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Insight Turkey Publishes Its Latest Issue “Turkey’s New Foreign Policy: A Quest for Autonomy”

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Insight Turkey, one of the leading academic journals in Turkey, in its latest issue entitled …
  • Turkish-American Relations
    News

    Ankara and Washington should work together to overcome mutual problems and the U.S. needs to respect Turkey's national security concerns, experts said Wednesday.
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (3rd R) meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (3rd L) within the NATO Leaders' Summit at the Grove Hotel in London on December 04, 2019. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (2nd R), Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak (5th R), Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar (R) and AK Party's Izmir Deputy, Binali Yildirim (4th R) also attended the meeting.
    Opinion

    The traditional notion of the 'Western alliance' is no longer relevant for Ankara, which has instead adopted a more effective approach dominated by its own diplomatic agenda
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) shake hands during the NATO Leaders' Summit in London, United Kingdom on December 04, 2019.
    Opinion

    The NATO leaders' meeting went better than expected. In the alliance's final communique, released after talks concluded on Dec. 4, nations reiterated their commitment to Article 5 of the Washington Treaty, stressed the importance of financial burden-sharing and underlined their intention to seek a common position regarding migration, as well as a united front on cyber and hybrid threats. Noting Russian aggression as posing a possible threat, NATO members called for dialogue with Moscow on intermediate-range missiles. Furthermore, as per Washington's request, the organization hinted it would be turning its attention to the Asia-Pacific region, in a nod to Beijing's expanding influence.

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  • Burhanettin Duran, Director of the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA)

    With its anti-terror operations, Turkey thwarts emergence of terror corridor near its borders, says think-tank chief

  • Honor guards arrive to take position in preparation of a welcoming ceremony for President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (not seen) by U.S. President Donald Trump (not sesen) prior to their meeting at the White House in Washington, United States on November 13, 2019.

    Turkey pledges not to change its humanitarian priorities in the region and continues to stand against the self-serving approaches of other actors

  • President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2L) and U.S. President Donald Trump (3R) meet with U.S. senators in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, United States on November 13, 2019. Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu (L) and his counterpart Mike Pompeo (2R) also attended the meeting.

    President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump has contributed positively to bilateral relations. Their commitment to working together and continue negotiations was one of the meeting's concrete outcomes.

  • President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a joint press conference following their meeting at the White House in Washington, United States on November 13, 2019.

    President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump went exactly as expected. It was a very successful meeting in symbolic terms, allowing the two countries to reaffirm their commitment to working together, mend their strained relationship and keep negotiating. Turkish and U.S. officials found an opportunity to listen to each other at length.

  • President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a joint press conference following their meeting at the White House in Washington, United States on November 13, 2019.

    There were too many controversial issues on the table in President Erdoğan’s recent visit to Washington and the meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. Washington's continuing support for the People's Protection Units (YPG); the S-400 missiles; the situation with the F-35 fighter jets; Washington’s policy on the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) and other sanction bills against Turkey are urgent issues for Turkey that need to be tackled constructively by the American authorities. Only a reset in Turkish-American relations can assure a significant change, but the circumstances are not conducive to a reset. For the moment the Democratic Union Party (PYD) issue seems to be the biggest problem leading to constant tensions between the two countries.

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