Bloomberg: Erdogan Warns Trump That Alliance Is at Risk as Tensions Climb
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the U.S. that its decades-long alliance with the country is at risk after rising political tensions between the two nations erupted and helped stoke a financial crisis that shook global markets.
Erdogan, in an editorial Friday in the New York Times, cited Turkey’s cooperation with the U.S. dating back to the Cuban missile crisis and the Korean War as evidence of a long-standing partnership between the NATO allies. But he added that more recent disputes over a failed 2016 coup, the conflict in Syria and sanctions imposed this week against top Turkish officials and the country’s steel industry were straining that alliance to its breaking point.
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WNU Editor: The U.S. - Turkey alliance/relationship was breaking long before President Trump was elected President. Turkish President Erdogan's post in the New York Times is here .... Erdogan: How Turkey Sees the Crisis With the U.S. (The New York Times)
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