Debate on the defense budget of USA which is adopted two-thirds majority, including S-400 facing sanctions to Turkey continues. The Law of Countering US Adversaries Through Sanctions, shortly named CAATSA, has been on the agenda of the United States for a long time. The sanction decisions that President Donald Trump insisted were finally passed by the Congress. In general terms only bought from Turkey, the Russian S-400 air defense systems to read through these sanctions, the fact that the current carrying Russian gas to Europe and Turkey Blue Stream pipeline also includes projects. So not only the defense dimension, direct economic relations are the results of a decision passed by Congress that the target area, in terms of US-Turkey relations were now heading into a much more focused.
On the other hand, Trump announced that he would veto the sanctions on the grounds that the biggest beneficiary would be China. In fact, since the decisions were passed by two-thirds of Congress, Trump's veto will not have any effect on the result. Despite this, he shared the information that he would veto the decision in a Twitter message on Sunday. Will the decision of the Congress change after the veto, it is also difficult to make a clear assumption on this matter.
However, Turkey has different dimensions in terms of these decisions. The latest US address for the arms embargo at the European Union summit on December 10-11 is directly linked to this issue. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, "NATO members Turkey's arms export issues between and we had agreed to discuss in coordination with the new US administration" release the ball the new US president carries the meaning Joe Biden to throw. Germany's presidency of the EU may be accompanied by the inability of France and Greece to get what they wanted from the summit.
Now the wonder is; How will the US-Turkey relations with these sanctions decisions? In recent days, claiming that Turkey's ambassador to Israel's ancestors include a message sent to Biden actually. Precisely at this point if he is sitting on a going concern on the bargaining table, in the east of the Euphrates PYD/YPG forces supporting the US directly, you can put this card in front of Turkey. It can make demands to justify the actual situation in Syria. In addition, it is a known fact that the USA has put the PKK in the process of liquidation for a long time. While planning this, it was known that he made calculations for trying to remove the PYD/YPG from the discussion area. The most important area of discussion and negotiation of them because of these sanctions, Syria, and it may be the next course of Turkey-Israel relations.
In this case, while the fate of Astana and Sochi process between Turkey-Russia-Iran be opened to discussion. Some options, such as a TV discussion programs can be S-400s to Azerbaijan is not considered a proper and healthy outlet for Turkey. After that time, the need for Turkey to open its air defense system would be preposterous to even debate.
As a result, there is no need to constantly test the phrase "hugs a snake falling into the sea" inherited to us from Mahmut II. First of all, it is necessary to be able to stay safe on land and not to fall into the sea in order not to need snakes. Otherwise, today's sanctions will be called CAATSA, tomorrow something else. Then, we complain that there is no time to say salamat by chasing satan.