2 NATO allies?
"NATO allies Turkey and the Netherlands are locked in a bitter feud"
March 13, 2017
https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-03-13/nato-allies-turkey-and-netherlands-are-locked-bitter-feud
Is Erdogan still playing to his Turkish nationalist political base or showing his true evil nature?
From the article that you linked (from a year ago): “Turkey has already responded furiously to fellow NATO ally Germany”
Turkey also has lost credibility with the Visegrad Group withing the EU (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia) over the immigrant issue. Historical animosities/distrust are also still alive in Bulgaria, Romania and Greece.
The Turkish regime is growing increasingly alienated from Europe.
Yesterday, French President Macron (emerging as de Facto leader of the EU, due to Merkel’s domestic political weakness) had a phone call with Erdogan about his invasion of Afrin. Publicly, Macron has warned Turkey against trying to take territory in Afrin.
Things are coming to a head between Turkey and the EU, as Erdogan pushes for full EU membership - apparently trying to bully his way to acceptance. There will likely be a significant EU-Turkey summit next month in Bulgaria on this issue. Erdogan is in Rome today meting with the Pope.
The timing of the Afrin invasion is disastrous for Turkey’s chances at gaining EU membership - in fact, it threatens an historic break from Turkey seeking EU Membership, which formally started in 2005, and was perhaps the signature policy of Erdogan’s initial rise to power.