Experts discuss conflict resolution and peacebuilding at TRT World Forum

Türkiye has developed 'significant capabilities' to solve conflicts surrounding country, says general coordinator of Ankara based-think tank SETA

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Experts discuss conflict resolution and peacebuilding at TRT World Forum
Isolated Iran uses controversial policies fuels regional conflicts

Isolated Iran uses controversial policies, fuels regional conflicts

Tehran is facing severe political, economic and social problems domestically such as the negative impacts of the long-time U.S. sanctions, poverty, unemployment, drought, migration and growing uneasiness among different segments of society

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Türkiye, which made a critical contribution to Karabakh’s liberation, also plays an important role in the region’s reconstruction.

President Erdoğan took a major step at a ceremony for the opening of four cemevis and the groundbreaking for seven others on Friday. He announced that the Presidency for Culture and Cemevis will be established at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the leaders of the Alevi-Bektashi faith will be offered permanent positions there if they desire.

What is the purpose of the European Political Community? Is it a realistic proposal? If the Community is formed, how will the EU’s relations with other countries included in the Community be affected? Several experts presented their opinions about these questions for SETA.

‘Samarkand and New York summits have shown Türkiye’s determination of following an independent, diversified and global-scale foreign policy’

Does the West have a containment policy against Türkiye?

The West’s policy of otherization and alienation toward Türkiye, a 70-year NATO member, especially in the regional crises of Syria, EastMed and Karabakh is the result of Ankara’s claim for regional leadership and an autonomous global status

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Does the West have a containment policy against Türkiye
AK Party foreign policy The regional context

AK Party foreign policy: The regional context

As Türkiye learns to use its soft power along with its military might, it continues to pursue a successful foreign policy and a role as a regional leader

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Western countries have always supported the oppressors instead of the innocent and unsurprisingly, it is no different when it comes to the Greek violence against Turkish Cypriots

The Western world is in a deep political and social crisis due to the Western people losing faith in liberal institutions and values, obscurity around NATO's future and NATO losing its credibility

What kind of Türkiye does Iran prefer? Which Türkiye can satisfy Iranian regional expectations?

The United States and the European Union had been exploiting the Middle Eastern context to prevent Turkey from following an assertive and autonomous foreign policy. After the changing dynamics in the world and the normalization process in the Middle East, most regional actors, including Turkey, have restructured their foreign relations in order to adjust their relations according to the new balances.

Ankara seeks to properly synchronize the simultaneous normalization processes with its partners for a strategic balance of power in the region

The new phase in Turkey's ties with the African continent is beyond a mere economic project, and offers a great future for both sides based on mutual gains

Yavuz Selim Kiran made comments at Ankara-based policy think-tank conference

The argument that Israel does not need to normalize its relations with Turkey, too, is quite weak. The Abraham Accords may have strengthened Tel Aviv’s hand, but a fresh nuclear deal between the United States and Iran stands to change the regional balance of power anew. In this sense, Israel would not want to be the last country to pursue normalization with Turkey.

With its new diplomatic engagements, Turkey will create further windows of opportunities to restore its foreign policy

In the light of today's cumulative security challenges, Ankara is likely to give normalization processes with its counterparts more chance

Considering the Russian president's strategies, the question is whether there can be a third option somewhere between war and reconciliation

Through Erdoğan's road map, Turkey will activate more effective foreign policy tools to strengthen its regional and global position