Will impeachment curtail Trump’s ability to shield Turkey from Congress?
Turkish-American ties will likely remain strained in 2020, as Trump will be preoccupied with his reelection bid and have less time for Turkey.
Eyes in Turkey are on President Donald Trump’s impeachment, and questions are being raised about how impeachment will affect strained US-Turkish ties.
The concern is that Trump’s ability to shield Turkey from an increasingly hostile Congress will be diminished as a result of the impeachment process. Many worry that impeachment will adversely affect Turkey’s economic and security interests.
The core issues that have beset these ties in recent months continue to be intractable, including Ankara’s purchase of the Russian-made S-400 air defense system and its desire to buy more.
Turkey’s offensive in northeast Syria, launched in October against the US-supported Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), is another issue clouding ties.
