Erdogan Promises to Transfer Power Peacefully If He Loses Ballot
Some GeoPolitlcal context:<p>* If you don&#x27;t know about Erdogan, theres too much for a HN thread.<p>* The 1936 Montreux Convention allows Turkey to deny any country at war (not with Turkey) to deny warship passage, except to return home.<p>* Turkey is an incredibly important part of NATO because of their ability to choke  Black Sea access.<p>* This has kept Russia&#x27;s warm warm navy in check, particularly for the Ukraine conflict<p>* NATO requires Democracy and &quot;Rule of Law&quot; for member nations<p>* NATO has never had to remove a member state, and honestly nobody is sure how that&#x27;d happen<p>* The US leases airbases in Turkey, with nuclear penetration bombers and nuclear warheads stored on site.<p>* Russia has always seen this as a double standard when the US complains about Russia putting nukes in places like Belarus.<p>* Trump denied Turkey access to the F-35 program because they chose to install S400 systems from Russia.<p>* Credit due were credit due, military analysts generally agree this was a good decision, and it was at the request of bi-partisan lawmakers.<p>* The thought was Russia could profile F-35 fighter&#x27;s radar returns somehow with S400 systems<p>* This is _in spite_ of Turkey committing funds to the F-35 program, which to this date, said funds have not been returned to Turkey.