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Is Turkey’s 'strategic partnership' with America coming to an end?

An expert maintains that if solutions to the structural factors poisoning ties cannot be found, Turkish-American relations will continue to deteriorate.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump wait for a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly September 21, 2017 in New York City. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski        (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ratcheted up the rhetoric against the United States, after the delegation he dispatched to Washington last week failed to secure a diplomatic solution to the crisis over American pastor Andrew Brunson.

Erdogan is threatening now to end Turkey’s alliance with the United States and to develop strategic ties with Russia and China.

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