Turkey is At It Again: Leaving the West Behind!

The latest news is that Turkey is buying arms from China, and what is worse, that the Chinese missile systems are not compatible with NATO's. 



That means that a pivotal NATO member such as Turkey - I say pivotal because it stands on the edge with the Middle East - is moving away from the military concert of Western democracies...



The Turks may be tired of being called "the sick man of Europe" (see article below) but the patience of Europeans and Americans likewise  is running thin, after witnessing Prime Minister Erdogan's shenanigans.



And they are many, rising in a crescendo: 


jailing hundreds of dissenting journalists, top generals and officers,  
supporting Syrian rebels and, ipso facto, also the most extreme jihadists, 
quarreling with Israel over Gaza,
making no attempt to solve the festering Cyprus crisis, the major hurdle to Turkey's entry into Europe, 

rebuilding Istanbul in an Ottoman/Muslim revival style causing the ire of local residents,
removing rules governing the attire of public officials in order to enable women civil servants to go to work wearing Muslim-style head scarves. 

And this is only a summary list of the most egregious offenses.



Erdogan is busy killing off the pro-western democracy built by Ataturk, the founding father of modern Turkey. Small wonder liberal Turks take to the streets and protest!



Quo vadis, Turkey? Where will you end up?





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