Turkey learned much from the Arab Spring process, and especially the Syrian civil war. This learning period was directly reflected in Erdoğan's policies.
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Washington's flawed Daesh policy, which was cooked for Barack Obama and reheated for Mr. Trump, pushed regional powers to use terrorist groups as proxies.
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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.
It is true that the Iran expansionism is one of the great threats that must be stopped. However, Trump's current policy on Iran could only cause more chaos and terror in the Middle East
We must find answers to a number of key questions: are the U.S. and the U.K. assuming the leadership of an emerging coalition? Is an alliance between Germany and France still feasible? Could Turkey work more closely with Italy, Spain and the U.K.?
The failure of international cooperation in the fight against terrorism worldwide is as responsible in the deadly London attack as its perpetrator
The U.S.'s gameplan with the YPG militants, again, evidently fails to find a solution to the clashes in the region
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Erdoğan's road map in the AK Party will open a new era that disables the former crises to be repeated
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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
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 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
How U.S. support to the PYD/PKK in Syria will affect the Turkey-U.S. relationship? What will be the implications of the U.S. strategy to defeat DAESH for the region? How is the PKK taking advantage of the U.S. military assistance to the YPG?
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
Foreseeing the crisis of the Western world order, Turkey, at the demand of its people, is leaving the westernization policies as its official policy
In Mr. Trump upcoming meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, he can fix his predecessor's mistakes.