As US congress punishes Tuırkey all eyes turn to Trump

US President Donald Trump.

Source: The New York Times

Journalist Yavuz Oghan talks to SBS Turkish about the US Senate's decision to approve the Armenian genocide bill, a former PM's new party and President Erdogan's crazy project


Journalist Yavuz Oghan sees the US Senate’s decision to approve the Armenian genocide bill as a punishment in response to Turkey’s decision to purchase a Russian-made missile defence system and October’s military incursion into Syria. He sees the tension between the US Senate and Turkey escalating in the near future, with turkey hoping President Donald Trump shielding the country from the senate’s attacks.


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