Posted on 01/09/2017 12:25:12 PM PST by nickcarraway
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he believed relations with Washington would improve under President-elect Donald Trump and that the two NATO allies would reach an easier consensus on regional issues.
Ties between the United States and Turkey - which has the second largest army in the NATO alliance and is key to the US-led fight against ISIS in Syria and Iraq - have deteriorated sharply since a failed military coup in July.
Erdogan and the government blame the abortive putsch on Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic cleric who has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999, and want him extradited. Gulen denies involvement in the coup.
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...the world sees better things
I sure hope not. Erdogan is probably doing some wishful thinking. He’s an Islamist through and through...not the type of person that Trump should get too close to. He was a big supporter of ISIS until he realized it’s much more profitable to be close to the Russians.
Yep. Erdogan can ESAD.
I agree. Trump is not one to encourage attacking the Kurds. And he is certainly not going to support anyone harboring plans for a new Turkish Sunni dominated Caliphate.
Erdogan is dreaming.
Well, both Trump and Michael Flynn has been very complimentary towards Erdogan...
Flynn who has also been a well paid “consultant” for Turkish interests.
Draining the swamp?
Hopefully Trump is keeping his enemies even closer. Erdogan is slime.
Trump is inheriting a real mess over there and a totally insane and amoral US policy
At least I think we have the one man who can come up with the best deal possible
Trump is inheriting a real mess over there and a totally insane and amoral US policy
At least I think we have the one man who can come up with the best deal possible
Obama and Erdogan were best buds.
Erdogan’s trying to lay a trap!
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