

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-03/us-lawmaker-sees-ample-evidence-turkeys-complicity-isiss-murderous-rampage

Washington's Syria "Strategy" In Complete Disarray As "Ally" Turkey Bombs US-Armed Rebels

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-27/washingtons-syria-strategy-complete-disarray-ally-turkey-bombs-us-armed-rebels

As Turkey Refuses To Join "Anti-ISIS" Coalition, John Kerry Comes Begging

Well, that's another ally the US can't count on.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-12/turkey-refuses-join-anti-isis-coalition-john-kerry-comes-begging

Turkey’s Silver Imports Surge to Most Since 1999 as Prices Slide

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-02/turkey-s-silver-imports-surge-to-most-since-1999-as-prices-slide

Russia, Greece, Turkey, Other Central Banks Buy Gold; China’s PBOC Buying?

http://www.goldcore.com/goldcore_blog/russia-greece-turkey-other-central-banks-buy-gold-china%E2%80%99s-pboc-buying

Gold Rush From Dubai to Turkey Saps Supply as Premiums Jump

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-30/gold-rush-from-dubai-to-istanbul-drains-supply-as-premiums-jump.html

Pentagon to send missiles, 400 troops to Turkey

Syria is unofficially in the crosshairs.

http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-send-missiles-400-troops-turkey-093600827.html

Turkey Pushes For Gold & Global Gold Production To Plummet

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2012/11/14_Turkey_Pushes_For_Gold_%26_Global_Gold_Production_To_Plummet.html

Turkey Fires Artillery Shells Into Syria In Alleged Retaliation

Most people believe World War II started when Hitler invaded Poland.  While that event did trigger a declaration of war from England and France, the invasions of Austria and Czechoslovakia were actually precursors to Poland.

Today, most people rightly assume the core source of hostility is between Israel and Iran.  But there are many snowflakes which could cause the next world war avalanche.  See the most recent skirmish between Turkey and Syria.  Or perhaps it could be the conflicts between Japan vs. China vs. Taiwan over the Senkaku Islands.  Humans have this curious innate propensity to war with our neighbors--and it's usually over real estate.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-03/turkey-fires-artillery-shells-syria-alleged-retaliation

Turkish gold sales to Iran soar as sanctions bite

This is further evidence that gold is a currency of last resort--and a reminder why gold is hated by the governments of the western developed countries.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/gold-turkey-iran-idUSL5E8GGF3K20120517

Turkish Government "Goes For Gold"; Seeks To "Transfer" Private Gold Holdings Into Bank System

This "polite confiscation" of citizens' gold will occur in the US--again, as it did in 1933, under Executive Order 6102, by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  It's happening as we speak in Turkey. 

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/turkish-government-goes-gold-seeks-transfer-private-gold-holdings-bank-system

For some Turks, the government will have to unveil a lot more sweeteners before they part with the family gold. 

Because what may not be apparent to a Princeton Ph.D., is more than obvious to a 70 year old housewife in Istanbul:

"I'm keen to save, so keeping gold at home is easy for me; there is no complicated procedure," said Ayten Altin, a 70-year-old housewife in Istanbul. "In an emergency, I can convert it to cash and I don't have to wait for the bank to say the asset has matured."