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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Erdoğan’s moral politics vs. Trump’s realpolitik

| Opinion
During the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 17, two speeches …
  • President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan holds up a map of Palestine since 1947 showing changing population and territory under Israeli rule while speaking at U.N. headquarters in New York, Sept. 24, 2019
    Opinion

    Israel's occupation of Palestine and constant attacks to the unarmed civilians prove the harm the country causes to the World peace, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
    Opinion

    President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted Turkey's 30 metropolitan mayors in Ankara on Wednesday. Together with cabinet ministers and members of the Presidential Council for Local Government Policy, he listened to their proposals and instructed his team to take necessary steps to accomplish key goals.
  • Nuclear weapons
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    In recent days, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's remarks added a new twist to this mix. On the one hand, he is laying the groundwork for his upcoming address to the United Nations General Assembly, conveying messages to relevant world leaders. At the same time, Erdoğan is unveiling his new road map for party politics. Two topics, i.e. emerging political movements and the safe zone/refugee debate, have been around for some time. The third issue, Turkey's intention to obtain nuclear warheads, is new.

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  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C - L) holds a meeting with U.S President Donald Trump (C - R) on the second day of the G20 Summit at INTEX Osaka Exhibition Center in Osaka, Japan on June 29, 2019.

    Pesident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Osaka, Japan marked a new chapter in the S-400 dispute. A textbook example of leader-to-leader diplomacy, that meeting paved the way for Trump lending support to the Turkish position on Patriot missiles, the Russian air defense system and the F-35 jet fighter program.

  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and U.S President Donald Trump (L) attend the third session of the G20 Summit on the second day at INTEX Osaka Exhibition Center in Osaka, Japan on June 29, 2019.

    The leader-to-leader diplomacy between the U.S. and Turkey at the G20 summit was crucial in defusing the S-400 dispute and turned it into a potential communication tool for bilateral ties

  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C - L) holds a meeting with U.S President Donald Trump (C - R) on the second day of the G20 Summit at INTEX Osaka Exhibition Center in Osaka, Japan on June 29, 2019.

    Since the beginning of Trump's presidency, the two leaders have pretty regularly communicated with each other in face-to-face meetings or through phone calls. This has been an important factor in determining bilateral ties in the last two-and-a-half years.

  • The NATO Council and Mediterranean Dialogue Partners Meeting took place in Ankara | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

    The NATO Council and Mediterranean Dialogue Partners Meeting took place in Ankara earlier this week, at a time when Turkey and the United States are experiencing tensions over the former's plan to purchase the S-400 missile defense system from Russia and disagreements on Turkish drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean.

  • Turkey

    Some words are capable of designating more than what they seem to mean. The word alliance, which has become a cornerstone of Turkish politics in recent months, is one such example. In the wake of the July 2016 resistance and Turkey's transition to a presidential system, the ability to form and maintain alliances emerged as a key skill in the political arena.

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