Erdogan capitalizes on Trump’s effort to break and isolate Turkey
By Kareem Fahim , Bureau chief
ISTANBUL — When President Trump tried to strong-arm Turkey into releasing a detained American pastor this month, he gambled that a barrage of punishing measures — market- rattling economic sanctions and humiliating public rebukes — would force President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to quickly relent.
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