Why does Erdogan want the nuclear weapon?

11.09.2019

In an unprecedented gesture, the Turkish President said he "does not accept" that his country is free of nuclear
weapons, in the context of which Ankara has obligations as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
(NPT). And they are moving away from the North Atlantic Alliance every day.

“Some countries have nuclear missiles, not one or two. But I don't have nuclear missiles. I cannot accept this," said
Erdogan (noting this" I ", instead of" we "), a week ago, at the centenary of the Sivas Congress, suggesting a change
in Turkey's policy in this area. ”At present, we are doing our job," Erdogan continued, suggesting that Turkey has
engaged in activities aimed at acquiring nuclear capacity.

His statement reflects the distrust of NATO's nuclear umbrella, to which the country belongs . Indirectly, this also
indicates that it attaches no importance to the deterrence conferred by US tactical nuclear weapon B61 deployed
at the Incirlik air base in southern Turkey as part of NATO's nuclear program. "All developed countries in the world
have nuclear weapons," the leader from Ankara added, not forgetting to emphasize on Israel, which has such an
arsenal.

F-35, an empty stomach in defense

Turkey's security problems worsened with Ankara's acquisition of the Russian S-400 systems, which deprived the
country of American F-35 aircraft, which it paid for, and also resulted in Turkey's expulsion from the Russian air
program co-production of the F-35. Plus the threat of new American sanctions. At the same time, the US supports
Israel and Greece in their desire to make energy corridors in the eastern Mediterranean, excluding Turkey and
increasing the risk of confrontations in the region.

But the loss of the F-35 by Turkey means that its air forces, the main source of deterrence of the country, will be
weakened in time and it is not clear whether Ankara can fill this gap by purchasing Russian fighter jets Su-57 and
Su-35 , despite Erdogan's statements of intent. Beyond that, Turkey is literally caught in the middle between
Russia and the US in Syria. In the face of these threats, Erdogan is waving a nuclear non-existent "book" for the
time being, to warn the forces he considers a threat to shake his sultan throne for life in Turkey.

A nuclear Turkey out of NATO?

Unlike India and Pakistan, which have not declared to the world the intention to acquire nuclear weapons and
ballistic missiles, keeping their programs secret until the first consecutive nuclear tests in 1998, Erdogan is now
doing the opposite, with the risk that a nuclear Turkey will be regarded by the Allies as a destabilizing factor.

But how should Erdogan's statements be interpreted? As pressures for keeping American B61 bombs at Incirlik?
Because Turkey is one of the five NATO countries hosting B61 tactical nuclear bombs, offered by the US under the
concept of "nuclear sharing". But this cannot last, due to the acquisition of the Russian S-400 systems, a regularly
advanced hypothesis for some time. Or should we expect an announcement about a Turkish military nuclear
program with a bomb bonus: Turkey leaving from NATO?

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Tariceanu's party remains in the Dancila Government even without the chief's will
12.09.2019

The typhoon created by the election of Teodor Melescanu as President of the Senate created the
impression that the party imploded.

The senator was excluded from the party and the ALDE group from the Senate dissolved. Yesterday, a
group hostile to ALDE leader Calin Popescu Tariceanu, because of his decisions to make an alliance with
Victor Ponta, delimited themselves and accepted the PSD offer: to restore the governance in the initial
formula. Threatened with exclusion, they bind to a thread. Tariceanu is demolished not so much for
political reasons, but because Melescanu sacrificed a lifelong friendship for a position.

The PSD leader Viorica Dăncilă offered some of ALDE members a chance to return to the coalition and to
the Government without jeopardizing their status as party members. More precisely, art.996 of the new
Code of Civil Procedure prevailed, which would give them the right to challenge the decision of exclusion
and to remain members of the party until a final decision of the court. Specifically, the Prime Minister
wants to avoid the vote in Parliament and wants to stick oton this Government as much as possible.

The scenario they rely on

The advisers, probably lawyers, of the Prime Minister offered those in ALDE a variant that they consider
winning in front of the exclusion decisions announced by Tariceanu. They, including Melescanu,
challenge the decision in court.

The statute does not break the law

According to the article quoted above they can at least delay the decision. "The court will be able to
order provisional measures in urgent cases, for the preservation of a right which would be delayed, for
the prevention of an imminent damage which could not be repaired, as well as for removing the
obstacles that would occur on the occasion of an execution”, is shown in the text of the article of law.
This means that they can open a court case with the object of the presidential ordinance. It has two
procedural phases: in the first phase, the suspension of the exclusion decision, and in the second, the
annulment of the decision. In this way, if the judge accepts the request, they have every chance to reach
their goal, that is, to remain ALDE members. ALDE MP Toma Petcu stated that Article 22 of the ALDE
Statute is very clear and that they can be excluded because "until the final resolution of the appeal, the
sanction decision has full effect". What they have omitted or disregarded is that the Statute of a political
party cannot contradict the Constitution or the organic laws.

The power is more beloved by them than their own party

On Tuesday, PSD managed to impose for the hhe head of the Senate, Teodor Melescanu, with the help
of some betrayal from the Opposition. With this, for the PSD leader Viorica Dăncilă was easier to
convince three ALDE MPs to take the place of the departed Ministers from the Government. Grațiela
Gavrilescu returns to the Ministry of Environment, Ioan Cupă to the Ministry of Energy and Alexandru
Băișanu to the Ministry of Relations with the Parliament. Viorica Dăncilă will send these proposals to
Cotroceni. We recall that President Klaus Iohannis rejected her previous proposals and sent her to
Parliament to request a vote of confidence.

A rattle that doesn't hold

ALDE spokesperson Varujan Vosganian says that "such a rattle cannot convince anyone." He added that
the maneuver was successful in the Senate, but it will be a failure of the Government. "The fact that
such a maneuver has been successful in the Senate does not mean that it can succeed in the
Government. Melescanu was elected because he was a Senator, so he counted the number of votes. In
the Government this does not matter, because, according to the internal regulations, anyone who
accepts an offer to go to the Government is automatically erased from ALDE, so it cannot be said that he
is an ALDE member, since he is no longer part of the party. Vosganian also said the Prime Minister
learned that the three proposed ministers from ALDE party had a price and was willing to pay.

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