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Turkey ‘not happy’ with Canada’s continued arms embargo, top diplomat says (globalnews.ca)
submitted 11 months ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Turkey's deputy minister of foreign affairs said Canada shouldn't have such restrictions on a military ally and also called for more flights between the two countries.

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[–] FreeBooteR69@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago

No thanks, honestly i don't trust Erdogan, guy is a snake.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Turkey has been embarrassing itself under Erdogan.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Ya, it's a little disappointing he was voted in again.

[–] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It was largely inevitable given how he basically made opposition illegal.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Was it? He didn't win by a huge margin.

[–] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Which he is in the process of correcting.

Erdogan is Turkey's version of Putin. His grip will get stronger over time.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Was he? From what I remember, he was "voted" in, but I may be misremembering.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

I don't think there were any shenanigans.