Turkish Airlines

[malagabob]

Turkish airlines still flying from Moscow-Istanbul-Moscow. Seeing they want to join the EU. Turkey that is. Wouldn’t they think it a good idea to ban flights to Russia.

[jno]

I don't think they see themselves as joining the EU any more, since being rebuffed they've become much more autocratic and Islamocentric. A pity because they were a secular state before, thanks to Ataturk.

[youngmafbog]

Yes, I agree jno. Turkey seems to be taking a different direction now.

[ichkeria]

As far as I know Turkey agreed to a request from Ukraine to block the Bosphorus to Russian warships.
Turkey will not want Odesa to fall to the Russians: it’ll change the whole situation in the Black Sea. And not just for Turkey

[CrapAtCryptics]

they have been supplying drones to Ukraine which have proved quite effective. maybe they will get onboard soon.

[sevenOP]

Erdogan could pick up some good lessons on doublethink if he did get to join the EU

'Official Journal of the European Union COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/351 of 1 March 2022'
"(10)

In view of the gravity of the situation, and in response to Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine, it is necessary, consistent with the fundamental rights and freedoms recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, in particular with the right to freedom of expression and information as recognised in Article 11 thereof, to introduce further restrictive measures to urgently suspend the broadcasting activities of such media outlets in the Union, or directed at the Union. These measures should be maintained until the aggression against Ukraine is put to an end, and until the Russian Federation, and its associated media outlets, cease to conduct propaganda actions against the Union and its Member States."

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022D0351&;from=FR

[New Judge]

Turkey's application to join the EU (which has been ongoing for 35 years) is dead in the water. The accession talks were suspended indefinitely in February 2019.

[sevenOP]

^ that could change very easily depending on how they play their cards. [ second biggest 'pack' in Europe]

[Hopkirk]

They can't afford to stop flying. The Turkish economy is shot.

[DTCwordfan]

Yep - but keeping one or two routes to Putincow may be no bad thing, as 'Always Late in Take-off and Late in Arrival' kept open the route from Malpensa to Tripoli in Libya on behalf of the EU, as they fronted the limited diplomatic representation.

[ichkeria]

Turkey flew in more drones to Ukraine yesterday

[Gromit]

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2016-05-26-1464278860-8593750-TURKEYLEAVEPOSTER.jpg

[jno]

I think it would have been wise to get a secular Turkey into the EU; I doubt they'd have become Islamist if that had happened. They were chiefly blocked by France's Armenian diaspora, I believe, who are still angry at the Ottoman empire.