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Tag Archives: Turkey-Russia
A Brief Overview of Türkiye’s Foreign Relations
September 19, 2022 The Middle East: In December 2009, the communique issued at the end of the Damascus meeting of the “Turkish-Syrian High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council” referred to a “strategic partnership”, at the time a fashionable label for Türkiye’s relationships … Continue reading
The Erdoğan-Putin Summit
August 7, 2022 Last Friday President Erdoğan flew to Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi where he was welcomed by President Putin as a “dear friend”. [i] Two weeks ago, in joint remarks to the press following the Astana … Continue reading
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Tagged Erdogan, PKK/YPG, Putin, Sochi summit, Turkey-Russia, Turkey-Syria, Turkish foreign policy
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Russia-Ukraine Crisis Episode 3
February 24, 2022 It started with satellite photos of the Russian military buildup near Ukraine in early November 2021. Ever since, Russia and the West have been fighting a war of nerves with frenetic diplomacy accompanied by mutual accusations of … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, Donetsk, Luhanks, Minsk Agreements, Putin, Russia, Russian invasion, Turkey-Russia, Turkey-Ukraine, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine conflict
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How We Lost Our Way
May 3, 2021 During my years at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I sometimes asked the ambassadors in Ankara how they viewed their job in our capital since they usually stressed Turkey’s location as a unique observation post for … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, S400s, Turkey-Russia, Turkey-Syria, Turkey-US, Turkish foreign policy
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Quo Vadis Turkey (3)
Co-authored with Yusuf Buluc (*) July 29, 2019 A year ago, if one were patient enough to draw up a list of the problems on the Turkish-American agenda this would have reflected a relationship not between NATO allies or family … Continue reading
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Tagged S-400, Syrian conflict, Turkey S-400s, Turkey-NATO, Turkey-Russia, Turkey-US, Turkish foreign policy, US-YPG
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Turkey’s S400s/F35s Conundrum
June 14, 2019 The last episode of the S400 missiles/F35 fighters controversy has taken Turkey-US relations to unprecedented lows. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan sent a letter to his Turkish counterpart. For some, this was an “ultimatum”. Ankara’s earlier … Continue reading
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Tagged Syrian conflict, Turkey-F35s, Turkey-Russia, Turkey-S400s, Turkey-US, Turkish foreign policy
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Fighting for Survival?
May 22, 2019 Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party’s (JDP) principal theme in the recent municipal election campaign was “the fight for Turkey’s survival”. The party and its supporters in the media claimed that Turkey was under the siege … Continue reading
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Tagged Ataturk, Syrian conflict, Turkey, Turkey elections, Turkey-Russia, Turkey-US, Turkish foreign policy
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From Downing of Russian Military Aircraft to the Purchase of Russian S-400s
March 11, 2019 At the beginning of the Syrian conflict Russia and Turkey were on diametrically opposite sides. Russia was supporting the regime, the Turkish government the opposition. Nonetheless, Turkish-Russian relations remained on track. On November 24, 2015 a stunning … Continue reading
Time to Get a Grip
August 20, 2018 When President Obama’s visited Turkey in April 2009 he underlined Turkey’s “strong, vibrant, secular democracy”. Turkish-American relations appeared to have reached their peak. As Turkey started to move away from the democratic path relations started to sour … Continue reading
The Trump-Iran-North Korea Imbroglio
April 10, 2018 Forty-seven years ago, today, the U.S. table tennis team arrived in China. Later in the year, in July 1971, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger made a secret trip to China paving the way for Richard Nixon’s own … Continue reading