Does Turkey Belong in the North Atlantic Treaty?

If it’s going to join the lawfare against the Jewish state, what is the point of its being in a Western alliance?

AP/Burhan Ozbilici, file
President Erdogan at Ankara, May 13, 2024. AP/Burhan Ozbilici, file

Turkey’s announcement that it wants to join the genocide prosecution of the Jewish state is a moment to weigh the merits of Ankara’s membership in the North Atlantic Treaty. At what point does an alliance with Turkey lose its logic? Turkey increasingly distances itself from the values for which America stands. The alliance harks back to the Cold War, when Turkey was seen as a bulwark against Soviet aggression. Is it still a friend of the West? 

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