Turkish ructions spark new fears in Europe, US

19 July 2016 - 10:06
By Mark Almond

A glance at the map of the West's current crises shows that Turkey occupies the neuralgic point where so many international problems meet.It is the intersection of the West's war with Isil in Syria and Iraq. Nato's concerns about a resurgent Russia loom across the Black Sea. Oil and gas pipelines from the Caspian and beyond crisscross the region.

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