Turkey Another Check Mark On Pres Trump's List Of Screw-Ups!

[ekrem]

Awww, the poor Turks. It shows how much economic power the U.S. has and how it was squandered during timid democrat (and republican) administrations in bad deals designed to make foreign countries feel good while they were kidnapping our citizens.

Yes, USA has enormous economic power.
USA actually had a trade surplus with Turkey.
Now Turks will diversify away from Dollar and the little trade it had with USA.

Turkey's biggest trade partners lie in Europe and Asia.
In 2017 EU-Turkey trade turnover was 154 Billion € (174 billion $).
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2006/september/tradoc_113456.pdf
Good luck in convincing them to join sanctions against Turks, it will cost them hundreds of thousands or even millions of jobs.

 

[Meathead]

I know the area very well and being following their news.

Erdogan and Turkey are seeing as heroes and an example to follow in most countries in the region, their economy is one of the best and fastest growing....they just announced they will shift their trades from the US to Asia their neighbors....there is a massive social media movement in the region to boycott all American products.
At this rate the US will be utterly brought to its knees and isolated.

Are you outa your f___ing mind? Where the hell do you get this stuff?

What didnt you get ?

Any of it. Turkey is surrounded by enemies with a large population of Kurds within. They have nothing to trade with their neighbors unless you think trading pomegranates for pomegranates is somehow useful.

It was and still is the sick man of Europe and an international pariah.

Where the hell did you get that stuff? Seriously stupid!

Wrong....Turkey has a huge influence in the region politica and economies that stretches from north Africa, Europe to Asia....most Muslim populations see Turkey and Erdogan as the knight they have been waiting for...they announced tariffs on US goods and Erdogan announced they will replace American goods..

You really are clueless aren't you? The Arab world still resents Turkey for reasons of the Ottoman Empire and long-standing relations with Israel. Turkey is ringed by Armenia, Greece, Russia and Bulgaria. The only country it might influence would be Azerbaijan, a weak Turkic-speaking country with no common border.

It is for these reasons Turkey tried to throw its lot in with the West and while accommodated in NATO, it was thoroughly rejected in its bid for the EU.

You haven't got a clue about the political realities of the region and you might consider not making a fool of yourself needlessly.

 

[ekrem]

Turkey is ringed by Armenia, Greece, Russia and Bulgaria.(...)

Turks are ringed by noone as they have access to Black Sea and East-Mediterenean with the biggest navy.
Except Russia all of the mentioned countries are midgets.