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The S-400 delivery will surely be a cornerstone of Erdogan’s rhetoric three days from now, when his government celebrates the anniversary of July 15, 2016, the night Turkey brought a coup attempt to heel.https://twitter.com/DailySabah/status/1149670708617928706 …
Blistering anti-western rhetoric has been a cornerstone of previous anniversaries, and for some it will be persuasive to argue that the S-400 acquisition (and the sanctions to follow) were part of a broader, deliberate plan by Erdogan to irreversibly sever Turkey from the west.
That thinking underestimates the sustained cluelessness on the Turkish side regarding sanctions, and the gamble Erdogan’s government is placing on Trump.
And, Turkey should not be written off - it is home to a growing political movement that opposes (for other reasons, namely economic mismanagement and widespread corruption) the kind of one man rule that made this sanctions-triggering, possibly economy-crushing blunder possible
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