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Turkish Foreign Policy

Turkish Foreign Policy
What are Turkey’s power and intent?

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Ankara’s intervention in Libya fueled a fresh debate in European and Middle Eastern capitals on …
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    Opinion

    Turkey has been following a two-track foreign policy for the last two decades. On the one hand, Turkey has been following an Ankara-centered and relatively independent foreign policy. After the collapse of the bipolar world, Turkey, similar to many other countries, has been trying to increase autonomy in its foreign policy.
  • US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thanked Turkey on Tuesday for sending medical aid to the country amid the novel coronavirus outbreak on Twitter with this taken picture: "During times of crisis, @NATO Allies must stand together. We thank Turkey for their generous donation of medical supplies and protective equipment to help us fight #COVID19 in our hardest hit areas. Americans are grateful for your friendship, partnership and support."
    Opinion

    Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis a lot of countries and international institutions failed in the test of containing and managing this crisis. Among these, were the most advanced nations, economic powerhouses of the world and the most sophisticated regional organizations.
  • President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (right) and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg perform the traditional hands-free Turkish greeting following a meeting in Brussels on March 10, 2020. (AA Photo)
    Opinion

    It's fair to say the world is more than fixated on the COVID-19 outbreak. The fear of illness unites us all. We are watching the virus spread and adapting our daily lives by taking precautions accordingly. Society’s current concern over contracting the disease is unlike that of any previous security concern

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  • President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint session of National Assembly and Senate in Islamabad, Pakistan on February 14, 2020.

    Turkey and Pakistan have always had a particularly close relationship. During the Turkish War of Independence, India's Muslim community contributed to the war effort. That affinity evolved into a deeply-rooted fraternity upon the foundation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

  • Total of 150 military vehicles of Turkish Armed Forces' pass through Reyhanli district of Turkey's Hatay as they are being deployed to Syria border as reinforcements, including howitzers, tanks, ammunition, armored construction machines and other military vehicles on February 17, 2020.

    Turkey is fighting on three fronts to manage the Idlib crisis: a military operation, diplomacy and international public opinion.

  • Turkish and Russian flags

    It is true President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin have had an amenable relationship. Turkey and Russia are also both regional actors that share partnerships on many issues. The recent cooperation between the two countries is not as black and white as foreign affairs and alliances between countries were during the Cold War. To call this period of cooperation a "honeymoon," however, would be incorrect.

  • Armoured personnel carriers and tanks of Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) are seen on their way as Turkey continues to deploy reinforcements to observation points in Syria's Idlib on February 09, 2020 in Hatay, Turkey.TAF deployed armoured personnel carriers (APC), launching pads, tanks and ammunitions to observation points in Syria's Idlib.

    No region will be safe or secure unless the Syrian regime brutality is put to an end

  • Syrian families, who have been forced to displace due to the ongoing attacks carried out by Assad regime and Russia, are seen on their way to safer zones with their belongings, from Daret Izze, Etarib regions in Idlib, Syria on February 11, 2020. More than 27.000 civilians have fled their homes falling inside the Idlib de-escalation zone in Syria over the last four days due to attacks of regime and its allies.

    Even though the Syrian crisis continues to influence politics in the Middle East and the global balance, the European Union and major European powers, like the U.K., Germany and France, have continued to be the most reluctant and ineffective actors dealing with the crisis.

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