Turkey Works toward Honorable Agreement in Qatar Deadlock
Turkish policy makers backing Doha is a highly significant approach to reconcile Qatar and its opposition
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Qatar-Gulf Rift Is First Step toward New Political Engineering in Region
SETA Foreign Policy Studies Director Ufuk Ulutaş said that the recent Gulf crisis is an attempt to redesign Middle East politics and it is not about the alleged support of terrorism by Qatar, but rather a result of Qatar following its own terms in regional matters.
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The attempt to politically ostracise the tiny emirate is more likely to isolate Riyadh than to bring Qatar to its knees.
Turkey learned much from the Arab Spring process, and especially the Syrian civil war. This learning period was directly reflected in Erdoğan's policies.
Today, the AK Party no longer has to try and prove its legitimacy. After all, it was the party's ability to survive the smear campaigns that shaped its brand of politics.
Erdoğan's road map in the AK Party will open a new era that disables the former crises to be repeated
US Support of YPG Is a Disagreement Point, but There Is Still a Chance for Working Together
Arming of YPG is a wrong decision for the US and deteriorated TR-US relations.
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It Is Highly Unlikely For Erdogan to Get What Turkey Has Been Expecting From US Administration
Ufuk Ulutas commented on the issues of FETO and US support to YPG after President Erdogan-Trump meeting.
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The AK Party's insistence for dynamism and change will help refresh itself in the new period under the leadership of Erdoğan
President Erdogan’s accomplished performance of development in many areas such as reforms, development, energy and trade since 2003, is AK Party’s main advantage in the next period.
Mr. Trump's determination to work with Turkey has the potential to create a new trend of cooperation in re-designing the Middle East
The post-congress transformation of Turkey's political economy will move along the axes of high economic growth and developmentalism, institutional and structural reforms and political normalization
Putting aside the past crises, Turkish and U.S. leaders should give a start to a fresh new era in bilateral relations
The meeting at the White House between presidents Erdoğan and Trump gives us a piece of good news for the future of the Turkish-U.S. relations
If Trump continues to be manipulated by Obama's advisers to determine his Syria policy, he'll be remembered as a failed U.S. president in the future just like Obama
Washington will find itself at odds with Turkey’s strategic goals unless Ankara’s concerns about the PKK are addressed
The YPG decision, which was an irrational move even for the U.S. itself, was an attempt by Obama's men to sabotage the upcoming Erdoğan-Trump meeting
There is still not an exit strategy and there is still the lack of transparency in the U.S. arrangement with the YPG.
The timing of the decision to arm the YPG played into the hands of certain groups that had been lobbying against a fresh start between Washington and Ankara
The U.S.'s official support to the Syrian militant group is likely to c ause real tension at the Erdoğan-Trump meeting
American indifference toward Ankara's strong demands concerning the isolation of the YPG creates deep disappointment and frustration in Turkey
