“I could be wrong on all these counts, but it seemed there was a push for Turkey to join something or other a few years back. I didn’t think it went through.”
Yes, they’ve been a NATO member as they shared a long mountainous border with the Soviet Union and the US wanted listening posts there. The push you remember was for Turkey to join the EU. That failed.
Thanks Gen.Blather. I appreciate the mention. I think I confused the E.U. membership with NATO. With Erdogan, all of it is problematic right now.