Erdoğan cashes in on Trump relationship for Turkey

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is leveraging his relationship with former U.S. President Trump to secure significant benefits for Turkey ahead of an important NATO summit. These include sanctions relief and a $700 million U.S. military sales package despite opposition within the U.S.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is cashing in on his relationship with President Trump, scoring benefits from sanctions relief to dropped court cases ahead of a high-stakes NATO summit in Ankara next month.  Trump’s decision to greenlight a more than $700 million military sales package to Turkey this week — despite a pushback from some…