As allies go, Turkey has hardly been a model one.

Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it infuriated fellow members of Nato by holding up the accession of Sweden and Finland for the best part of a year.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s combative president, further antagonised them by refusing to impose sanctions on the Kremlin, buying cheap energy from Moscow and making several visits to Russia to see his “dear friend” Vladimir Putin.

How quickly the mood has changed.

Mr Trump’s dramatic foreign policy realignment, one that has seen him scorn allies, turn his back on Ukraine and court Russia, has suddenly forced Turkey and Europe into an uneasy embrace.