Turkey to open Incirlik airbase for Russian aircraft

[AngryCanadian]

Turkey to open Incirlik airbase for Russian aircraft

Cavusoglu said that the two presidents will meet in late July-early August. “We will prepare for this meeting with the other ministers. Steps will be taken towards the economic field and decisions will be made. Relevant ministers will come together in the energy and other fields”, said the Turkish FM.

 

[AngryCanadian]

Well Dang Putin is a true Chess player lol.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Here is a relevant piece. Although, it is from Sputnik. Doesn't matter, though. It makes the correct point that American unipolarism is under collapse.

These are the first real consequences of BREXIT, I think. And it should be noted that Sultan Tayyip Erdogan chose to run toward Russia instead of the U.S. upon his flip flop in philosophy (which I'll snip from the piece)




Russia, Turkey Reach Breakthrough Agreement on Fighting Terrorists in Syria

Previously, Turkey supported al-Nusra Front. In his article, Foreign Affairs observer Aaron Stein noted that Ankara began supporting al-Nusra Front in opposition to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Turkey considers PKK a terrorist group.

As a result, Turkey allowed al-Nusra militants to use its territory for preparing attacks in Syria. Moreover, Ankara long opposed international efforts to put al-Nusra Front on the terrorist list.

According to Sergei Lavrov, Turkey has accepted the new rules of the game in Syria. Now, if moderate opposition forces do not leave the areas controlled by the terrorists they will be considered as terrorists’ accomplices.

"Those who don't want to get hit [by Russian and Syrian airstrikes] need to leave positions occupied by Jabhat al-Nusra [al-Nusra Front] and IS [Daesh]. If the patriotic opposition, constructive opposition remains in areas controlled by terrorists, it needs to withdraw its units. Otherwise it will be considered an accomplice," Lavrov said.

"Turkey sees that the groups it supported are Ankara’s enemies," Viktor Nadein-Raevsky, senior research fellow at the Institute of World Economics and International Relations, told Gazeta.ru.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Oh, hey, while I'm thinking of it...Germany’s New Global Role

Some politicians, such as the former Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski, have described Germany as Europe’s “indispensable nation.” Germany has not aspired to this status. But circumstances have forced it into a central role. Perhaps no other European nation’s fate is so closely connected to the existence and success of the EU. For the first time in its history, Germany is living in peace and friendship with France, Poland, and the rest of the continent. This is largely due to the renunciation of complete sovereignty and the sharing of resources that the EU has encouraged for almost 60 years now. As a result, preserving that union and sharing the burden of leadership are Germany’s top priorities. Until the EU develops the ability to play a stronger role on the world stage, Germany will try its best to hold as much ground as possible—in the interests of all of Europe. Germany will be a responsible, restrained, and reflective leader, guided in chief by its European instincts.

I think that German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier may have actually written this prior to the BREXIT vote. Which is interesting in itself. As well, assess the underlined there in terms of security and free trade. Not necessarily in terms of terrorist refugees.

 

[phill4paul]

I figured something was up when Turkey apologized for downing the Russian jet.

 

[oyarde]

The US had an air base in Turkey , is it still there ?

 

[phill4paul]

The US had an air base in Turkey , is it still there ?

Same air base.

Incirlik Air Base has a U.S. Air Force complement of about five thousand airmen, with several hundred airmen from the Royal Air Force and Turkish Air Force also present, as of late 2002. The primary unit stationed at Incirlik Air Base is the 39th Air Base Wing (39 ABW) of the U.S. Air Force. Incirlik Air Base has one 3,048 m (10,000 ft)-long runway,[4][5] located among about 57 Hardened aircraft shelters. The base is one of six NATO sites in Europe which hold tactical nuclear weapons.[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incirlik_Air_Base

 

[oyarde]

Same air base.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incirlik_Air_Base

I figured . I was there once for a few days , long time ago.

 

[phill4paul]

I figured . I was there once for a few days , long time ago.

My dad was stationed there. I was a wee tyke. 3-5 yrs. Don't remember a whole lot. My nanny Obibey (sp?) made a killer cinnamon toast. My parents lost me in a market and thought I was kidnapped by white slavers. I was just following a donkey I thought was a "Horsey." The apartment flooded to about 6 inches of water and I turned my peddle-car into a boat. They referred to the street vendor pretzels as "hepatitis rings."