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Posted on 01/21/2026 6:28:35 PM PST by anthropocene_x
While Iranian protesters are being beaten, imprisoned, and killed by the Islamic Republic, Turkey’s government is busy running diplomatic interference for the mullahs. Ankara’s effort, marshaled by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, is not an aberration or a miscalculation. Rather, it is a revealing confirmation of Turkey’s long-standing ideological sympathy for Islamist regimes and movements across the Middle East.
Turkish officials cloak their defense of Tehran in warnings about “regional instability,” arguing that the collapse of the Islamic Republic could create a dangerous power vacuum. But beneath this familiar talking point lies a simpler truth: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan does not want to see Iran fall — especially if its downfall would weaken a fellow Islamist regime.
An Iran free of nuclear ambition and terrorist proxies would be a major victory for the broader Western security order. For Erdogan, that outcome is unacceptable.
The Turkey-Iran relationship is rooted in ideological affinity. During the latest wave of Iranian protests, Fidan emphasized Iran’s “importance” to Turkey, while Erdogan invoked “Muslim unity” against Israel during the recent regional conflict. This rhetoric echoes the worldview of Erdogan’s Islamist mentor, Necmettin Erbakan, who openly embraced Tehran’s clerical leadership decades ago.
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At one time Turkey was secular - Kemalist. That changed due to European shortsightedness and cowardice!
As long as an Islamicist IslamoNazi pro=terrorist like Erdogen (pick the descriptor you feel is closest)
/is in control of Turkey,
that country should NOT be permitted in NATO!!!!!!!!!!
no way~!
fox in the chicken coop is far more dangerous than fox outside in the wild
“Erdogan is an unabashed Islamist. Why does NATO include Turkey?”
I’ve wondered about the same thing.
I’m not at all surprised. The Ayatollahs do as Erdogan wishes he could do. He adores them. E-Dog has never pretended otherwise.
I don’t trust Erdogan and I suspect much of his constituency doesn’t either. I hope a free Iran will bring about a lot of positive changes in the middle east - not just Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon but also among other ‘friends’ in the region. Kemal Ataturk wasn’t exactly a great leader from a modern perspective but he was a man of his time.
Turkey joined NATO before the Moslems took over.
When Turkey became an Islamist state, NATO should have kicked them out of NATO.
NATO and Islam ARE NOT COMPATIBLE!
SPOT ON. Can I have hope we’ve moved our nukes out of Turkey ?
“NATO and Islam ARE NOT COMPATIBLE!”
That’s absolutely the truth. Turkey was a very important ally during the Cold War. After Erdogan took over, we should have kicked them out.
Not too late!
I dunno. Probably. Been out of the game a long time!
No F-35’s for you!
Can I have hope we’ve moved our nukes out of Turkey?
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Yes, NATO still has nuclear weapons stored at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, with estimates suggesting around 20 to 50 nuclear bombs are present there. The exact number is not publicly confirmed due to security reasons.
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........Turkey’s long-standing ideological sympathy for Islamist regimes and movements across the Middle East......
That says it all!!
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“That changed due to European shortsightedness and cowardice!”
The Turks did it to themselves. Kindly explain how the Euros are responsible for this one.
I just get the feeling that Erdogan is supporting the Mullahs as he’s afraid a similar uprising might come to Turkey. (Or however they’re spelling it these days).
The revolution in Iran is going to terrify other Islamic regimes. Never before in history has an Islamic country freed itself of Islam. The few times the menace has lost territory was from an outside source. Iran's Revolution , If successful, could be the spark that finally puts an end to Islam's endless war of conquest and colonization.
It is not a coincidence that Iran , the Taliban and Isis have shut down the Internet. They realize with the Internet they can no longer maintain their foundation of lies.
Alliances should be temporary. NATO made sense during the Cold War. Once the Cold War ended, there was no need for NATO.
We were allied with Russia during WWII.
Besides NATO probably provoked Russia into invading Ukraine. No NATO, Ukraine would have remained as a "buffer state" between the EU and Russia.
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