Neda celebrates its 70th anniversary isnt it finally time to think its not about retirement done at least a change of course to discuss that im now joined by yusuf political analyst for turkey state run broadcaster tara tara world is to everymans good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you now turkey has been a member of nato since 9 to 52 year its the 2nd Largest Military in deadlines its taken part in many of its operations including the one in libya which triggered the largest migration crisis of did take it with a profound effect on turkey and south as nato celebrates its anniversary is it more of a reason for celebration or perhaps contemplation in turkey. Well i definitely think its a time for contemplation because nato right now is lacking a Strategic Vision many of the allies inside nato right now have very did different threat perceptions inside of their own Domestic National Security Apparatus and when they dont comes together as the 29 members it has a pr
As a Terror Organization theyve made calls for support theyve also asked for support regarding a safe zone in northeast syria and turkey has been left all by itself on this matter and frankly the turks and the administration feel very very betrayed by their u. S. Allies and nato allies if its given so much its if its receiving so little whats the point of still being a member of this organization that is pretty costly and that is targeting one of the countries that turkey considers so its partner which is russia they go still does have many values it is a 29. 00 Member Alliance its a huge insurance policy for turkey an insurance policy against want or against whom well that remains to be seen you dont know when youre going to need insurance thats why its called insurance mean to you you need insurance right now you just said that terrorism is a major Security Threat for terry can you are dealing with it all. On the receiving no so boards and a lot of criticism from your nato allies so
Their u. S. Allies and nato allies if its given so much its if its receiving so little whats the point of still being a member of this organization that is pretty costly and that is targeting one of the countries that turkey considers so its partner which is russia they go still does have many values it is a 29. 00 Member Alliance its a huge insurance policy for turkey an insurance policy against want or against whom well that remains to be seen you dont know when youre going to need insurance thats why its called ensuring the you you need insurance right now you just said that terrorism is a major Security Threat for turkey i mean you are dealing with it all along that receiving no support then the lot of criticism from your nato allies so again why do you need that insurance policy for 4 weeks youre a paying a lot and not get it getting too much in return your church that. It is correct and thats one of the things that needs to be reevaluated but it is a very important surance policy
A couple air bases inside the country as at times a limited deployment of some air defenses turkey hasnt got much but when you look at what turkey has given nato whether it be supporting the afghanistan operation whether it be supporting kosovo or bosnia and when you look at the Turkish Military nato 2nd largest army you see a army with a very high operational capacity and a heavy experience when it comes to hot conflicts geopolitically turkey is the long arm of nato that extends deep into these hot conflict zones and gives need to a border where it can operate militarily in these areas very very comfortably but what does turkey gotten out of it were seeing that turkey has been isolated right now especially in syria when it has a Serious National Security threat most namely the presence of the syrian arm of the u. S. Designated e. U. Does. The Terror Organization the p k k im talking about the why p. G. There syrian army turkey has repeatedly make calls to nato to recognize this group
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