Turkish Foreign Relations Analysis and Forecast: Insightful reporting of Turkish diplomacy with its ups and downs in relations with the U.S., Russia the Europe and the Islamic World.
US President Joe Biden and Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdoğan talked for 45 minutes on the phone on March 10. A few hours before, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu had brought together the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine, Sergey Lavrov and Dimitro Kuleba, in Turkey’s resort city Antalya in Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF). Biden’s schedule to
Ukraine crisis challenged Turkey-Russia relations in another dimension where the political and defense aspects, as in the case of the S-400 missiles, follow the economic aspect, which is more likely to have more profound effect on Turkish public. In this rough patch, natural gas, tourism, agriculture and contracting services came to a fore in terms
Fatih Ceylan1, Alper Coşkun2 The 70th anniversary of Turkey and Greece joining NATO was recently commemorated. Yet, just days before that we witnessed a Turkish fisherman’s bold stance against a Greek coast guard boat’s aggressive posturing in the Aegean Sea. This incident reminded us once again that notwithstanding their bond as allies, Turkey and Greece
Shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of breakaway states of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine in February 21, Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Turkey would not recognize the decision. Stating that the recognition was a “clear violation of Ukraine’s political unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Ministry added that “The
Four global players will define how our near future will look: the United States (US), the European Union (EU), China and Russia. The relationship between these “four horsemen of the Apocalypse” will – to a large degree – determine the new World Order. All indications today are that we are moving towards an even more
I want to start with a sentence attributed to Vladimir Ilich Lenin: “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen”. This could not be more applicable to recent developments in global politics. Turkey’s recent rapprochement of Israel is a good example that fits this description. The Government of Turkey seems
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said he regret that he missed the opportunity to “complete” what the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had started by opening up the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during the leaders’ conference of the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires on Nov 30-Dec 1. In a press conference after the
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