Kadir Ustun, the Executive Director of SETA DC, was featured on Al Jazeera, where he discussed Türkiye’s stance on Sweden’s bid to join NATO.
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What is the background and significance of the Turkish foreign minister’s visit to Washington? What are the differences and similarities between the two countries’ Ukraine policies? Will the U.S. sell F-16s to Türkiye? What is Türkiye’s position on Finland and […]
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Western media’s Türkiye coverage in focus as elections loom
Ahead of the May 2023 elections in Türkiye, the Western media launched a campaign to “unite the opposition to get rid of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.” In recent months, anti-Turkish and anti-Erdoğan articles have appeared more and more frequently in United States […]
Biden’s visit to the Middle East comes at a time when regional actors are reaching out to each other to reconcile their differences. The trip is unlikely to change the broader US retrenchment in the region, despite Biden’s vow to launch a “new […]
Russian invasion of Ukraine has mobilized NATO and the Western alliance, and it is finally creating a new conversation about the future of regional security arrangements
United States President Joe Biden hosted the Summit for Democracy, an ambitious virtual meeting, on Dec. 9-10. The summit, to which 110 nations were invited, had already faced criticism over the choice of participants. Washington invited Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, […]
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Who cares about ‘where Turkey is headed’?
The history of political life in Turkey is arguably the history of the following question: “Where is Turkey headed?” Both leaders and ideological movements have traditionally been preoccupied with this question. From the Ottoman Empire’s modernization and the republic’s early […]
The G-20 summit in Rome gave President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a platform to showcase his skills in leader-to-leader diplomacy. Having covered his trip personally, my sense is that his most important meetings were with U.S. President Joe Biden and French […]
On Wednesday, October 27, 2021, The SETA Foundation at Washington, DC hosted a virtual panel of experts to discuss ‘US-Turkey Relations: Challenges and Opportunities ahead of the G20 Summit.’ The discussion featured The Honorable Robert Wexler, President of the S. […]
Turkey has returned from the brink of a major crisis with Western governments. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan doubled down in response to an Oct. 18 statement by 10 ambassadors that meddled in Turkey’s internal affairs and infringed on its right to sovereignty: […]
Ahead of a tentative meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Joe Biden at the G20 summit in Rome, there remain major issues between the two countries that could derail the relationship – but there are also signs of improvement.
By all indications, 2022 will be a year full of intense arguments and discussions. Koray Aydın, deputy chairperson of the Good Party (IP), just poured fuel on the fire that the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairperson Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu […]
The SETA Foundation at Washington DC and the Foreign Policy Association hosted a private reception with H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
On Wednesday, September 29, 2021, The SETA Foundation at Washington DC hosted a private roundtable discussion on the Cyprus question and strategic challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean. The conversation focused on regional dynamics that have implications for the US-Turkish relationship and a number of allies in the region.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is known for his powerful speeches at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). His address to the assembly’s 76th session was no different. Stressing that the world was on a dangerous path, in terms of climate […]
A meeting of the European Union’s leaders last week fell short of expectations. The summit, which focused on relations with Russia and Turkey, ultimately yielded a result that unsettled Moscow and did not satisfy Ankara. The German-French proposal to hold […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wrapped up an intense week of diplomacy at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF). The event, which paid homage to the world’s first parliament in the nearby ancient city of Patara, was designed to find a response […]
It was clear that there was a positive atmosphere in the speeches made at the NATO summit, but will the positive atmosphere captured at the meeting continue in the next period for Turkey-U.S. relations? It is true that there are […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had a week full of summits and international trips. He attended the NATO summit, where he met U.S. President Joe Biden and other Western leaders, before flying to Azerbaijan, where he visited Baku and Shusha, that country’s cultural capital. […]
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From Brussels to Shusha, Erdoğan’s diplomacy takes hold
Turkey has been highly active in the international arena recently as all eyes were on the NATO summit and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s meeting with United States President Joe Biden. A high-level delegation, led by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, paid […]
Yesterday, one of the most significant summit meetings between Turkey and the U.S. took place in Brussels on the sidelines of the NATO summit. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with U.S. President Joe Biden for the first time since his election […]
All eyes are on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s June 14 meeting with United States President Joe Biden in Brussels, Belgium. Multiple times since the Biden administration took over, I have noted that Washington has become aware of Turkey’s active involvement […]
June will be a particularly busy month for Turkey in the international arena. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is due to meet United States President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the NATO Summit on June 14. Later this month, the European Union’s […]
The week after next, for the first time since his inauguration, United States President Joe Biden will attend diplomatic summits in Europe. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions in the first six months of his presidency, Biden only attended high-level summits remotely through […]
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US’ unilateral actions against Turkey source of problem
The backlash over U.S. President Joe Biden’s statement on the so-called Armenian “genocide” continues. Deeming the Turkish government’s reaction insufficient, opposition leaders argued that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lacked “the courage to hang up on Biden.” Main opposition Republican People’s […]
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Erdoğan-Biden’s June meeting potential venue for rescuing ties
The statement of U.S. President Joe Biden last Saturday in regards to the 1915 events has generated more tension in bilateral relations between Turkey and the United States. For years now, the issue has been a fault line between the two nations. […]
By describing the 1915 events as “genocide,” United States President Joe Biden has inflicted a wound in bilateral relations that will bleed continuously. It is no secret that Ankara and Washington have been in a state of constant tension in recent years. […]
Last week an act of terrorism shook Turkey to its core. A total of 13 Turkish citizens kidnapped by PKK terrorists in previous years were executed in the Gara region of northern Iraq. Turkish security forces found the bodies in a cave. During […]
Eighty-seven Turkish parliamentarians responded to a scandalous letter that 54 United States senators sent to U.S. President Joe Biden on Turkey. The statement, which members of four major parties – except the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) – signed, reminded the American lawmakers that their […]
If Biden cannot renew miscalculated U.S. foreign policy, there is no way to talk about a positive future for relations with Turkey Even before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, there were different projections about the election’s impact on the future […]