President of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, warned NATO allies on Tuesday ahead of the summit of leaders not to take actions that could drag him into a war in Ukraine, reports Bloomberg. “While designing the steps to be taken to support Ukraine, we also maintain our principled stance not to make NATO a party to the war,” Erdoğan said at Ankara airport before departing for Washington. He assured Türkiye’s support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence. Erdoğan also urged allies to lift trade restrictions on defense trade with his country. “The implementation of the d…