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by SlickNixon 1282 days ago
>Erdogan wasn’t aware of it in its infancy, and decided to allow it to go through

It's not impossible, but when you go through the details (e.g. how much everything, including Erdogan's early morning nationally broadcast FaceTime(!)[0], hinged on Türksat remaining operational) it's clear how huge of a gamble that would be on his part.

[0] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/7/16/erdogan-resorts-to-...