Erdogan: What Kind of Alliance is This? (NATO)

[DarkSecret]

Erdoğan questions US' NATO alliance with Turkey, condemns sanctions over S-400s

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday questioned the U.S.' alliance with Turkey following the former's decision to impose sanctions on the latter over the purchase of S-400 missiles. Noting that the bond between the two countries was established largely through NATO membership, Erdoğan asked: "What kind of alliance is this?"

"The (U.S. Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) CAATSA sanctions have never been imposed on any country since they were first approved in 2017. Turkey is the first country that has faced CAATSA, and it is the U.S.' NATO ally," the president said during the inauguration ceremony of Niğde-Ankara highway which he attended via a videoconference, underlining that it is a blatant attack on Turkey's sovereignty.

The sanctions through CAATSA – designed to deter any country from agreeing to military deals with Russia – also restrict U.S. loans and credits to the Presidency of Defense Industries, although that is not seen as having a significant impact.

https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/...ns-over-s-400s

[Chris596]

He be tellin' the truth

[Mejgusu]

lol

[DarkSecret]

I never thought Erdogan and Macron would agree on something. Seems like NATO is brain-dead.

[DarkSecret]

USA now officially declared that Turkey is an enemy by (U.S. Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) CAATSA sanctions.