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For Real Reason Turkey Is Blocking NATO Expansion, Look to Cyprus
The New York Sun ^ | June 7, 2022 | Anthony Grant

Posted on 06/07/2022 8:27:21 AM PDT by SwotSonOfSitetest

The buckets of cold water Turkey is pouring on Finland and Sweden’s bids to join NATO may be coming from the sea around the shore of Cyprus, the divided Mediterranean island that is a bargaining chip for the Turkish president, Tayyip Erdogan.

There is mounting evidence that Turkey could be using its status as a member of NATO to wield its veto power over the anticipated accession to the alliance of the two Nordic countries as a lever to force the international community to confer legitimacy on its de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

London’s Sunday Express recently reported that the leader of the TRNC — which is recognized by no other country but Turkey — requested that Mr. Erdogan put the status of the rogue state on the table in the NATO talks scheduled to take place later this month. The rogue state's president, Ersin Tatar, told the British newspaper that his aim is for North Cyprus to be recognized as a separate country.

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Huh!
1 posted on 06/07/2022 8:27:21 AM PDT by SwotSonOfSitetest
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To: SwotSonOfSitetest

Erdogan ALWAYS wants a deal - you pay him or you don’t get what you want.


2 posted on 06/07/2022 8:32:37 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: SwotSonOfSitetest

Sweden has “former” (wink wink) Kurdish PKK terrorists in their Parliament.

For “some reason,” this bothers Erdogon just a little....

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Kurdish+PKK+in+Swedish+Parliament&t=chromentp&atb=v314-1&ia=web


3 posted on 06/07/2022 8:36:41 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: SwotSonOfSitetest

Kick Turkey out of NATO, the cold war is over and NATO doesn’t need a bunch of muzzies with nukes on their soil. Problems solved.


4 posted on 06/07/2022 8:36:53 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: caww

Globohomo kumbaya currently not working with Turkey, Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Pakistan,...


5 posted on 06/07/2022 8:37:41 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: SwotSonOfSitetest

The Turkey we let into NATO is long gone. The current Islamicist rulers are anti-American and anti-European and should not be permitted in the alliance.


6 posted on 06/07/2022 8:38:02 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They’re excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: JD_UTDallas

Kick NATO out of NATO. Spend savings on southern border wall and visa overstay monitoring.


7 posted on 06/07/2022 8:39:19 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: Travis McGee

“Kurdish PKK terrorists in their Parliament”

The actual reason.


8 posted on 06/07/2022 8:40:56 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: faithhopecharity
One time where the World united to penalize a country for not being sufficiently woke is the case of South Africa.

Is South Africa better off for caving to the globalists? Did Turkey, China, Russia get the memo?

9 posted on 06/07/2022 8:42:12 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: JD_UTDallas; Travis McGee

“Kick Turkey out of NATO, the cold war is over and NATO doesn’t need a bunch of muzzies with nukes on their soil. Problems solved.”

Better yet, the US withdraws from NATO and solves a great number of problems.


10 posted on 06/07/2022 8:42:51 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: JD_UTDallas

No, the cold war has not ended. Russia is still living in WWII, in case you have not seen the parades. North Korea and Iran are acquiring nukes in regions we took nukes away. Russia has been modernizing their nukes, piled tactical nukes and China is growing nukes like sausages.

Aside that, NATO is a paper tiger irritant


11 posted on 06/07/2022 8:52:42 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

> Kick NATO out of NATO. <

Ha! Good one. If Trump wins in 2024 I think I’ll change my tagline to that.


12 posted on 06/07/2022 9:03:36 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: SwotSonOfSitetest

There is mounting evidence that Turkey could be using its status as a member of NATO to wield its veto power over the anticipated accession to the alliance of the two Nordic countries as a lever to force the international community to confer legitimacy on its de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

The irony of this situation runs deep.


13 posted on 06/07/2022 9:04:04 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer)
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NATO shouldn’t be expanding at all. It should have been disbanded after the fall of Soviet Union.


14 posted on 06/07/2022 9:06:24 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Spend savings on southern border wall and visa overstay monitoring.

Not one democrat in the JoeB WH or any other would spend one penny to halt illegals on any border in this country. Not one penny.


15 posted on 06/07/2022 9:25:46 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
...the leader of the TRNC — which is recognized by no other country but Turkey — requested that Mr. Erdogan put the status of the rogue state on the table in the NATO talks scheduled to take place later this month. The rogue state's president, Ersin Tatar, told the British newspaper that his aim is for North Cyprus to be recognized as a separate country.
Months ago, Biden made a preemptive concession to Erdogan and Putin, pulling US support for the East Med pipeline, which would (still will) benefit Israel, Cyprus, Greece, and the rest of western Europe.

16 posted on 06/07/2022 9:30:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: faithhopecharity

Having NATO control of the Dardanelles and the not-to-be-underestimated Turkish military on the USSR’s southern flank were strategic lynchpins during the Cold War. But Turkey is now a wildcard, no longer the secular republic Ataturk built. And having both they and Greece in the alliance together was always awkward. So, if it comes down to weighing Sweden and Finland in the scales against Turkey, the Turks will likely lose.


17 posted on 06/07/2022 10:56:41 AM PDT by katana
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To: SwotSonOfSitetest
When push comes to shove you can never,*ever*,trust a moslem!
18 posted on 06/07/2022 11:49:15 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: SwotSonOfSitetest
The rogue state's president, Ersin Tatar, told the British newspaper that his aim is for North Cyprus to be recognized as a separate country.

As SpongeBob would say, "Tartar Sauce!"

19 posted on 06/07/2022 11:53:11 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Flick Lives

Turkey is going to be a much bigger pain than Russia is, down the road. All of those Muslims scattered throughout Western Europe, will support Turkey, when it comes time to rebuild The Ottoman Empire.


20 posted on 06/07/2022 11:54:39 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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