Last year President Erdogan declared “The era of submissive Turkey, bowing to western demands, is over!”
The US and Turkey are Nato allies, but tensions seems to be growing between the two. Turkey now finds itself with a devaluing currency. Tim Marshall breaks down what’s on Erdogan’s agenda.
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