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Turkey threatens to close air base that hosts US nuclear warheads in response to proposed sanctions and genocide declaration over mass killings of Armenians
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Turkey could shut down its Incirlik air base, which hosts U.S. nuclear warheads, in response to threats of U.S. sanctions and a separate U.S. Senate resolution that recognized mass killings of Armenians a century ago as genocide, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.'If it is necessary for us to take such a step, of course we have the authority ... If this is necessary, together with our delegations, we will close down Incirlik if necessary,' Erdogan said on A Haber TV. Turkey can also close down the Kurecik radar base if necessary, he added.
Erdogan has regularly raised the possibility of closing the bases in the past, during tensions between the two countries. The US air force uses the airbase at Incirlik for raids on positions held by the so-called Islamic State group in Syria. The Kurecik base houses a major NATO radar station. Related: Incirlik: 2019-10-31 US secrecy on Baghdadi raid exposes distrust of NATO ally Turkey Incirlik: 2019-10-24 VDH: Untenable Alliance Is No Turkish Delight Incirlik: 2019-10-15 Goodbye to the Middle East by Peter Zeihan Posted by: Skidmark 2019-12-16 |
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