"Discussions between Turkey, Finland and Sweden about the Nordic countries' proposed NATO membership have ended inconclusively as Ankara showed no signs of abandoning its...
"The US administration considers potential fighter jet sales to Turkey “separate” from Ankara’s demands over Finland and Sweden joining NATO, Secretary of State Antony Blinken...
"The spat about Finland and Sweden’s application for NATO membership has taken a serious turn. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s initial objections were to Scandinavian countries...
"Erdogan ups the ante as NATO allies offer cool response to Ankara’s demands over Sweden, Finland membership" says Al-Monitor.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on...
"Recevant les dirigeants suédois et finlandais, Joe Biden s’est félicité de leur demande d’adhésion à l’Alliance atlantique, sans mentionner les conditions posées par Ankara"...
"U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said arm sales to Turkey should be speeded up, state-run Anadolu news agency reported" says Ahval News.
"I think that...
"America’s foreign policy establishment is offering critiques of how two of NATO’s larger powers, Germany and Turkey, are responding to Russia. Any such effort...
"On 9 March, the Israeli president Isaac Herzog met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after a near six-year hiatus in high-level talks between the...
"Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has swung the pendulum for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from the “Eurasianism” that ultimately lies in his heart back to...
Ukraine asked Turkey to shut the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to Russian ships, Ukrainian Ambassador to Ankara Vasyl Bodnar said on Feb. 24. After...
A brilliant synthesis of Turkey's foreign policy of two decades published in. CEPA February 17, 2022 and The Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policiy
Turkey...
"Fears of Russian military power may keep Ankara out of the spotlight, but its Black Sea calculations and Crimean Tatar sympathies indicate a willingness...
“Ankara’s drone sales to Kiev have angered Moscow. A military escalation in and around Ukraine would endanger Turkey’s relationship with Russia, impair its participation...
“Erdogan’s offer to mediate between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders reflects Ankara’s growing fears over the conundrums it could find itself in should war...
"Moscow is likely to welcome a Turkish mediation effort if it serves to restrain Ukraine from a military adventure" reports Fehim Taştekin in Al-Monitor....
"Pour les observateurs, il s'agissait surtout avec ce mouvement d'humeur de «faire diversion», la Turquie étant en proie à une crise économique, avec un taux...
"With twenty months left until Turkey’s legislative and presidential elections, the political debate will be fierce. The West may choose to sit it out...
"Erdogan’s failure to achieve his goals in the high-profile meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin shows that Turkey’s balancing act with Russia and the...
Margaret Brennan interviewed President Erdoğan on September 26, 2021 on "Face the Nation". Here's a transcript of the interview:
MARGARET BRENNAN: President Biden has...
Al-Monitor, August 25, 2021, Jared Szuba, image: Master Sgt Donald R Allen/US Air Force/AFP/Getty
Turkey has begun withdrawing its troops from Kabul airport, the Turkish...
The National News, August 23, 2021, David Lepeska
The news out of Afghanistan has been one heartbreak after another: Afghans falling from the sky; a toddler crushed...
Soner Cagaptay*. A Sultan in automn. Erdogan faces Turkey uncontainable forces, I.B. Taurus/The Washington Institute.
In-Depth Reports:
"The unprecedented economic growth and personal popularity once...
Carnegie Europe, July 26, 2021, Sinan Ülgen
To fix their troubled relationship, the United States and Turkey should take gradual, concrete steps that build confidence...
