Turkey's foreign policy - RIs turques
Every week leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world. Last weekend’s car bombs in the Turkish town of Reyhanlı, near the Syrian border, were one of the country’s deadliest attacks in decades. Amid the increasing regional spillover from the Syrian conflict, our experts assess whether Turkey can survive the ongoing crisis. James W. Davis Director of the Institute of Political Science at the University of St.
Judy Asks: Can Turkey Withstand the Syrian Conflict?
Syrie - Davutoglu : "Assad est passé au plan B, l'épuration ethnique"
Le chef de la diplomatie turque, Ahmet Davutoglu , a accusé mercredi le président syrien Bachar el-Assad d'être passé au "plan B" dans sa lutte contre les rebelles, l'"épuration ethnique" de certaines régions de Syrie . "Je l'ai expliqué à Kerry : le grand massacre de Banias est une nouvelle étape dans les attaques menées par le régime" de Damas, a déclaré au quotidien turc Hürriyet Ahmet Davutoglu, relatant une récente conversation téléphonique avec son homologue américain, John Kerry. "Ce qui nous inquiète dans l'affaire de Banias, c'est le passage à une stratégie d'épuration ethnique d'une certaine région dès lors que le contrôle de l'ensemble du pays n'est plus possible", a poursuivi le ministre. Au moins 62 corps ont été découverts samedi dans un quartier de Banias, dans l'Ouest syrien, pris d'assaut la veille par les forces du régime de Damas, selon l'Observatoire syrien des droits de l'homme (OSDH).
26 Jan. 2013 MONS, Belgium — The first of six Patriot missile batteries deploying to Turkey was declared operational and placed under the command and control of NATO on Saturday, 26 January. The battery, provided by the Netherlands, will help to protect the city and people of Adana against missile threats. " NATO Allies asked us to augment Turkey's air defence capabilities in December, and we are delivering operational forces in January, " said Admiral James Stavridis, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe. " Thanks to the hard work of the nations providing Patriot systems, the expertise of communications specialists from six NATO nations, and the diligent planning of multinational military staff at Air Command Ramstein in Germany and at SHAPE Headquarters in Belgium, we have established this defensive capability promptly," Admiral Stavridis added.
First NATO Patriot battery in Turkey operational, 26-Jan.-2013 - Pale Moon
Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs
Wisp of nuclear deal could slip away By Kaveh L Afrasiabi As a new year begins, the White House is confronted with a brand new fork in the road: peace or conflict with Iran. Rarely have the contrasts between opposing alternatives been so sharp. Last month, United States President Barack Obama reached out to Turkey in a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, mending ties and underscoring the US's "enduring relationship" with Turkey in the wake of recent WikiLeaks disclosures casting a negative light on the American assessment of Turkey's current leadership and foreign policy orientation. One would expect such positive gestures toward Turkey would translate into greater attention by US policymakers on the possibility of a direct role for Ankara in talks over Iran's
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey agree to enhance cooperation against terror * Istanbul meeting condemns Israeli attack on Freedom Flotilla * Freight train service between Turkey and Pakistan also discussed in meeting ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey on Monday reiterated that terrorism is a crime against humanity and agreed on various steps to decisively counter the lethal nexus of terrorism, extremism and narcotics. The understanding was reached at a trilateral meeting of the three countries in Turkey, which was attended by Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Afghan Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Zalmai Rassoul and Foreign Minister Mahkdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi. The ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan also condemned the Israeli aggression on the Freedom Flotilla, and underlined their solidarity with the government and people of Turkey.
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SOURCE: AP/Tolga Bozoglu Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, left, talks to the media with his Brazilian counterpart Celso Amorim in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, July 25, 2010. Davutoğlu and Amorim voted in support of a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear standoff. By Michael Werz | November 22, 2010
Turkish Tango: Foreign Policy Dance in Ankara Requires Attention
Proposed NATO Defense Shield Fuels Discussion of New European Security Architecture
By James M. Dorsey A proposed $280 million NATO missile defense system upgrade is straining relations between the United States and Turkey in the run-up to this week’s NATO summit in Lisbon. Turkish officials say they will only agree to having radar components of the system on Turkish soil if NATO abstains from identifying any potential target of the system and promises not to share intelligence with non-NATO members. The Turkish demands reflect a mounting divergence in US and Turkish foreign policy with Turkey no longer signing up to Western policies simply to align itself with the West but instead making cost-benefit analysis a key element of its decision-making.
