Erdogan Needs a Reset with the US but Congress Could Stand in the Way

Sinan Ciddi and Tyler Stapleton in Kathimerini English Edition:
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My latest for Kathimerini English Edition w/ Tyler Stapleton argues that Erdogan's (supposed) desire for a reset with Washington may run aground👇
ekathimerini.com/opinion/123764…

“🇹🇷 May Soon Deploy Controversial Russian S-400s”

Wait-! What happened to the “reset” and “positive synergy” theories after the elections-wasn’t Erdogan going to soften?? oh well…

businessinsider.com/turkey-may-soo…

“Turkey May Soon Deploy Controversial Russian S-400s”

Wait-! What happened to the “reset” and “positive synergy” theories after the elections-wasn’t Erdogan going to soften?? oh well…businessinsider.com/turkey-may-soo…

It’s totally OK to bomb Kurds. When you call them out, explanation is always the same: “but we only bomb terrorists”. Point out that the 🇹🇷military is literally terrorizing and killing civilians, they say, prove it. When you give proof, it’s “biassed”🤷‍♂️ hrw.org/news/2023/11/0….

Love it when Islamists come together at a conference to condemn terrorism, under the banner of Parliamentarians for Al-Quds - an organization with strong ties to designated terrorist entities

📺 the whole farcical event here: youtube.com/watch?v=qTXxjv…

Most of the aid arriving in Gaza comes from 🇹🇷 --29% to be exact. There is clearly a mechanism that works.

Is there a better explanation then, for sending a lone flotilla, other than to precipitate a military crisis?

govextra.gov.il/cogat/humanita…

Delighted to see this 🇹🇷 accounts for the majority of aid delivered to Gaza (29%). Why does IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation insist on sending a flotilla that wld breach naval blockade?

IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation -a sanctioned org w/ties to terrorist entities has 1 aim: provoke conflict pappas.house.gov/media/press-re…

🇹🇷 as a mediator in the Gaza conflict? Fairly accurate to assume that I have a greater chance of winning a Grammy. Still, worth thinking about?

w/my comments included barrons.com/news/hamas-lea…

This is a more likely explanation:

🇹🇷sources stating that Erdogan has cancelled his Washington visit in May.

Cancelled or “uninvited”? Methinks they are hiding something…

What can we say? Washington will be sooooooo sad he can’t come. Pleaaaase reconsider🙏 !! odatv.com/guncel/dunya-o…

I’d laugh if he wasn’t so absurd. If 🇹🇷 held the #hypocrisy olympics, Erdogan and this guy would win gold at every single event

Knowing Fidan’s past, should tell you one thing: this is what terrorists wearing ties & suits look like

For the uninitiated, by way of association, ALL of the persons named below, as well as Erdogan himself-down to the fuel truck company which supplies fuel to Haniyeh's plane (and the company that insures it) are sanctionable under US law

What an utter disgrace!

I'm done with *any* 🇹🇷 person who poses with and/or has a portrait of Erdogan in their office-esp. govt workers. It signals you 💯 % stand in solidarity w/global Islamist terrorism

Symbols matter and you have a choice. What an insult to the office once held by Mustafa Kemal

Shameful picture

In a scenario, where conflict b/w Israel & Iran escalates, where Israel's Western allies are compelled to help, it's worth pointing out, 🇹🇷 will be a roadblock-at a minimum

Worst case? Ankara pursues an adversarial path at odds w/🇺🇸 & the West. This is where things are headed

Yup, said that👇

Consistency in 🇹🇷FP? Only in its support for #Hamas . FM Fidan-the guy who established Hamas in Turkey- meets Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar earlier today. Just our NATO ally, keepin’ its usual classy company!

Where are all the dudes with Kemal Ataturk bumper stickers, tattoos, bellowing 'we are soldiers of Mustafa Kemal'?

Are you not remotely disturbed this thug compared 🇹🇷 signature national resistance movement to that of rapists, murderers and terrorists?

Where is your outrage?

Erdogan outdid himself today. Addressing his parliamentary group, he compared #Hamas as being the mirror equivalent of Ataturk’s National Resistance Movement of the 1920s

A disgraceful excuse for a human being