Turkey trolls us by naming street near its embassy after syria incursion

[Gunny]

ANKARA - The mayor of the Turkish capital of Ankara said on Monday he had approved re-naming a street outside the US Embassy as "Olive Branch," the name Turkey uses for its ongoing military campaign in Syria.

Ankara has been infuriated by Washington's alliance in Syria with forces led by the Kurdish YPG militia, which Turkey is targeting in its offensive.

President Tayyip Erdogan has promised to sweep the militia from Turkey's southern border, a move that could put Turkish troops in confrontation with U.S. forces on the ground in Syria.

"We have signed the necessary proposal to change the name of the Nevzat Tandogan Avenue in front of the US Embassy to 'Olive Branch'. May it go well, may the souls of our saintly martyrs rejoice," Ankara Mayor Mustafa Tuna tweeted.

The proposal will be presented to the municipal parliament later on Monday, he said. It will most likely be approved, just days before US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is due to visit Ankara on Thursday.

cont ...http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Turkey-trolls-US-by-naming-street-near-its-embassy-after-Syria-incursion-542416

Screw Turkey. That place has needed its ass kicked since WWI. You'd think dismantling the Ottoman Empire would have toned the idiots arrogance down some.

I hate that place.

[Polite Russian]

Heh.. there was a sweet times, when Russian Empire kicked Turkey's ass a lot.

[Gunny]

N love lost here. I hated that place and the people in it. I've never seen a place where backstabbing and being two-faced was a common virtue like there.

The Ottoman's backed Germany in WWI and managed to bail out on them before the war ended, As it was the lost the whole Middle East except for Turkey. In WWII they side a mutual assistance treaty with Britain and France, then turned around and signed a non-aggression pact with Russia and Nazi Germany. Then sat out the war while it was held all around them.

During the Cold War they let us have bases in Turkey, but treated us with contempt, as they are doing now. They're arrogant f*cks who think because no one's kicked their ass lately it can't be done.

I think it's funny as Hell they went after the Kurds in Syria under Russian air cover but when they pushed to far Russia backed Assad. Turkey thought they were going to get a free piece of land out of Syria's civil war and played the fools thinking Russia was going to let them. Russia has backed Syria as far back as I can remember.

Russia HAD to choose a side or fight on both sides of the same war. Knew that wasn't going to happen.

Watch. Turkey will run back to the US through NATO and our dumbass politicians will play nice.