.I'm aware that Turkey is a " Claytons" member of Natosince the...

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I'm aware that Turkey is a " Claytons" member of Nato
since the attempted coup backed by America.

Since then Turkey has aligned itself with Russia with
a major gas pipeline deal and recently Russian sophisticated
SAMs which are incompatible with NATO systems (US Systems)

IMO Russia's objective is to "encourage" Turkey to dump NATO.
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/russia-turkey-sign-deal-on-supply-of-s-400-sams-ankara-to-borrow-in-rouble-instead-of-dollar-reports-5003907/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurkStream

The USA has refused to allow the extradition of the aledged coup mastermind from the USA to Turkey.