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Turkiye closed the Bosphorus to NATO warships, including minesweepers. Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar said, “We have a suspicion that the mines were deliberately introduced. Perhaps they were fired as part of some plan to put pressure on us in order to let NATO minesweepers [through the straits] into the [[Black Sea]]. But we are committed to the rules of the Montreux [Convention] and do not let warships enter the Black Sea."<ref>https://thefrontierpost.com/turkish-defense-minister-says-ankara-will-not-let-warships-into-the-black-sea/</ref>  Meanwhile, U.S. socialist premier [[Joe Biden]] bragged of NATO unity.<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/president-biden-touts-nato-unity-192119665.html</ref>  Turkiye has been a member of NATO since 1952.

Turkiye closed the Bosphorus to NATO warships, including minesweepers. Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar said, “We have a suspicion that the mines were deliberately introduced. Perhaps they were fired as part of some plan to put pressure on us in order to let NATO minesweepers [through the straits] into the [[Black Sea]]. But we are committed to the rules of the Montreux [Convention] and do not let warships enter the Black Sea."<ref>https://thefrontierpost.com/turkish-defense-minister-says-ankara-will-not-let-warships-into-the-black-sea/</ref>  Meanwhile, U.S. socialist premier [[Joe Biden]] bragged of NATO unity.<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/president-biden-touts-nato-unity-192119665.html</ref>  Turkiye has been a member of NATO since 1952.

On April 17, 2022, Turkiye launched Operation Claw-Lock against the U.S.-allied Kurdistan Workers Party ([[PKK]]) terrorist organization in the Kurdistan region of Syria.{{fact}}

On April 17, 2022, Turkiye launched Operation Claw-Lock against the U.S.-allied Kurdistan Workers Party ([[PKK]]) terrorist organization in the Kurdistan region of Syria.<ref>https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/388024</ref>

As a condition to turn Turkiye into a natural gas hub as an alternative for Russian gas supplies to Europe after the American [[terrorist]] attack on the civilian infrastructure of [[Germany]] and the [[Nordstream]] pipelines, Turkiye agreed to cease sales of weapons and [[Bayraktar]] drones to the [[Kyiv regime]].{{fact}}

As a condition to turn Turkiye into a natural gas hub as an alternative for Russian gas supplies to Europe after the American [[terrorist]] attack on the civilian infrastructure of [[Germany]] and the [[Nordstream]] pipelines, Turkiye agreed to cease sales of weapons and [[Bayraktar]] drones to the [[Kyiv regime]].{{fact}}