> because they get paid for it *promised* to get paid for it. Yet to see a dime.

erikb · on April 17, 2017

I haven't even thought about that. That may actually also be true and explains a lot why Erdogan is done with the EU.

utku_karatas2 · on April 17, 2017

EU and NATO have always been abusive partners to Turkey, that's why he's pulling out.

Actually calling them allies from Turkey's pov is outright a foolish thing to do, a better word would be "frenemies".