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Why doesn't Turkiye like the US?
Because of the genocide in gaza for instance?? Also they have been shunned and given the run-around by the EU and that resentment extends to the US. NATO has taken advantge of them but can't even ensure that it will defend them hypothetically ^[https://streamable.com/e/36h0ew] Also all the islamophobia and general menacing posturing worldwide...
I think a better question would be why turkey views the yankee empire favorably at all
Lot of Muslims in Turkiye who do not like US policies in the ME. However, it's also that they have good economic relationships with China because of geographic proximity.
Australia has great trade with China, and we recently ended a trade war with them to great mutual satisfaction, so that's why our opinion of China is better than our opinion of the US even though they're our biggest military ally.
I mean would you rather have EVs or overpriced fighter jets (wait we didn't give them the jets even though they paid into the program)?
Yeah, because Muslims in China had been doing really well
Yes actually, and you could find out for yourself by visiting if you cared to
They do.
Unless they're imported islamists supported by Turkey and the west doing terror attacks, they go to jail.
But then of course the propaganda machine starts their China bad BS
Muslims in all the countries around Turkiye shout louder about US persecution. That's the reality. China is good at suppressing the shouts of their own ethnic minorities. The sad reality is that propaganda works.
Not so good that you don't know about it though, apparently
Mostly because of their involvement in Turkish domestic affairs. Just one example. (Of course they denied it later.) There are a lot of things like this, especially behind the curtain. On the other hand, our societary memory is bad in general, so the younguns don't know much about them. It appears, they at least know the general idea.
Erdogan has this big enemy (forgot his name, he has quite some followers i believe) he rightfully or wrongfully claims tried to organise a coup, ten years or so ago. The main guy lives in the US and the US does not want to extradite him for good or bad reasons. I'm not sure what to believe about this, but i suppose something like that can generate quite some hate - especially since Erdogan seems to care as little about facts as Trump does and controls the 'legit' Turkish media, and thus controls the narrative about his big enemy and how the US goes against Turkey's interests.
Edit:
I think the US is reasonably happy with Erdogan, even if he's an opportunistic snake.
They support whatever regime as long as they can have their bases there or act as vassals.
The rehabilitated headchopper Jolani is a marvelous recent example.
Might be, but the graph isn't about how positively US gov views Turkey's gov so not that relevant to this post.
LOL It was you specifically who mentioned Erdogan
Yes because i replied to the question about how Turkish people view the US, that comment and my reply are relevant to the topic of the post. Your reply is where it goes off topic.