The article makes many good observations. The official  positions on this vile act will obviously be cynical exploitation of the crime for Erdogan's and Putin's own purposes. However, Erdogan's position is very dicey, and his blaming of Gulen is obvious. The trouble with Syria for Erdogan is that Putin has allied himself with the Shiites, Christians and Alawites, whereas Turkey is largely Sunni and Erdogan would likle to be the leader of the Islamic world, which is largely Sunni.  Turkey is between a rock and a hard place, wanting to be on Putin's side but needing to support the Sunni side of the Islamic world.

As for NATO, it has maybe two more months of existence left.