-
- Follow Diplomatic Opinion – Ali Tuygan on WordPress.com
Diplomatic Opinion – Facebook Page
Archives
Top Posts & Pages
- The Munich Security Conference
- Trump’s Board of Peace
- Syria Struggling for Peace and Stability
- A Critical Week for the Middle East
- A Brief Look at Middle East’s Recent History
- UN Security Council Adopts Resolution 2803 (2025)
- The Myth of the Rules-Based Order
- UNGA 80 and Türkiye’s Agenda
- Atatürk: Turks’ Greatest Leader Ever
- The Idlib Challenge and the Tehran Summit
Categories
Follow on Twitter
My Tweets
Tag Archives: Turkish foreign policy
Blasts in Lebanon
September 20, 2024 At least 37 people were killed and thousands more injured, many seriously, when pagers and walkie-talkies, used by Hezbollah, exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in the operation. Israeli … Continue reading
Türkiye’s Support for Ukraine and Membership in BRICS
September 16, 2024 The year 2023 was a tough one for Ukraine. Its spring offensive failed. The US military aid started coming after months of delay. Mobilization became unpopular in Ukrainian society. In brief, it became increasingly clear that a … Continue reading
“Normalizing” Relations between Türkiye and Syria
September 2, 2024 Hafez al-Assad was the 18th president of Syria from 1971 until he died in 2000. He was the number one regional enemy of Türkiye. Starting in the mid-1980s, Syria provided the PKK and its leader Ocalan with … Continue reading
A Brief Story of the Gaza Ceasefire Talks
August 23, 2024 The October 7 Hamas onslaught was a shock to Israel, but also to Washington because with the Abraham Accords, it seemed that the US could put its Middle East troubles behind and focus on its strategic competition … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Biden-Netanyahu, Blinken-Netanyahu, Gaza ceasefire, Gaza war, Turkish foreign policy
Leave a comment
Gaza Ceasefire Talks Should No Longer Be a Distraction
August 19, 2024 Since the Hamas onslaught of October 7, world attention has essentially focused on two aspects of the war in Gaza. First, the ferocity of the IDF operations that have caused immense loss of civilian life and devastation, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Gaza war, Hamas, hostage talks, Iran, Israel, Netanyahu, Turkish foreign policy
Leave a comment
Where to Turkish-Israeli Relations?
August 5, 2023 In 1492, the Ottoman Empire, the predecessor of Atatürk’s modern Türkiye, opened its doors to Jews after they had been expelled from Spain. Türkiye became the first Muslim-majority country to recognize Israel as an independent state in … Continue reading
Prime Minister Netanyahu Visits a Turbulent US
July 28, 2024 Last Wednesday, Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the US Congress for the fourth time, the most of any foreign leader in history. Winston Churchill had addressed Congress only three times. Mr. Netanyahu’s previous address to Congress was in … Continue reading
Gaza Becoming Inhabitable Land
July 22, 2024 During the past weeks, developments of global public interest somehow diverted attention away from the war in Gaza until the Israeli strikes on Al-Mawasi, an area in southern Gaza where tens of thousands of Palestinians had fled … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Gaza war, Hamas, Netanyahu, Trump, Turkish foreign policy, UNEP-Gaza
Leave a comment
NATO’s Washington Summit
July 15, 2024 In a post two weeks ago, I said that an assessment of NATO’s past 75 years must have two principal chapters: One on NATO’s performance in providing security for the territory of its members, under Article 5 … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged NATO, NATO-China, NATO-Russia, NATO-Ukraine, Russia-India, Turkish foreign policy, Ukraine war
Leave a comment
Türkiye’s Overlooked Gift to Israel
July 8, 2024 President Bashar al-Assad met with Alexander Lavrentiev, President Putin’s special envoy in late June. During their discussion, President al-Assad reportedly expressed Syria’s openness to all initiatives aimed at improving Syrian-Turkish relations, provided Ankara respects Syria’s sovereignty and … Continue reading
Diplomatic Opinion - Ali Tuygan 