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How will S-400 affair affect Turkish-NATO ties?

Calls for Turkey to be expelled from NATO or for Turkey to leave NATO are not realistic, say experts.

Turkey's Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 13, 2019.  REUTERS/Francois Lenoir - RC12887C8A40
Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg attend a NATO defense ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 13, 2019. — REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Turkey and the United States are on a collision course over Ankara’s decision to buy Russian-made S-400 anti-missile defense systems. The question is how this will affect Turkey’s relationship with NATO, of which it has been a member for the past 67 years.

For over a year now, American neocons, in particular, have been pushing the notion of expelling Turkey from NATO over its efforts to develop military ties with Russia.

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