Erdogan Announces Emergency Measures to Shield Turkey From Gulf Crisis Impact
🇹🇷 ANKARA — Turkey's cushioning move signals Hormuz pain is hitting NATO's eastern flank. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Erdogan deploying protective measures means Turkish households and businesses are already absorbing the shock — energy costs, currency pressure, supply chain disruption. Ankara's exposure is structural: Turkey imports nearly all its energy. Public intervention now signals the crisis is politically unsustainable domestically, constraining Erdogan's room to stay neutral as US coalition pressure builds.