A proposed $280 million NATO missile defense system upgrade is straining relations between the United States and Turkey in the run-up to this week’s NATO summit in Lisbon. Turkish officials say they will only agree to having radar components of the system on Turkish soil if NATO abstains from identifying any potential target of the system and promises not to share intelligence with non-NATO members. The Turkish demands reflect a mounting divergence in US and Turkish foreign policy with Turkey no longer signing up to Western policies simply to align itself with the West but instead making cost-benefit analysis a key element of its decision-making. As a result, Turkey is demanding a quid-pro-quid for its accommodation of the proposed missile defense shield upgrade that threatens to put it between a rock and a hard place.
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By MARC CHAMPION ISTANBUL—Turkey said it would seek a leading role in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization missile-defense shield if it is to agree to host the system's radars, ratcheting up its conditions days before a key alliance meeting. Turkey would demand that NATO assign a Turkish commander to oversee the shield, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday. "Especially if this is to be placed on our soil, [command] definitely should be given to us—otherwise it is not possible to accept," Mr. Erdogan told journalists at Istanbul's Ataturk airport on Monday, according to Anadolu Ajansi, Turkey's state-funded news agency.
Turkey Seeks Command of NATO Shield
As summit begins, NATO missile shield a test of Turkey's allegiance | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 19.11.2010
Turkey is a key player in NATO plans to install a missile shield to defend against a nuclear threat from Iran. But as the alliance's summit begins on Friday, Turkish support for the plan remains uncertain. Leaders of the 28 NATO member countries begin a two-day summit in Lisbon on Friday, and next to the war in Afghanistan, a missile defense shield to defend against Iran is set to be high on the agenda.
Nicolas Gros-Verheyde / Politique étrangère / Dans sa dernière évaluation sur les progrès faits par les pays demandant l’adhésion à l’Union européenne, publié le 9 novembre, la Commission a donné un avis mitigé sur l’intégration par la Turquie de la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune. La Turquie est parvenue a?
La Turquie : toujours pas « alignée » sur les positions européennes
Dudgeon and dragons for the Americans Sometime during September, an unknown number of China's People's Liberation Army Air Force Russian-built Su-27 and Mig-29 fighters landed at the huge Konya airbase in Turkey's central Anatolia region. Within a few days they were training with Turkish US-built F-16 fighters in the first ever military exercise of its kind between China and a NATO country. The brief training exercise, significantly held under the aegis of the 'Anatolian Eagle' series of joint military manoeuvres with NATO and other friendly powers, reflects multiple factors that will take some time for Turkey's allies to fully decipher. From a western perspective, China's sudden appearance on NATO's southern flank and other Chinese military adventures in the so-called 'Stans of Central Asia at about the same time was provocative in a period when relations between Beijing and Washington and many European countries are strained by a mixture of economic and military tensions.
China's Air Force Goes Abroad
2007 April 30 3way, AF-PK-TU discussions
USA - Turkey
Ahmet Davutoğlu's "strategic depth"
With all the attention in Iraq over the last five years focused on the fate of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, the conflict between Sunni and Shi’ite, the role of Iran, the security of Anbar province, the “surge” and, most recently, the further deterioration of Basra, the situation in northern Iraq has only received sporadic attention. The conventional view has been that the predominantly Kurdish north has been the one relatively stable part of Iraq since the beginning of “Operation Iraqi Freedom” and thus was a good story. Unlike other parts of the country, the invasion left the north relatively unscathed and what became known as the Kurdish Regional Government enjoyed a 12-year head start in building government institutions. In the immediate post-Saddam period, the KRG was able to deliver services and, importantly, security to the area.
Turkey's Problematic Middle East Role - Council on Foreign Relat
"Similarly, Ankaras northern Iraq policies reflect a certain amount of cognitive dissonance. While the Turks never believed that Baghdad had any control over developments in the north, they were consistent in their refusal to deal directly with representatives of the KRG." by Jun 20
2008/04/17 : "despite Turkish complaints to the contrary, there is no real evidence that the Iraqi Kurdish leadership has provided material support to the PKK." by Jun 20
Turkey - Israël
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