Two Khans Showdown, 2034

As the successor to the Ottoman Empire, Türkiye has long had ambitious plans to strengthen its military. Entering the third decade of the 21st century, the modernization achievements of the Turkish Navy continue to emerge. In 2032, Türkiye's independently developed aircraft carrier TCG Fatih Sultan Mehmet was delivered to the Turkish Navy for service. The aircraft carrier has a displacement of up to 65,000 tons and can carry about 50 combat aircraft, including unmanned combat aviation vehicles. Some media said that the delivery of the ship marks the Turkish Navy’s absolute maritime dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean. In early 2033, a series of chain reactions triggered by the People's Liberation Army's war against Taiwan led to an unprecedented high-intensity conflict between China and the United States in the Western Pacific. At the end of that year, the two major powers were severely weakened by the Great War in the Western Pacific. The United States' control over the European Union has been significantly weakened, and Russia, which acquired the east of the Dnieper River and the entire Black Sea coast of Ukraine through an unequal treaty in 2028, is once again ready to make moves in the face of dramatic changes in the situation. In early 2034, news of secret talks between European Union leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached the ears of U. S. intelligence agencies. The tsar, who is already in his twilight years, intends to use the last year of his last term to complete the grand vision of unifying Russia and the European Union that he failed to complete 20 years ago. This is absolutely unacceptable to the United States, and it is also something Turkey, which has always been wandering between the two hostile camps of Russia and the West, does not want to see. At this moment, destroying the trust between Russia and Europe has become the common goal of the United States and Turkey. In May 2034, large-scale rebellions broke out in several border regio