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Trump Imposed Sanctions on Turkey. What Will It Accomplish?
It might be too little, too late, as Recep Erdogan has decided to work more closely with Russia.
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Vladimir Putin an Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands at the Kremlin in March 5. (Photograph by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
With a little over a month left in his term, President Trump implemented long-awaited sanctions on NATO ally Turkey for its purchase and testing of the Russian-manufactured S-400 air and missile defense system. The move follows considerable pressure from Congress, which included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021 explicit language to compel the president to impose such penalties. The measure passed both the House and Senate, though Trump has vowed to veto it for other reasons.
Last Updated On: Dec 18 2020 08:06 Gmt+3
After deferring action in response to Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems for nearly a year and a half, the Donald Trump administration announced on Monday the imposition of U.S. sanctions required by the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).
The set of sanctions targeting the Turkish agency responsible for the procurement, Turkey’s Defence Industries Directorate (SSB), its head, İsmail Demir, and three other senior officials are narrow because Turkey is not the primary target of CAATSA.
The law was passed in 2017 largely to counter Russian interventions in Ukraine, Syria, and the 2016 U.S. presidential election, along with other measures targeting Iran and North Korea. CAATSA mandates secondary sanctions like those imposed on the SSB and its leadership as a means to deny Russia’s defence sector revenue by deterring the purchase of Russian military exports.