Trump Turkey timeline

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Trump's Investments in Turkey, basically a complicated relationship, with the owners of the Trump Towers being opposed to Erdogan and wanting to end their relationship with Trump. According to this article (scroll to Turkey), they had disagreed with Erdogan since 2012:
Donald Trump: A list of potential conflicts of interest - BBC News

another article says they wanted to end their relationship with Trump in 2015, but couldn't:
How Trump's Name Brought Trouble To His Turkish Business Partners

Flynn was a paid Turkish agent, and even got Trump to stop support for the Kurds for a while, it seems:
Flynn stopped military plan Turkey opposed – after being paid as its agent
as a side note, his Turkish contact has Russian links:
Flynn’s Turkish lobbying linked to Russia

Trump congratulates Erdogan on referendum victory (for extended powers):
Trump congratulates Erdogan for referendum win - CNN.com
Other world leaders that have done the same are the Saudi king and Putin.

Trump meets Erdogan. Shortly afterwards, bodyguards at the Turkish embassy attack protesters in D.C., on American soil:
After speaking to Donald Trump, Turkish president’s bodyguards beat up Kurdish protester

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/26/us/turkey-protesters-attack-video-analysis.html?_r=0




The attack was condemned by the D.C. mayor:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-18/turkish-bodyguards-attack-us-protesters-in-washington/8536212
and the House of Representatives:
https://www.usnews.com/news/politic...condemn-turkish-security-attack-on-protesters

Trump has not said anything, as far as I know.

If not illegal, at best, his complicity and support for Erdogan's authoritarian regime, as well as his lack of support for U.S. citizens, is highly immoral.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Indeed.

 

[toobfreak]

Well, those guys have diplomatic immunity by law, so Trump is somewhat limited plus he must weigh creating a rift in a needed ally, but I'm not real happy about it, and I think Trump will address it somehow in the future in one of his subtle or not so subtle ways. Lesson learned: If you expect to be a Kurd protesting and antagonizing a hostile foreign entity that you know hates you, be a little prepared to defend yourself and don't be weeny! Meantime, I might file a lawsuit against the DC Police for not protecting my ass.