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Joe Biden

Joe Biden
Divisions, foreign policy, COVID-19: US goes to polls

| Opinion
The 2020 election is going to be one of the most significant in recent history …
  • The Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near the Bund waterfront area in Shanghai, China, July 30, 2019. (Reuters Photo)
    Opinion

    There are only 25 days left to the most significant and consequential elections in recent U.S. history. Mail-in and early voting have already started across the country. According to the latest statistics, almost 7 million people have already cast their ballots, which signals that this could be the election with the highest turnout in U.S. electoral history. It seems that instead of suppressing voting, COVID-19, through mail-in and absentee ballots, may increase the voting in many states in the U.S.
  • A broadcast of the first debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is shown on televisions, in West Hollywood, California, U.S., Sept. 29, 2020. (AFP Photo)
    Opinion

    The aftermath of Nov. 3, however, remains a mystery for U.S. politics. The current level of uncertainty is arguably unprecedented. As the Turkish saying goes: Live long enough and you'll see everything.
  • U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., Sept. 29, 2020. (AP Photo)
    Opinion

    Last week in this column, I wrote about how important the debate between two presidential candidates can be, not only for the United States election but also for the country's standing around the world.

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  • U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attends a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 2020. (AFP Photo)

    With the U.S. elections five weeks away, the fight over the presidency keeps getting nastier. This is not your average disagreement between Republicans and Democrats. Even labels like globalist and patriot have long been overused. Nowadays, President Donald Trump’s critics claim that he will destroy American democracy if he gets four more years. If Joe Biden wins, others say, China will own the United States.

  • A U.S. State Department staffer adjusts a Turkish flag before a meeting between Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., April 3, 2019. (AFP Photo)

    Turkey called back its research vessel Oruç Reis to port in order to support efforts by Germany and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to facilitate dialogue with Greece. As Ankara and Athens continue to exchange statements, tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean will be discussed at the Special European Council on Sept. 24-25.

  • Joe Biden

    During a meeting with the editors of The New York Times seven months ago, former U.S. Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden labeled President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan an “autocrat” and criticized Turkey for its constructive relations with Moscow and policies over northeastern Syria.

  • Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the media after talks with then-Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım in Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 24, 2016. (AP Photo)

    Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s plan to remove Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from power went down in the history of Turkish-U.S. relations. The fact that he made that statement some eight months ago does not make the situation any less grave. After all, those controversial words were not uttered by an inexperienced presidential candidate with no idea about foreign policy. Biden, who was President Barack Obama’s vice president, unveiled a thought-out and clear policy on Turkey.

  • Joe Biden

    For years now debate has raged in Washington, D.C., about anti-Americanism in Turkey. Various reports and analyses have pointed to it as the biggest spoiler of the bilateral relations between the two countries.

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