Turkey could shut NATO air base if U.S. imposes sanctions

President Erdoğan warned that he may shut down the main Nato airbase in Turkey, as increasingly toxic relations between Ankara and Washington threatened the home of US nuclear bombers in the region.

Mr Erdoğan made the comments about the Incirlik base, where 5,000 US personnel are based along with 50 nuclear warheads, during a televised interview on Sunday. He also warned that the Kurecik radar station in the eastern province of Malatya could be closed to the US military.