TURKPULSE No:136
TURKEY IN THE AFTERMATH OF
IRAQI ELECTIONS
TURKPULSE No:136
TURKEY IN THE AFTERMATH OF
IRAQI ELECTIONS
Turkey’s prospective attitude towards the outcome of the 30 January general elections in Iraq was highlighted by two opposed concerns in the world, but neither apprehension proved justified. The first was the US-led West’s apprehension that Turkey could use military force against the Kurds in northern Iraq, especially over Kirkuk, and the other was the direct opposite, i.e. the possibility of the Turkish Government’s acceptance of Washington’s persistent demands to use Incirlik as a logistics centre for the Bush Administration’s BME (Broader Middle East) policy. For an objective analysis in the light of Turkey’s foreign policy and security realities please read the article below.
TURKPULSE No:137
MUTUAL MISUNDERSTANDINGS
– TURKEY/USA
The United States seems to be sincere in its utter surprise and annoyance about the surge of anti-American feelings among the Turkish people, and paradoxically the Turks are equally sincere in their failure to understand why. The latest example of these mutual misunderstandings was again a press-release from the American Embassy in Ankara last week and again the uncontrollable remark in surprise and annoyance of the Turkish people: “Again the same ambassador with the same bullying by the guilty.” The article below is an attempt to explain the Turkish side’s outlook and feelings in this tragic chain of misunderstandings between the two great nations with the hope that they will eventually come round to the point of speaking mutually understandable languages before it is too late.