According to UAE media reports, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently issued a statement threatening to expel diplomats from Turkey from the United States, Germany and other 8 Western countries, which is believed to be the most severe threat against Western countries issued by Turkey recently. And why would Turkey turn the other cheek with its most important ally, the United States, and 10 Western countries, including Germany, which is also a NATO ally? The reason is that the ambassadors of these countries issued a joint statement in support of a so-called "activist" who is being held by the Turkish government.
The Turkish "activist" named Osman Kavala, a so-called art philanthropist, was arrested and imprisoned by Turkey in 2017, but has not been convicted or convicted for four years, which is considered by Western countries to be a symbol of the Erdogan government's intolerance of so-called "dissidents", who are 64 years old and in unknown physical condition. The ambassadors of 10 Western countries, including the United States and Germany, issued a joint statement saying Turkey's continued detention of the "activist" had "cast a shadow" on Turkey and Western countries.
It is understood that the "activist" is currently facing a spate of charges from the Turkish government, which accused him of participating in Turkish anti-government protests in 2013 and a military coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2016. Ambassadors from the United States, Germany, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden came directly to the "activist" to demand that the Turkish authorities "resolve his case fairly and expeditiously."
Indeed, turkey's current government and Erdogan are very concerned about the failed military coup in 2016. Previously, there were news reports that the United States had a "certain relationship" with the coup at that time, which directly led to the diplomatic relations between Turkey and the United States, and Turkey quickly moved closer to Russia. At that time, the Turkish government dealt a very harsh treatment of those involved in the military coup of the time, and thousands of government employees and officers were arrested or dismissed on the spot, which dealt a heavy blow to the anti-Erdogan forces within Turkey. Erdogan also attaches great importance to foreign remarks against the coup, especially any remarks made by Western countries related to the coup.
Some analysts believe that Turkey's actions will make the relationship between Turkey and Western countries tense, which will cast a shadow on the upcoming G20 summit. Erdogan originally planned to meet with US President Biden at the summit, but after this incident, it will make the relationship between Erdogan and Biden even more frosty. The analysis makes you say that although Turkey, as a NATO ally, has always been highly vigilant against the infiltration of Western countries, especially as a country at the junction of Asia and Europe, Turkey's own geopolitical importance is very high, which has led to both NATO and Russia to win it over, but Turkey does not really trust western countries, after all, Western countries were one of the culprits in the dismemberment of the "Turkish ancestor" Ottoman Empire.