Erdogan orders removal of 10 ambassadors, including U.S. envoy

His country. As President, he gets to choose which diplomats are allowed.

He is showing that his is trying to become more and more like a dictator from year to year as he remains in power. Does Turkey have term-limits?

Why is Turkey still in NATO?

Why would NATO countries obligate themselves to defend this country in the event of a military attack?

Why would NATO countries obligate themselves to defend this country in the event of a military attack?

The way things are going, NATO will need to defend against Turkey.

In any case, though, NATO countries can't defend themselves, let alone anybody else.

Another Xi wannabe!

Ironically he is silent on the Uyghur genocide in China. Shows he is just another corrupt despot willing to sell his soul for money!!!

Evil dictator.

Turkey will never become a developed or civilized nation under this despot.

@Alex

The way things are going, NATO will need to defend against Turkey

France and Greece recently signed an agreement on mutual military cooperation and defence, aimed at Turkey.

Still a very silent and friendly warning from him…He is very much underestimated. If he would raise, call and show all his cards on hand , the whole casino would be disappearing within a few days. This guy has a set of cards, you wouldn’t even think of them being in the deck. lol

If he would raise, call and show all his cards on hand , the whole casino would be disappearing within a few days. This guy has a set of cards, you wouldn’t even think of them being in the deck. lol

Despots are shallow, only the gullible think otherwise. Erdogan has blackmailed the west using the refugees as a bargaining tool.

That’ll help him only so much. It’s time to put him in his place, he belongs to the despots club of putin, xi and lil kim, no democracy should have anything to do with him!!!

Endogamy is undoubtedly creating an elected dictatorship. All of this is redounding badly to the Turkish people so like all dictators he distracts them by blaming ‘outsiders’, creating internal ‘threats’ (the PPK were peaceful until he reneged on the deal) and foreign military adventures (currently Syria but perhaps in future Greece).

NATO is in a catch 22 situation, Turkey’s strategic location makes it as geopolitically important to NATO today as it was in the Cold War, unfortunately the modern proudly secularist state created by Kemal Ataturk is being overturned by this man with support from the Islamist factions whose ultimate aim is a repressive medieval theocratic state akin to the Taliban in Afghanistan or Iran.

Unless he is thrown out by the Turkish people this can only end badly for them.

BigYen, agreed it is too easy to denigrate and minimise such people, it allows them to get away with more than would otherwise be possible. Underestimating your enemies is always a bad mistake.

More NATO allies pulling their diplomatic personnel from Washington. Starting to become a normal routine for the current occupant of the White House.

Endogan was believing he was untouchable and can stay in power indefinitely. He should understand nothing will last forever. All world tyranny and dictators were faced with punishment by citizens in the end. One day he will fall and face prosecution for the crimes he has had commited.

Why would NATO countries obligate themselves to defend this country in the event of a military attack?

Because Turkey controls the entrance/exit to/from the Black Sea.

That's a pretty good reason.

Another used to be that Turkey was a moderate, Islamic, country where religious fanatics didn't rule. That is slowly changing under Erdogan. The last time I was in Turkey, we were tear gassed - they weren't aiming at our group. We just happened to be having lunch downhill from some protestors.

I haven't been able to locate some of my friends or their families in Turkey since around 2013. They've "disappeared." The entire family for each of them. Gone.