http://russia-insider.com/en/hell-hath-no-fury-teflon-sultan/ri15659
Needless to add Ankara and Washington are now on a certified
collision course... Hell hath no fury as an underestimated Sultan as
well. For all his recent geopolitical follies, Erdogan's simultaneous
ballet of reconnecting with Israel and Russia is eminently pragmatic. He
knows he needs Russia for the Turkish Stream and to build nuclear
plants; and he needs Israeli gas to consolidate Turkey's role as a key
East-West energy crossroads.
When we learn, crucially, that Iran supported Turkey's "brave defense
of democracy", as tweeted by Foreign Minister Zarif, it's clear how
Erdogan, in a mater of only a few weeks, reconfigured the whole regional
picture. And that spells out Eurasia integration and Turkey deeply
connected to the New Silk Roads -- not NATO. No wonder the Beltway --
for whom, overwhelmingly, Erdogan is the proverbial "erratic and
unreliable ally" -- is freaking out. That dream of Turkish colonels
under direct CIA orders is over -- at least for the foreseeable future.
So what about Europe? Yildirim already said that Turkey might
reinstate the death penalty -- to be applied to the coup plotters. This
means, in essence, bye bye EU. And bye bye to the European Parliament
approving visa-free travel for Turks visiting Europe. Erdogan after all
already got what he wanted from chancellor Merkel; those 6 billion euros
to contain the refugee crisis that he essentially unleashed. Merkel bet
the farm on Erdogan. Now she's talking to herself -- while the Sultan
is able to dial God on Face Time.
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