you watch, and germany will go
fascist again
along with their
persian and arab buds.
As part of their modernization (under Ataturk), the Turk adopted the German alphabet (with umlauts, etc.); before that their alphabet was like an Arabic script. They were allies in WWI, due as much to British & Russian ambitions as anything else (much of the Balkans was slowly being taken from them by Russian-allied Serbs).
You would think the Turks would have learned since the Ottoman Empire went down in flames for backing Kaiser Wilhelm during WWI.
And the Ottomans had a multi-generational relationship with the German Krupp Empire, who armed the Ottomans to the teeth in order to use them as a testing ground for some of the latest technology from der Kannon Konig and his family.
I thought Blandoatmeal’s comment was more interesting than the article.
I figure mutual dislike of Russia(the old “my enemy’s enemy is my friend” adage had a lot to do with this.