You missed the point - they blew the opportunity for ‘regime change’ and are already well down the road to the dark side. Second largest military in NATO means jack squat - most of them are barely literate conscripts in their Army, which controls the entire Armed Forces. When you learn Turkish, move there and work with their military for two years, come on back and we can have a serious discussion.
I did not miss the point.
I contravened your statement that Turkey has few useful strengths.
Second largest military in NATO may mean jack squat to you, but it quite significant to a rational decision maker. So are the other many important and unique factors that Turkey brings.
Having spent time in Turkey, or speaking some Turkish is irrelevant to justifying a policy that is clearly driven more by emotional pique than sober analysis.