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“Turkey has always done its own thing: “rejection of subjugation to the West has long been the bedrock of Turkish politics, whether its leadership was religious or secular, leftist or rightwing.”
“🇹🇷launched a brisk charm offensive with the EU and the new 🇺🇸president. A case in point was Erdoğan’s speech on 22.11.2020, in which he said, “We see ourselves as an inseparable part of 🇪🇺. We have always been the strongest member of Western Alliances, NATO in particular.”
“🇹🇷leadership is prone to repeatedly adjusting its foreign policy narratives to suit domestic political requirements. This creates massive foreign policy uncertainty for Ankara’s 🇪🇺 and 🇺🇸partners because🇹🇷 simultaneously plays friend and foe or acts both with and against NATO.”
https://t.co/SGOs5GtFW1
“On the political side, Turkey’s partners will have to assess the strategic risk of a leadership that routinely uses anti-Western, conspiracy-based, nationalist narratives while ignoring several of its international commitments.”
#EU leaders ponder #Turkey's conciliatory statements #US leaders revisit theirTurkish policy.
— Marc Pierini (@MarcPierini1) January 27, 2021
But many questions:
- Will #Ankara return to @NATO's defense architecture?
- Will announced democratic & judiciary reforms go beyond opportunistic words?https://t.co/frqcLdoxWC
“🇹🇷launched a brisk charm offensive with the EU and the new 🇺🇸president. A case in point was Erdoğan’s speech on 22.11.2020, in which he said, “We see ourselves as an inseparable part of 🇪🇺. We have always been the strongest member of Western Alliances, NATO in particular.”
“🇹🇷leadership is prone to repeatedly adjusting its foreign policy narratives to suit domestic political requirements. This creates massive foreign policy uncertainty for Ankara’s 🇪🇺 and 🇺🇸partners because🇹🇷 simultaneously plays friend and foe or acts both with and against NATO.”
https://t.co/SGOs5GtFW1
“On the political side, Turkey’s partners will have to assess the strategic risk of a leadership that routinely uses anti-Western, conspiracy-based, nationalist narratives while ignoring several of its international commitments.”