Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS) The Three Amigos
Posted on 04/20/2018 7:31:20 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
With the illegal seizures and occupation of northern Cyprus in 1974 and the Syrian city of Afrin this March -- with virtually no global reaction -- Turkey apparently feels unchallenged and eager to continue; this time, it seems, with the oil-and-gas rich islands of Greece.
"To take an interest in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Crimea, Karabakh, Bosnia and other brotherly regions is both the duty and the right of Turkey. Turkey is not just Turkey. The day we give up on these things will be the day we give up on our freedom and future." — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 2016.
Turkish needs are in reality supplied by its association with the US. Turkish officials usually get whatever they want from the West, but they seem to have chosen to align themselves with Iran and Russia, possibly in attempt to blackmail the West for more.
Turkey has been harassing Greece consistently. Most recently, this week, on April 17, two Turkish fighter aircraft harassed the helicopter carrying Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the Greek Armed Forces Chief Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis as they were flying from the islet of Ro to Rhodes.
With the illegal seizures and occupation of northern Cyprus in 1974 and the Syrian city of Afrin this March -- with virtually no global response -- Turkey apparently feels unchallenged and eager to continue; this time, it seems, with the oil-and-gas rich islands of Greece.
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The author, Uzay Bulut, said: "The time to stop Turkey is now."
Note: Uzay is NOT RELATED to Yiğit Bulut, the chief advisor to Erdogan that was quoted in the article. But she was raised in Turkey.
What do we do, when one NATO member fires on another? This did happen in 1974. Same 2 NATO members
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And the same AGGRESSOR — TURKEY. Islamist Erdogan wants to expand Turkey at the expense of his neighbors. Turkey should simply be removed from NATO; they are more of a problem than an asset.
They should have been kicked out of NATO in 1974.
Under Erdogan the Islamist, I totally agree.
He has called for a flash election now. Foreign banks are putting a lot of pressure on Turkey. They deserve it.
It will be interesting to see if there is any possiblity of him not winning the election. People there tell me there is no way he won’t win. Because of widespread fraud.
Win or lose? There are other rumors of a 3rd option.
Yep
with virtually no global reaction
Correct.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS) The Three Amigos
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