Sad-Internet-9363 t1_j6hb58j wrote on January 30, 2023 at 9:05 AM

Reply to comment by Lazorgunz in Erdogan says Turkey may block Sweden's Nato membership bid by nosotros_road_sodium

Nothing gonna happen to turkey, its economy is already collapsed. Turkey being weak in middle east wont do any good to eu or usa. That would give russia, iran more space in the region. Sorry to ruin ur wet dreams but not gonna happen, plus turkeys arm industry recently having lots of deals with eu countries.

Own-Philosophy-5356 t1_j6hcib0 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 9:25 AM

Don't worry, no one will hurt turkey more but non other than Erdogan.

cody422 t1_j6ii7kl wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:05 PM

I don't think it's anyone's wet dream for a weaker Turkey. Unfortunately, the current leader is an absolute shit eater that would see sowing as much discord while looking out for himself as much as possible.

That said, geopolitics are always changing. The middle east isn't as important as it used to be with a focus on renewable energy. Other than Europe, Western intervention into wars will become far more rare and limited in scope since the many past examples end up being at best pointless and at worst a clusterfuck shit show. Turkey may end up a vestigial ally, whose purpose and function may be defunct.

Sad-Internet-9363 t1_j6jh04h wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:42 PM

Maybe yes, but i dont think its highly possible when theres people who wants to imigrate europe trough turkey. Eu still pays billions to turkey to keep them there.

cody422 t1_j6jij02 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:52 PM

That is true, the migrant numbers are still high, but I suspect that if Turkey's actions end up costing Europe more money than they're willing to spend on the migration problem, they won't hesitate to stop the payments. A lot of negative sentiment has already formed since the start of the migration crisis towards the migrants, people will be looking for excuses to close their borders absolutely.