sallux - European security, Turkish foreign policy and Article 5 of the

that the spread of extremism in Europe serious consequences for NATO and EU countries with a Christian majority that by Turkey is another way of undermin- security as well as stability in the region are in the crosshairs of Turkish military Given the realities described earlier, it is ing the security and stability of the EU and therefore a fundamental question interventions. [...] That idea is one mately, NATO is the only source that can bers, bearing in mind that the ultimate parliamentary and therefore democrat- of the deepest commitments any nation determine how the NATO Treaty is inter- aim is to “to restore and maintain the se- ic oversight of the military is a given in can make. [...] NATO has been beneficial for the se- blocked from the beginning of the Syri- tinuation of the implicit application of A new balance of power between NATO, curity of Europe and NATO as a whole, an crisis the unity of the Syrian opposi- Article 5 of the NATO Treaty. [...] the EU and the US on the one side and especially in the light of Russia’s expan- tion through blocking any cooperation Turkey on the other is needed to curb the sionism. [...] That policy guaranteed And indeed that message of continued the victory of Assad as the opposition protection is still the main message from Moreover, the purpose of Article 5 of the The idea that the West can cooperate with remained divided and created therefore most of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, NATO Treaty is ‘to restore and maintain Turkey in combating terrorism while Tur- a much large.