That was a disaster. This has the same potential. I don't feel too good about it. I know when I was at Incirlik in 1982, I never considered the Turks to be allies at all.
I agree. I went to Izmir for a NATO exercise in 1969. I flew to Istanbul on a C-130 and then took a pickup truck to Luleburgaz on the Bulgarian border. They hadn’t seen an American in years but treated me nice. I spent the days watching Soviets run intercepts with fighters across the border and nights drinking a liquor they called “tigers milk” which was really strong. On the way back to tent city at Izmir the C-130 pilot made two 360 over Ephesus. I was 24 at the time and really didn’t know the real significance of why he did that. Years later I was glad I got to see the place from the air.