4 minutes agoErdogan wants Turkey to have nuclear weapons: Israel has them, why not us?
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Turkish President Tayip Erdogan said he considers “unacceptable the fact that the armed nuclear states stop Ankara from having its own weapons, yet did not elaborate on whether Turkey was planning a nuclear weapons project. Some “countries have nuclear warheads, and these countries are not one or two. [...]
Some countries have nuclear warheads, and these countries are not one or two. We are constantly told that we cannot have them. This, I cannot accept,” he said in the presence of party members in the town of Sivas.
There is no nation developed in the world that does not have them,” said Erdogan. He also hinted he wanted the same protection for Turkey, such as Israel.
We have Israel nearby, we're almost next door. They scare other nations by mastering them. No one can touch”.
Foreign analysts say Israel owns a considerable nuclear arsenal, but the country maintains a vague “policy around the nuclear issue, refusing to confirm or deny their ownership.
Turkey signed the 1996 Nuclear Intervention Treaty in 1980, and also signed the 1996 Global Nuclear Test Treaty, which prohibits all nuclear blasts for any purpose.
