‘NATO-Turkey conflict reveals cracks in Western military alliance’
July 19th, 2017 | 
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By Jan Oberg
Comments to Op-Ed page of Russia Today
Turkey is increasingly at odds with NATO and its departure from democracy and loyalty with other NATO members should give NATO solid reasons for solid concern.
However, NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, seems to still praise Turkey’s “democratic institutions” at the time of the coup attempt one year ago.
Here’s the German edition of this article.
Posted in Jan Oberg, Middle East, NATO, Turkey, Western decline | 
Tags: Erdogan’s demagogic appeals, Turkey and democracy, Turkey-Germany conflict