i disagree man, the patriot is rubbish comared to the s400, in every way and forma nd shape and cost
also, the Turks do not forget the coup obama tried, deep down they wanted him out, turkey has a lot of jews who fake it as atheist turks, they are jewish brought from Spain in the 1500s, they change their names and adapt, and also gaalo turks and those who hate islam, many enemies the muslims in turkey have, he needs the s400 to defend himself,
in addition, the west tries to control them by weaking their currency, sanctions, look how they can crush the currency in a matter of hours, he is freeing his people from 70 years of western influence, and he wants to stand alone,
in addtion, he is forced to buy only western weapons, every year to be part of Nato, or they will crush his economy and over throw him, he wants to be like india, playing both sides at will yet not ksising us to just one side,
euroasia is vital choke point, he trades more with russia, china, and since 1981 they EU said yuo must over come 35 ruels to enter EU, they only got so far 1 rule masterd, they want gay rights, gay marriage, in truth no one wants muslim turkey in eu, and other nations like france will veto because of Armenian genocide in 1910s
he is better off being non aligned and play games which ever side suits him rather than being a western puppet,