A year of failures: Erdogan brining his country into collision with other countries (2-4)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is bringing his
country a record number of crises and problems. He is provoking the
international community, which is also bringing sanctions to Turkey from the
European Union and the United States.
Silly behavior
Erdogan was paid appropriately before 2020 came to an end
as a result of his silly policies.
The United States imposed sanctions on several officials of
the Turkish Ministry of Defense, including the head of the agency responsible
for Turkey's arms purchases.
This came after Ankara insisted to move ahead with the
purchase of the Russian $400 missile system.
The sanctions included a ban on licenses to Turkey's arms
exports and against the entry to the United States by a number of Turkish
officials.
Ankara was also excluded from a joint program for the
development of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his country would
apply the law to the letter and would not tolerate any deals with the Russian
intelligence and defense sectors.
The European Union also imposed sanctions on a host of
Turkish companies and officials against the background of exploration by Turkey
of natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean.
This is the first time the EU imposes sanctions on a
country nominated to become one of its members.
This signals rejection inside the European continent to
Turkish policies, especially when it comes to the exploration of natural gas
off the coasts of both Greece and Cyprus.
