“The country is on a fast downward spiral and in less than five years will be unrecognizable to those of us who either lived there or visited frequently.”
I flew for the IDF and had the pleasure of training with very fine Turkish pilots in the USA, and have remained friends with them. All career officers.
To a man, they have fled to the USA, England, wherever. They say the wheels are falling off the bus, fast.
(And, yes, they were muslim, of some variety that did not want to kill Israelis.)
Many fine Navy Officers I knew well are now behind bars so the little Napoleon can push his agenda. Did you ever fly at Konya?