873: Turkey rides astride several strongest horses. @aykan_erdemir @FDD Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres
Image: Two Kurdish women fill their water cans from a stream at a refugee camp near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camps were established by the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes in northern Iraq to escape Iraqi government forces. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort Turkey rides astride several strongest horses. @aykan_erdemir @FDD Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres Aykan Erdemir, @aykan_erdemir, and Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres, Conference of Presidents, in re: in re: S-400 sanctions, Eastern Med, Turkey-Israel rapprochement? There are many historical links between Turkey and Azerbaijan, but Erdogan’s presence at the victory parade has to do with his help in the recent war. In 2018, Turkey was the first nation to be hit with Magnitsky sanctions; drift from the Atlantic alliance; but also credit Putin, who could exacerbate conflict within NATO. Turkey’s defense procurement agency being targeted is actually effective. Turkey is a politicized and divided society; opini0n polls: every time Erdogan scores a victory abroad, his popularity goes up 2% but doesn’t stay. The economy is how voters evaluate him. Erdogan has been critical of the Abraham Accords, but knows that his position is precarious, so he’s reached out to Israel, perhaps half-heartedly; sent a political appointee as ambassador, someone known for his peculiar view of Jews. Dr. Aykan Erdemir, senior director of FDD’s Turkey program, is a former member of the Turkish Parliament (2011 to 2015) who served in the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, EU Harmonization Committee, and the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee on the IT Sector and the Internet. https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/12/15/defending-forward-american-interests-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/ https://www.ekathimerini.com/260313/article/ekathimerini/comment/edelman-erdemir-us-counterweight-needed-in-the-eastern-mediterranean http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/396950.aspx https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/turkeys-regime-seeks-to-isolate-israel-using-reconciliation-propaganda-651911