Will US and EU sanctions make Erdogan toe the line or make him more defiant?
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15th December, 2020 05:50:09
The past week must have been one of the worst for Turkey s arrogant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as both the US and the EU, showing their frustration with his numerous unsavoury actions, decided to impose sanctions on Turkey.
This week the US Congress is expected to approve sanctions against Turkey for the purchase from Russia of the S-400 system worth USD 2.5 billion and this time President Donald Trump is not expected to oppose the sanctions, as he has been doing since 2017, when the Countering America s Adversaries Through Sanctions (Caatsa) act was passed, with an overwhelming majority in both houses of the Congress.
The US imposed sanctions on Turkey’s defense industry over the purchase of Russian S-400 missiles, a move that’s set to put more strain on a key NATO ally’s military but spares its economy from any punitive action. The sanctions effectively cut off Turkey’s top defense procurement agency from US financial institutions, military hardware and technology. Although the Turkish defense industry as a whole wasn’t targeted, Monday’s punitive action could endanger Turkey’s military clout in its region, after it has built up its army as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for more than half a century.
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(Bloomberg) The U.S. imposed sanctions on Turkey’s defense industry over the purchase of Russian S-400 missiles, a move that’s set to put more strain on a key NATO ally’s military but spares its economy from any punitive action.
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The sanctions effectively cut off Turkey’s top defense procurement agency from U.S. financial institutions, military hardware and technology. Although the Turkish defense industry as a whole wasn’t targeted, Monday’s punitive action could endanger Turkey’s military clout in its region, after it has built up its army as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for more than half a century.
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Will US and EU sanctions make Erdogan toe the line or make him more defiant? ANI | Updated: Dec 14, 2020 17:11 IST
By John Solomou
Nicosia [Cyprus], December 14 (ANI): The past week must have been one of the worst for Turkey s arrogant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as both the US and the EU, showing their frustration with his numerous unsavoury actions, decided to impose sanctions on Turkey.
This week the US Congress is expected to approve sanctions against Turkey for the purchase from Russia of the S-400 system worth USD 2.5 billion and this time President Donald Trump is not expected to oppose the sanctions, as he has been doing since 2017, when the Countering America s Adversaries Through Sanctions (Caatsa) act was passed, with an overwhelming majority in both houses of the Congress.