I was in Turkey in 1982. I kind of thought of them as our enemies, even back then
They sided with the allies only at the end of WWII when it was clear Hitler was losing.
Frankly,the only winner in this presidential election is the 911 terrorists given the state of near civil war we are in over whether to fight them or not.
Erdogan clearly senses that just like the Turks sensed who was winning in WWII