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From: adwil
7/14/20
Turkey won't leave NATO unless a better deal comes up. Of course that doesn't mean NATO isn't embarrassed by Turkish actions against the Kurds and in Syria, for example.
I think they joined NATO because they were afraid of Russia and because they had, at that time, more in common with the western democracies. Now Turkey has much less in common with western democracies.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/14/20
Trump has threatened to pull America from NATO.
Turkey would be sitting pretty if that happened.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/14/20
Italy calls for Turkey boycott over Hagia Sophia mosque decision
The fallout over Turkey's decision to use the Hagia Sophia museum as a mosque continues. The Hagia Sophia was originally built as a Christian basilica nearly 1,5000 years ago and has been a museum for years. Turkish authorities will now use the space as a mosque and says the Christian symbols will be covered by...
Read more from SBS NewsFrom: adwil
7/14/20
Jenifer (Zarknorph) said:Trump has threatened to pull America from NATO.
He won't. He just uses it as a threat to make Germany and many other NATO members pull their weight.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/25/20
Hagia Sophia hosts first Friday prayers in 86 years after being converted into mosque
Turkey's President joins thousands of worshippers for the first prayers at Hagia Sophia since he declared the monument a mosque once again.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Worlds apart, hearts broken in two, two, (MEDDLY)
7/25/20
Kemal Ataturk has been spinning in his grave ever since Adolf Erdogan took over Turkey.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
7/26/20
I imagine Abraham Lincoln has been doing the same for the last 4 years.
From: Worlds apart, hearts broken in two, two, (MEDDLY)
7/26/20
More than that but now he's tired of the turning/spinning.