Turkey

Did Erdogan leave Trump meeting empty-handed?

Sat, 20/05/2017 - 07:46
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Sat, 20/05/2017
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went to Washington hoping he could end US support for the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which are affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a group recognized by both Turkey and the United States as a terrorist organization. However, neither Erdogan nor US President Donald Trump could change the outcome of their much trumpeted meeting. The problematic US-Turkish relationship will continue.

Erdogan-Trump: The most unsuccessful Washington visit ever

Thu, 18/05/2017 - 07:30
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Thu, 18/05/2017
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“The mountain gave birth to a mouse” is a well-known Turkish saying for describing the disappointing results after big expectations.

SUMMARY
History will record Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent visit to Washington as the most unsuccessful presidential visit ever to Washington.

Turkey: Directionless and Friendless

Thu, 18/05/2017 - 07:21
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Thu, 18/05/2017
Tayyip Erdoğan


By Burak Bekdil 
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 460, May 7, 2017

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Optimists thought Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s inflammatory, anti-Western pre-referendum rhetoric was just election talk that would disappear after the ballots were counted, but that was a vain hope.

Gulen casts a large shadow over Turkey’s ties with West

Wed, 29/03/2017 - 07:31
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Wed, 29/03/2017
Fethullah Gulen

Author Semih Idiz

Fethullah Gulen, the self-exiled Islamic cleric residing in Pennsylvania who Ankara accuses of masterminding July’s failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has become one of the main obstacles to improving Turkey’s ties with the United States and Europe.

Let’s not fool ourselves, Turkey looks depressing

Tue, 28/03/2017 - 11:46
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Tue, 28/03/2017
Turkey looks depressing


Murat Yektin  
All I’m going to do is list a number of recent developments reported in the Turkish media over the past couple of days. I’ll start with the most recent case demonstrating the state that Turkey is in:

Weak MHP support turns AKP’s eyes to Kurdish votes

Mon, 27/03/2017 - 08:50
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Mon, 27/03/2017
Weak MHP support to AKP

Murat Yektin
Weaker than expected support from within the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) for the executive presidency system in the April 16 referendum is turning the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Parti) eyes back to Kurdish votes, recent developments in the campaign suggest.

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