https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Ottoman_alliance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War
BTW,France has also interests in the eastern mediterranean with Turkey drilling in areas ceded by Cyprus to the Italian ENI and the French total for searches ...
Recently ships from ENI were forced to back down threatened by Turkish warships. Maybe we should also escort those ships with our navies and see what the sultan does.
LOL. Their NATO membership is the only reason the Russians haven't roasted the Turks and took military retaliations. Remember Turkish officials running to NATO for "consultations" ? Maybe without their NATO membership they would have most likely once again condemned Russia for violating their airspace.
BTW,the Russians have been burning alive Turkic villages and populations in Syria,have "mistakenly" attacked Turkish posts and killed Turkish soldiers,yet the only thing Turkey did was protesting.
The most useless alliance in history. Barbrossa even roasted french soldiers for being drunkard cowards.