Erdogan is the real leader of Germany. He’s got millions of Turks in Germany loyal to him.
That is a complicated puzzle piece. I'm thinking the Germany/EU assumption was they controlled the German Turks, and would get NATO to "defend" Germany from uprisings by Europe's traditional Caucasian population when it rises up.
Crazy? No. Europe used NATO forces to get Khadafi out of power. One big aspect of that was European banks did not want Khadafi to withdraw his money that was in European banks.
Meanwhile, Edrogan is incredibly unamused about possible Western inspiration to the coup attempt against him. Go figure.
JMHO....the Morlocks who control the EU deserve the same fate as their counterparts in The Time Machine.
millions of Turks in Germany and millions of jihadists just waiting for Turkey to turn the other way, while Merkel stares absently at bottom of her stein