[packagingguy]

Turkey is of strategic importance. They control Russian access to the Mediterranean. Push them too far and they could flip in order to establish “Greater Turkey” with the help of Russia and China.

https://preview.redd.it/0gm44gv83ur51.jpg?auto=webp&s=668b57731812c86f438ca8e79d3daf47dbc3f171

(I don’t like them getting any of Bulgaria)

[Fungi]

Hogwash. Sure they control the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, but they are under international law to allow passage. Besides, if they do not, you think Russia would stand for it? Turkey is a problem child; a fine military, geographical importance, but a radical muslim state, all the reasons to isolate it....

[Dr. Franklin]

Turkey is of strategic importance. They control Russian access to the Mediterranean. Push them too far and they could flip in order to establish “Greater Turkey” with the help of Russia and China.
https://preview.redd.it/0gm44gv83ur51.jpg?auto=webp&s=668b57731812c86f438ca8e79d3daf47dbc3f171
(I don’t like them getting any of Bulgaria)

Yes, but Turkey also knows that its in Turkey's best interest for Russia to be weak. Turkey has been supplying Ukraine with the drones that have been wiping out Russian armor. For Turkey, supporting Ukraine to weaken Russia is in its national interest. It looks like it's busting balls with Sweden and Finland. When it realizes it's playing a weak hand with the Europeans, Turkey will shut up and not object to expanding NATO again.