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2016-07-18 The Grand Turk

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Posted by ryuge 2016-07-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I expect a carve up of Syria will be on the agenda.

Posted by phil_b 2016-07-18 00:15|| 2016-07-18 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Ankara and Moscow said on July 17 that Putin had called Erdogan earlier to express his support in the wake of the recent coup attempt in Turkey. A statement from Erdogan's office said Putin had said Moscow stood by "Turkey's elected government."

The Kabuki dance continues to pay handsome dividends.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-07-18 09:12|| 2016-07-18 09:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Erdogan hasn't announced support of Assad and in fact, his bitterly anti Assad comments are still official policy of Turkey -- Russia is Assad's biggest supporter outside of Iran.

This will likely be on the agenda.

Posted by lord garth 2016-07-18 11:43|| 2016-07-18 11:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Erdogan can't stay in NATO if he's going full Dictator. He's planning to re-align to Putin, and use the Extradition of Gulen as cover for the whole thing.

That's what I think we'll see by September.

Posted by Charles 2016-07-18 16:46|| 2016-07-18 16:46|| Front Page Top

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