Striking an Impossible Balance in Turkey

Source:The Atlantic Date:24Aug2017

Despite frictions  on the surface, this article argues that Turkey and USA will remain  friends with benefits.  It ignores Ankara’s frentic search for allies like Russia.

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Turkey Hoping for Easing of Russian Sanctions With Missile Deal

Source:Voice of America Date:27Jul2017

Ankara’s NATO partners have voiced concern about the compatibility of the Russian system with its technology, along with fears that Moscow could use the S-400 as a Trojan horse to compromise NATO

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How US-Turkey relations have gone from bad to worse

Source:The Hill Date:22Jul2017

One year after the failed coup attempt of July 15, Turkish relations with the U.S. have gone from uneasy and challenging to difficult and strained; a return to the halcyon days of warm relations

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