{"id":359455,"date":"2026-07-08T22:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-turkeys-erdogan-natos-greatest-asset-the-global-story\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T22:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:00:22","slug":"is-turkeys-erdogan-natos-greatest-asset-the-global-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-turkeys-erdogan-natos-greatest-asset-the-global-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Turkey\u2019s Erdogan Nato\u2019s greatest asset? | The Global Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/UouvLMJVBiI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is Turkey\u2019s Erdogan Nato\u2019s greatest asset? | The Global Story\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UouvLMJVBiI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>World leaders are gathering in Ankara, Turkey for a Nato summit, despite tensions between Donald Trump and Nato allies over financial contributions and the Iran war. <\/p>\n<p>The US president hasn\u2019t hidden his consternation with European leaders, and has suggested he is only attending \u2018out of respect to President Erdogan\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey\u2019s leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come under criticism for a crackdown on dissent in the country, which has led to over 200 arrests of activists, journalists and public figures in the lead up to the summit. So how has he taken on such a pivotal role within Nato?<\/p>\n<p>Tristan Redman from The Global Story speaks to BBC correspondent and presenter, Mark Lowen, who was based in Istanbul for five years, before he was detained and banned from the country while on a reporting trip last year.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n02:27 Why Turkey is so committed to Nato<br \/>\n04:10 Being arrested for covering protests<br \/>\n07:40 The state of democracy and free speech in Turkey<br \/>\n09:01 Erdogan&#8217;s journey to presidency<br \/>\n10:50 2016&#8217;s attempted coup against Erdogan<br \/>\n15:25 Tensions with the United States<br \/>\n19:40 Erdogan&#8217;s relationship with Trump within Nato<br \/>\n23:34 The importance of this Nato summit for Turkey and the alliance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World leaders are gathering in Ankara, Turkey for a Nato summit, despite tensions between Donald Trump and Nato allies over financial contributions and the Iran war. The US president hasn\u2019t hidden his consternation with European leaders, and has suggested he is only attending \u2018out of respect to President Erdogan\u2019. Turkey\u2019s leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-359455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Turkey\u2019s Erdogan Nato\u2019s greatest asset? | The Global Story | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Is Turkey\u2019s Erdogan Nato\u2019s greatest asset? | The Global Story for free, here on News ISC. 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