?Has the strategic partnership between Washington and Ankara come to an end

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
?Has the strategic partnership between Washington and Ankara come to an end
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened the United States to sever strategic partnership with them, stressing that his country will respond to the trade war launched by Washington against it to move to new markets.
The Anatolia news agency quoted a statement by the Turkish president to supporters in Trabzon state in the north-east of the country: "Those who exaggerate their strategic partnership with Turkey for relations with terrorist organizations, we say to him with safety," referring to the imposition of sanctions against Ankara Against the backdrop of the recent detention of American priest Andrew Brunson on terrorism-related charges.
Erdogan stressed that "what they failed to achieve through incitement and attempted coup, are trying to implement now with money, and this is explicitly called economic war."
Erdogan stressed that his country will not succumb to threats and is ready for all economic possibilities, saying: "We will not give up, if you attacked us with your dollars, we will look for other ways to conduct our work."
He added that his government would respond to "whoever waged a trade war against the whole world and dragged his country into it" by forging new alliances and moving to new markets, pointing out that Washington's economic measures hostile to his country are detrimental to American interests.
The Turkish president considered that the fluctuations in the exchange rate of the national currency of the Lira "can not be rationally explained", which resulted from a "conspiracy against Turkey," adding: "We have revealed your conspiracy as we challenge you .. It is foolish to believe that a country like Turkey will falter due to fluctuations in the exchange rate Foreign "countries.
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Source: Anatolia
Editor's comment
 The distance between Washington and Turkey has widened since President Trump's tenure. The contradictions relate to the presence of Mr. Fathallah Gul, accused of masterminding the coup against President Erdogan and Washington's rejection of Turkey's extradition. The Turkish administration has also been keen to enter the European club, making it interested in rapprochement with the Arab countries. It has become a base in Qatar and aspires to play a central role in the Red Sea. The Russian rapprochement also appears to be a rival to the US presence in Turkey. The Turkish-Russian partnership has reached the level of purchase of the Russian air defense system, which has angered Washington. Turkey's accession to the Berkas Group is approaching, as China's trade balance is compounded by the complexity of political and economic ties. Faraj said that Turkey's presence in NATO would continue despite Turkey's divergent views with NATO, especially in the sense of European security. What European countries think is threatened by European security is that Turkey does not believe that it is in harmony with its new Russian ally.