Prophetic Implications With Erdogan’s Win in Turkey

Doing far better than expected, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a decisive victory in his country’s parliamentary election, allowing his Justice and Development Party (AKP) to tighten its grip on a nation moving fast toward radical Islam. With the Islamic State in its backyard, and the goal of overthrowing rival Iran’s vassal state dictator Bashar Assad in Syria, Turkey is in position to continue its quest of becoming the lead broker of Islamic power in the Middle East. The prophetic implications are interesting. The main players of the Ezekiel 38 end time battle–Gog of Magog, Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, and Togarmah are all part of the former Assyrian Empire, and are located in modern Turkey

The UK Independent’s Patrick Cockburn writes of the election: “In the wake of the AKP’s spectacular victory, it will be in a strong position to take control of all remaining levers of power: army, security services and media. Ever since it first formed a government in 2002, the AKP has been progressively eliminating all opponents in positions of authority in the secular Turkish state founded by Kemal Ataturk. Almost all the state and private media has already come under AKP control, which is one factor explaining its gain in votes. State television has given blanket coverage to Mr Erdogan and the AKP, while largely ignoring its opponents.”

Ezekiel 38:2-6 says, “Son of man, set your face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of  Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him,and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the chief prince of  Meshech and Tubal. I will turn you back, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords. Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them, all of them with shield and helmet; Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with you.”

Many behold the mystery of how Iran (modern day Persia) and Turkey will come into an alliance strong enough to confront Israel in such a battle. Events, however, are shaping up where a confrontation between Iran and Turkey could occur. There are many moving parts with Russia and the United States also playing major roles in brokering power between Iran, Turkey, the Islamic State and a handful of other terrorist influences such as the Muslim Brotherhood and al Qaeda. Daniel 8 prophesies about how Media and Persia come under submission to the “first king” whose power is mighty and is a “king of fierce countenance.” Keep your eyes on Turkey and Iran for they are major players in the prophetic end times.