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>Remarkably, Erdogan and his cronies do not think they have made a mistake! They continue to act as if they know better, put on a brave face, reduce rates furth

>Remarkably, Erdogan and his cronies do not think they have made a mistake! They continue to act as if they know better, put on a brave face, reduce rates further, and wait for their idiotic actions somehow to work, as if by magic. He knows that worst case scenario means a bailout from the West. Turkey is a nuclear power and a key NATO ally. They will not be allowed to fail.

WmWsjA6B29B4nfk 4y ago
Turkey is not a nuclear power
jeffbee 4y ago
In what sense is Turkey a nuclear power?
- cmrdporcupine 4y ago
  I suppose only in the sense that NATO has nuclear weapons stationed there.
  - arethuza 4y ago
    Interestingly the following article suggests that while there are US nuclear weapons stored in Turkey the Turkish air force hasn't had any capabilities to deliver these weapons for two decades and the US doesn't have any nuclear capable aircraft based there either (although obviously easy to fly them in): https://theconversation.com/why-the-us-has-nuclear-weapons-in-turkey-and-may-try-to-put-the-bombs-away-125477 https://theconversation.com/why-the-us-has-nuclear-weapons-i...
    - blitzar 4y ago
      I cant be the only person who wonders if the US quietly moved the 50 remaining bombs somewhere else a long time ago - having a bunch of 60's era nukes in a basement on the boarder with syria seems a) no deterant at all to anyone, b) a massive liability. My read is they are not there, and havent been there a while. When two NATO allies, Greece and Turkey, were on the cusp of war in 1974, the United States secretly removed all of NATO’s nuclear weapons from Greece and cut the arming wires of every nuclear weapon stored in Turkey, rendering them inoperable. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-h-bombs-in-turkey https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-h-bombs-in-turk... “It is U.S. policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence or absence of nuclear weapons at any general or specific location,” said Air Force Lt. Col. Uriah Orland, a Pentagon spokesman. “The U.S. does not discuss the movement of nuclear weapons, the capability to store weapons at U.S. or foreign locations or planning for any of these activities.” https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-donald-trump-syria-turkey-international-news-182a2170a1d24ac6b4f0c7242d8ff514 https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-donald-trump-syria-tu...
      - arethuza 4y ago
        Indeed, might be the bomb casings are there and the pits (or other vital components) long since removed and they are there for purely political reasons.

WmWsjA6B29B4nfk 4y ago

Turkey is not a nuclear power

jeffbee 4y ago

In what sense is Turkey a nuclear power?

cmrdporcupine 4y ago
I suppose only in the sense that NATO has nuclear weapons stationed there.
- arethuza 4y ago
  Interestingly the following article suggests that while there are US nuclear weapons stored in Turkey the Turkish air force hasn't had any capabilities to deliver these weapons for two decades and the US doesn't have any nuclear capable aircraft based there either (although obviously easy to fly them in): https://theconversation.com/why-the-us-has-nuclear-weapons-in-turkey-and-may-try-to-put-the-bombs-away-125477 https://theconversation.com/why-the-us-has-nuclear-weapons-i...
  - blitzar 4y ago
    I cant be the only person who wonders if the US quietly moved the 50 remaining bombs somewhere else a long time ago - having a bunch of 60's era nukes in a basement on the boarder with syria seems a) no deterant at all to anyone, b) a massive liability. My read is they are not there, and havent been there a while. When two NATO allies, Greece and Turkey, were on the cusp of war in 1974, the United States secretly removed all of NATO’s nuclear weapons from Greece and cut the arming wires of every nuclear weapon stored in Turkey, rendering them inoperable. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-h-bombs-in-turkey https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-h-bombs-in-turk... “It is U.S. policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence or absence of nuclear weapons at any general or specific location,” said Air Force Lt. Col. Uriah Orland, a Pentagon spokesman. “The U.S. does not discuss the movement of nuclear weapons, the capability to store weapons at U.S. or foreign locations or planning for any of these activities.” https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-donald-trump-syria-turkey-international-news-182a2170a1d24ac6b4f0c7242d8ff514 https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-donald-trump-syria-tu...
    - arethuza 4y ago
      Indeed, might be the bomb casings are there and the pits (or other vital components) long since removed and they are there for purely political reasons.