~Erdogan really is quite the fool. He is casting aside 100 years of progress under Kemalism and will turn Turkey into another Iran.~
How is it any related to the subject? This move is a huge geopolitical and business win for Turkey in the first place.
It is factually appointed an agent to distribute Russian gas in south and Central Europe or elsewhere. It actually gives Turkey a power they have dreamed about for centuries and an opportunity to add a few thousand dollars per capita in GDP. Not to mention enormous leverage over EU.
See my post above. Russia under Putin has become a threat to all of her neighbors. If Turkey falls under Russia’s sway it will gradually disappear as a democratic society.