Turkey’s Erdogan Hints At Pursuing Nuclear Weapons (Again)

Washington Examiner: 'Leverage in every crisis': Turkey’s Erdogan hints at pursuing nuclear weapons

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hinted at an interest in acquiring nuclear weapons, telling the United Nations that it is unjust for the weapons to be possessed only by major powers.

“It bothers us like anyone else that the weapons of mass destruction are used as leverage in every crisis instead of their total elimination,” Erdoğan said Tuesday during the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. “The position of nuclear power should either be forbidden for all or permissible for everyone.”

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Update: Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells UN nuclear power should either be free for all or banned (SCMP/Reuters)

WNU Editor: It is not the first time that Turkish President Erdogan is talking about nuclear weapons .... Turkish President Erdogan Says Turkey Needs Nuclear Weapons (September 4, 2019).