I wonder whether the constant detoriation of relations between Turkey and the us over the past 10+ years may escalate in Turkey leaviong or beiogn thrown out of NATO.
Mind you, it started long before Gülen or Syria and the Kurds, but back in 2003 when Turkey denied US forces to use US bases in Turkey as launching platforms for operations in the war in Iraq. The same quarrel rose again in 2014 over the US attacks on IS in Syria, and was refused to let fall silent again in 2016.
Today the Donald has annoucned a doubling of tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminiumm making them 50 and 25%. With erdoghan provng to be an economic dilletantee and the Lira in free fall, this could become costly for Turkey - and the ECB region as well who once again is invited to invest Euros for nothing but a megalomaniac illusion (= supporting the Lira).
I say let Turkey fall. Economic and financial troubles are what could bring people to the streets and can kick Erdoghan out of office, maybe even trigger a coup that this time then was not most likely staged by Erdoghan himself. Since the military however has lost its function as guardian of a now dead Kemalist constitgutional order, that is somewhat unlikely, however. Too many AKP believers now have hijacked the armed forces at too many ranks and levels.
The only setback is that the EU and especially the Germans stand ready to once again sacrifice their own fincial interests for the sake of supporting a de facto hostile regime spitting them in their face at every opportunity. The damage of Trump's decision will go at the cost of bills to be paid in Euros, not dollars.
Meanwhile the ordinary German blockhead cares for nothing more than his next vacation at the Turkish reviera.
