Congress, State Department divided on sanctions against Turkey
ARTICLE SUMMARY While Congress has bipartisan support for sanctions against Turkey, the State Department is pushing back, demanding that newly established consultative mechanisms to normalize relations between the NATO allies be given time. REUTERS/Cem OzdelUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrive for a meeting, Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 16, 2018. As the US Congress continues to weigh potential sanctions against Turkey over its unremittingly hostile stance toward the United States, there is growing debate within the policy community about the merits of such action, with some arguing it could bow Turkey into submission and others insisting it will make the problem even worse.
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