Is it time to reconsider Turkey's NATO membership?

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Is it time to reconsider Turkey’s NATO membership? With the alliance having to constantly grapple with an uncooperative and at times even combative Turkish leader in President Erdogan, the question is as timely as ever. Expert Sinan Ciddi joins Thanos Davelis to look at why this discussion needs to take place and explore how NATO members can deal with a country that seems devoted to undermining the trans-Atlantic alliance.Sinan Ciddi is a non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), where he contributes to FDD’s Turkey Program and Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP). He is also an Associate Professor of Security Studies at the Command and Staff College-Marine Corps University and Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.Read Sinan Ciddi’s latest in Foreign Policy Magazine: It’s Time to Reconsider Turkey’s NATO MembershipYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:US ‘profoundly’ worried over Turkey’s financial links to HamasErdogan Does Not Care About the PalestiniansMembers of Congress press Britain to return the Parthenon SculpturesTell Prime Minister Sunak: Return the Parthenon Sculptures!Greek soccer matches postponed after clashes leave police officer in critical condition

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Is it time to reconsider Turkey’s NATO membership? Expert Sinan Ciddi joins Thanos Davelis to look at why this discussion needs to take place and explore how NATO members can deal with a country and leader in President Erdogan that seems devoted to undermining the trans-Atlantic alliance.