On the issue of Turkey, Erdogan has been nice and quiet lately, he was becoming an extremist for a while and was being threatening towards Israel, etc, but all seems to be calm now. Erdogan was also threatening our allies in Iraq. But, it all seems to have quieted down.
Now there is a huge flow of refugees through Turkey, they are flying from Turkey to Mexico. As the people flow through Turkey then they can help to dilute the hate of Erdogan.
There are a lot of good people in Turkey, I worked with a film student from USC who was from Turkey, he was cool and we made a cool little film. He wanted to make movies in Turkey for the Middle East, he wanted to make movies to sell to the Arabs and stuff. He was trying to get investors from Hollywood to build a studio in Ankara to make movies for the Arabs. I would love to be in charge of making movies for the Arabs, that is how you win their hearts and minds.
Anyhow, all seems peaceful right now with Turkey, and that is a good thing. I will be happy when a more liberal person replaces Erdogan, maybe someone from Show Business can replace Erdogan.
Salute,
Tony V.