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Erdogan is effectively a Putin de-facto ally and would likely resist any such calls. Turkey is a sui generis NATO ally. The US "claimed it" to get the straits,
by toyg 5y ago
Erdogan is effectively a Putin de-facto ally and would likely resist any such calls.
Turkey is a sui generis NATO ally. The US "claimed it" to get the straits, effectively providing a nuclear arsenal as payment, but it's become very clear that the country's priorities have always been somewhat unique and shifted considerably since the Cyprus conflict - even more so since Erdogan's purges.
Turkey would definitely be a NATO ally in an all-out war (which would be the end of humankind, so whatever), but they will probably never engage Russia directly in a limited fashion while Putin and Erdogan are in power.