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Tuesday, 7 August 2007
US works to ease tensions with Turkey
Bush administration officials see Turkey's recent election as an opportunity to improve strained relations with an important ally, but they face obstacles that may be beyond their control. Read more...
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Tuesday, 31 July 2007
US joins Turkey's war against rebel Kurds
(Guradian) The Pentagon confirmed today that it is working closely with the Turkish government to crush Kurdish guerrillas operating from bases in northern Iraq. Read more...
President Bush's Broken Promises
(Wall Street Journal) During his last 18 months in office, President Bush confronts a broader set of international crises than in his first 18 months. While pundits blame unilateralism and the Iraq war, the deterioration of Washington's relations with once-staunch allies has less to do with a lack of diplomacy and more to do with its kind.
Too often, the administration has sacrificed long-term credibility for short-term calm. Take Turkey. At the June 2004 NATO summit in Istanbul, President Bush promised Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the U.S. military would shut down Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) terrorists in Iraq. Read more...
Too often, the administration has sacrificed long-term credibility for short-term calm. Take Turkey. At the June 2004 NATO summit in Istanbul, President Bush promised Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the U.S. military would shut down Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) terrorists in Iraq. Read more...
PKK insurgency grows as AK Party renews debate on cross-border operations
(Eurasia daily) Fresh from its landslide victory in the Turkish elections of July 22, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has once again begun to increase pressure on the United States to move against elements of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) based in northern Iraq. Read more...
Labels: foreign policy, iraq, U.S.
Monday, 30 July 2007
U.S. says working with Turkey to solve PKK "problem"
(Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Monday it is working with Turkey to resolve a "serious problem" posed by the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party, but declined comment on a media report of secret plans to stop rebel violence. Read more...
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Turkey set to defy US and hunt Kurdish rebels
(Telegraph) Turkey's newly elected government is prepared to turn its back on its long-standing alliance with the United States to counter the threat of Kurdish terrorism, one of the closest allies of the prime minister has warned.
Egemen Bagis, foreign policy advisor to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Turkish forces were prepared to mount operations against Kurdish PKK fighters who had taken refuge in Iraq, because the US had failed to intervene. Read more...Bush's Turkish Gamble
(Washingtonpost) The morass in Iraq and deepening difficulties in Afghanistan have not deterred the Bush administration from taking on a dangerous and questionable new secret operation. High-level U.S. officials are working with their Turkish counterparts on a joint military operation to suppress Kurdish guerrillas and capture their leaders. Through covert activity, their goal is to forestall Turkey from invading Iraq. Read more...
Tuesday, 17 July 2007
Cook: Border Crisis between Turkey, Iraq Worsens U.S.-Turkey Ties
(Council on Foreign Relations) A week away from crucial parliamentary elections in Turkey, relations between the United States and Turkey have been severely strained over Turkey’s concerns over the PKK separatist group given safe haven in the Kurdistan area of northern Iraq. CFR Fellow Stephen A. Cook says a recent major poll shows that “in Turkey, a NATO country firmly allied with the United States over the last fifty years, only 9 percent of Turks have a favorable view of the United States.” Read more...
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Monday, 16 July 2007
US criticises Turkey-Iran gas deal
US is not happy with the close energy cooperation between Turkey and Iran. The United States today spoke out against a preliminary agreement between Turkey and its eastern neighbour Iran to carry natural gas from Iran and Turkmenistan to Europe, the Anatolia news agency reported.
'It does not seem wise to put increasing trust in Iran as a source and transit country of natural gas' when it is under sanctions over its nuclear programme, the agency quoted Kathryn Schalow, the spokeswoman for the US embassy here as saying. Read more...
See also our dossier on US-Turkey relations, Turkish energy policy.
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Analysis: America’s Perspective on Turkish EU Relations
(Article by Nicholas Danforth): "America has consistently supported Turkey ’s bid to join the European Union, believing that Turkish membership will advance America ’s strategic interests by cementing Turkey
Friday, 13 July 2007
Turkish diplomat says U.S. weapons going to Kurdish guerillas
Turkey's ambassador to Washington said Wednesday that U.S. weapons have been turning up in the hands of Kurdish guerillas staging attacks in Turkey. Moreover, Turkey is claiming that the United States is not doing enough to influence Kurdish politicians in key positions in the Iraqi government to crack down on the Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK, which has been fighting for an independent Kurdistan within Turkey for decades. Read more...
See also our dossier on U.S.-Turkey relations and Turkish Iraq policy.
See also our dossier on U.S.-Turkey relations and Turkish Iraq policy.
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