Media mentions – Turkey
On both issues Putin holds enormous leverage over Erdogan
Erdogan has been saying he would like to [launch] another cross-border [operation] into Syria and it’s clear he wants to do this before the Turkish elections
The public anger in Iraq has put pressure on Iraqi politicians to respond
Turkey is skillfully walking a middle path, signaling to the Americans that it won’t just be a compliant ally and do what we want, but they’re signaling the same thing to the Russians
Jeremy Shapiro comments on the trilateral meeting of the leaders of Iran, Russia and Turkey
There is an acceptance among western allies that Turkey is involved in this balancing act that it’s not going to cut off relations with Russia
Asli Aydintasbas comments on the grain negotiations facilitated by Turkey
Turkey didn’t get all that it wanted, and certainly Sweden did not, but that’s the art of diplomacy,
Asli Aydıntaşbaş comments on the compromise that prevented Turkey’s veto against Sweden and Finland joining NATO
Ukrainians have a very difficult balancing act: in this case, they don’t want to look like obstructionist, even when Russia is stealing their grain
Turkey wanted clearly a more expanded big grand bargain with NATO. It’s not getting that