Turkey will retaliate if U.S. ends weapons sales, minister says - UPI.com
UPI reports: "If the United States approves a proposed law that would halt weapons sales to Turkey, the nation will retaliate, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Sunday. [...] On Friday, legislators in the House of Representatives introduced a $717 billion 2019 defense bill that includes a temporary halt of weapons sales to Turkey. [...] On Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara for a gorundbreaking of Turkey's first nuclear power plant. The project, which was agreed upon in 2010, will be fully-funded by Russia, which will retain 51 percent of shares of Russian companies."
Comment: It maybe time to consider kicking Turkey out of the NATO alliance.
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