TURKPULSE No:23 THE
“MULKIYE” FACTOR IN TURKEY’S FOREIGN POLICY TURKPULSE No:23 THE
“MULKIYE” FACTOR IN TURKEY’S FOREIGN POLICY
The key role played by the army in Turkey’s national security is world famous, whereas Mulkiye’s role is less prominent. The following article is an analysis of this role in regard to the outstanding foreign policy and security questions facing Turkey today. The daring, but realistic steps taken by FM Ilter Turkmen in the eighties have eased Turkey’s diplomacy’s problems today.
TURKPULSE No:25 ANKARA
IMPROVES RELATIONS WITH IRAQ
with enormous strategic consequences -much to the chagrin of Washington. The question now is how far both sides will go in their reactions and counter-reactions in this reshaping of the two countries’ Middle East and Gulf policies. Below is an analysis of the situation from Ankara’s angle and the importance of the Gulf for Turkey. President Clinton’s definition of “strategic cooperation” with Turkey is certainly going through hard times despite the withdrawal of the Armenian genocide bill from Congress. In return, new trends and outcomes are in the offing for this strategically vital region of the world. Russian PM Kasyanov`s imminent visit to Ankara may be a landmark in this regard.
TURKPULSE No:26 ANKARA
AND POWEL DIPLOMACY IN THE LIGHT OF CLINTON’S PROPHESY
Gen. Colin Powel, President-elect Bush’s choice for the Secretary of State, has pledged to give top priority to re-energizing sanctions against Iraq. Turkey claims to have lost $30-40 billion from these sanctions in the last ten years and prepares to implement a much different foreign policy in this regard than the new American diplomacy. Below is a short account of what is in store for Turkey and the United States in their foreign policy preferences. Ankara is taking the utmost care for the prevention of these differences harming its relations with the West, particularly with Washington.