Türkiye has resumed importing oil from Iran, after years of abiding by Western sanctions on Tehran, according to Iran’s official news agency.
  • rainpizza
    25·
    2 years ago

    Not only Turkey but other European countries are willing to bypass US sanctions and import oil from Iran. According to Channel8, Eurostat data also revealed that Bulgaria and Poland were the two EU members importing oil from Iran this year.

    This is an interesting development and I hope this trend grows even stronger.

  • FreudianCafe@lemmy.mlBannedBanned from community
    17·
    2 years ago

    Next week on mainstream media: “turkey is a terrorist state that violates human rights of woman and no democracy”

    • USSR EnjoyerOPEnglish
      12·
      2 years ago

      Just wait until they join BRICS+ and try to leave NATO…

      • ☭CommieWolf☆
        3·
        2 years ago

        Leave NATO? This is Turkey, there is a higher chance of them getting admitted into the EU than them actually leaving NATO, it’s the one place they get to flex their muscles and force the rest of Europe to give them concessions.

        • USSR EnjoyerOPEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          In my opinion:

          I’ve always seen Turkey’s NATO membership as a bargaining chip for EU membership. And I think it’s becoming obvious to Erdogan that the EU is collapsing and even if they were given membership, it won’t bring economic prosperity. Erdogan is openly defying US sanctions on Iran, wanting to join BRICS and SCO. The US will not like that at all.

          I agree with you on flexing. I think Erdogan is leveraging NATO in any way he can to get something for Turkey. NATO is a financial burden and dysfunctional mess, which is especially evident now with Ukraine. Turkey has the largest ground force army in NATO and what will that bring if NATO directly engages with Russia? Probably the most deaths out of all NATO nations if he went along with it. If Erdogan wants something better for Turkey, he’ll find it on the other side of the alliance, and I think he’s waking up to that.