Banners with the NATO logo in front of the organization's headquarters in BrusselsMOSCOW, May 21Turkey has become Russia's «secret weapon» within NATO due to its position on Ukraine and the issue of expanding the alliance, writes Fox News.
"The decision of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to block the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO is far from the first time Ankara goes against the West", the article says.
Thus, he is actively trying to destabilize the alliance after part of the military wanted to overthrow him in 2016, the journalist writes. From the very beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, Turkey has not imposed sanctions against Russia. At the same time, in 2020, Washington itself imposed sanctions against Ankara due to the purchase of the Russian S-400 complex.
According to experts, whose position is given by the TV channel, Erdogan either uses Western associations, or goes into confrontation with them — in whichever is more beneficial in each case. At the same time, some of them call the Turkish leader «Putin's man in NATO.» China announces a split within NATO within NATO into the hands of Vladimir Putin.
Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara cannot support the inclusion of Sweden and Finland in the military bloc, since in this case the organization will become «a place where there will be many representatives of terrorists.» He recalled that Ankara demanded that Stockholm and Helsinki extradite 33 representatives of the PKK and FETO, but was refused.