- Metal fırtına
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name = Metal Storm
title_orig = Metal Fırtına
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author = Orkun Uçar, Burak Turna
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country =Turkey
language = Turkish
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genre =Novel
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release_date = 2004
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followed_by =Metal Fırtına ( _en. Metal Storm) is a 2004 novel from
Turkey by Orkun Uçar and Burak Turna. It became an immediate bestseller in Turkey, with several hundred thousand copies sold as of 2006.The book gained international attention mainly because of its plot about a war between Turkey and the United States (who are
NATO allies) and because of its enthusiastic reception in Turkey. According to the Turkish newspaper Radikal, "the Foreign Ministry and General Staff are reading it keenly" and "all cabinet members also have it".The book's plot and reception is thought by most observers to reflect an increasing level of
Anti-Americanism in the wake of theWar On Terror ,Iraq War and especially the "2003 Hood Event" that was perceived as a national humiliation in Turkey.Plot summary
In the novel, set in the year
2007 , theUnited States Military invadesTurkey to gain control of its deposits of an important strategic resource,borax . After securing the principal cities in Turkey, the United States attempts to re-enact theTreaty of Sèvres by dividing Turkey up between its historic rivalsGreece andArmenia . Turkey responds by forming a military alliance withChina ,Russia andGermany . A Turkish agent then steals an American nuclear bomb and detonates it inWashington, D.C. , killing millions of people and forcing an end to the American invasion.The U.S. Government in the novel is led by a nameless President reminiscent of
George W. Bush and portrayed as an Evangelical zealot. It also includes real-life U.S. Cabinet membersCondoleezza Rice andDonald Rumsfeld . The novel also features then-current real-life political leaders at the helm of their respective nations.See also
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Turkey-United States relations
*Valley of the Wolves Iraq , a 2006 Turkish film also featuring a Turkey-U.S. conflictReferences
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