The deputy leader of Türkiye’s Patriotic Party (Vatan Partisi) Ethem Sancak suggested that Türkiye might leave NATO within five or six months. “The developments prompt us to take such steps. NATO is making us do so with its provocations. Türkiye will leave NATO in five to six months. They have been trying to get us caught in the Middle East crossfire. Finally, you can see campaigns against the Quran in Sweden and the Netherlands,” the party’s newspaper Aydinlik quoted him as saying.
Sancak referred to recent polls showing that at least 80% of the Turkish population believe that “the United States is a country running the most hostile and destructive policy” toward the republic. “The Turkish people have lately been showing sympathy for Russia and Putin,” the politician concluded.
