Turkey's president says he could close Incirlik Air Base over US sanctions
Turkey is prepared to kick the U.S. military out of Incirlik Air Base if Washington imposes sanctions on the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, raising the stakes after a similar warning was made last week by Turkey’s foreign minister. “We will close down Incirlik if necessary," Erdogan said Sunday on Turkey’s A Haber news program. The U.S. has about 50 nuclear bombs stored at Incirlik, which watchdog groups have raised security concerns about. But President Donald Trump said earlier this year he is confident the weapons are safe at the base. Erdogan also said a U.S. Army site in the small Turkish village of Kurecik, which houses a key radar for NATO missile defense efforts in Europe, also could be closed down. “If they are threatening us with these sanctions, of course we will be retaliating,” he said. Erdogan’s warnings come a week after a U.S. Senate committee backed legislation calling for economic sanctions after Turkey acquired Russia’s S-4...