NATO and Balkans: First; reforms, resolve internal differences, good neighborly relations, contribute to security operations!

Clinton Affirms NATO Open-door Membership Policy   Gaining membership can be a lengthy and challenging process. We need to stick with it and remember our ultimate goal: a stronger, more durable, more effective NATO. The enlargement of the alliance, done right, is a core element of NATO’s purpose and its community. Georgia is advancing toward [...]

BMD details & Summit Declaration on Afghanistan. (en-fr)

Radar station in Turkey will do the job if there’s a crisis.   Allies themselves have committed to invest over $1 billion in command and control and communications infrastructure needed to support the NATO ballistic missile defense system. And the President has directed the transfer of the operational control of the radar in Turkey to [...]

Genelkurmay’a güvenmek zorundayız.

Ülkeyi Genelkurmay mı yönetiyor ?  Türkiye’yi ana muhalefet partisi CHP’nin idare etmediğini çok iyi biliyorum. İnsansız hava araçları direkt olarak Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri’nin emrinde hareket ederler. Şu anda Amerika’daki seçimler sebebiyle oradaki mevcut iktidarı zora düşürme gayreti içerisinde olan bir yayın politikasını mevcut gazete kendisine gaye edinmişse onu bilemem. ***

NATO’s 25th summit meeting – NATO Şikago Zirvesi & Turkey/Türkiye: File/Dossier/Dosya. (en/fr/tr)

Cumhurbaşkanı Gül’ü yoğun bir gündem bekliyor! Ülkemizin İttifak’a üye olmasının 60. yıldönümünde gerçekleşen bu yılki NATO Zirvesi’nin ana gündemi, maddi kaynak kullanımında azami etkinlik sağlanarak, İttifak’ın 21. yüzyıl güvenlik ortamının beraberinde getirdiği tehdit ve sorunların üstesinden gelmesini sağlayacak savunma imkân ve yetenekleriyle mücehhez kılınmasıdır. Bu kapsamda NATO Balistik Füze Savunması Sistemi, Akıllı Savunma Konsepti ve [...]

Positive EU-Turkey agenda launched in Ankara (en-tr)

Türkiye-AB arasında ‘Pozitif Gündem’ dönemi. ©photocredit   This is a special day in the EU-Turkey relationship – the day of opening positive agenda in the EU-Turkey accession process. This positive agenda should bring fresh dynamics and a new momentum into our relations. Our aim is to keep the accession process alive and put it properly [...]

Une coopération plus étroite entre l’Union et la Turquie. (de/en/fr/tr)

The Positive Agenda in EU-Turkey relations lauches… ©photocredit  The positive agenda is very much based on the conviction that we need to intensify our dialogue and cooperation to solve the challenges we face. Our citizens can not afford that we just pronounce our unconditional positions and let time pass without any progress. Building a new [...]

Global Trade Logistics Performance Slows Down. (Turkey 27. in the ranking)

But many countries like Chile, China, India, Morocco, South Africa, and the U.S. continued to improve.  Trade logistics is key to economic competitiveness, growth, and poverty reduction,” said Otaviano Canuto, World Bank Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM). “Unfortunately, the logistics gap between rich and poor countries continues and the convergence trend [...]

Euro Crisis & Turkey.

Back with a Vengeance ©photocredit   Europe’s economic fragility impacts the global economy in many ways—and all of them are bad. Europe is not growing. When it’s all added up, we are talking about the world’s largest economy, and when it is in recession everyone suffers. ***

EU’s new sanctions and NATO’s likely “role” on Syria.

Syria: Council strengthens EU sanctions once more ©photocredit   In view of the gravity of the situation in Syria, the Council today reinforced once more EU restrictive measures against the Syrian regime. It froze the assets of two entities financially supporting the regime and targeted three additional persons with a travel ban and an asset [...]

Dağı delersin, ama dağı Ferhat deler!

Onun için vuracağız dağlara çoğu gitti azı kaldı diyeceğiz… ©photocredit  Mesele aşık olmak. Aşk bu, çok önemli bir şey. Aşk öyle sıradan, basit bir olay değil. Erkeğin kadınla bir araya gelmesi değil. Aşkı böyle tanımlarsan çözemezsin. Aşk kişinin sevdiğinde yok olmasıdır, mesele budur. Biz vatanımızı öyle seviyoruz, milletimiz öyle seviyoruz ve sizde yok oluyoruz, olacağız. [...]

Annan’s Plan Threatened With Failure?

“Moment of truth” as the deadline for thinking of a “Plan B,” on July 21st  The nearest discussion of “Plan B” scenarios revolves around Turkey thinking of putting forward Article 5 before the gathering of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) in Chicago on the 20th and 21st of this month in order to obtain some [...]

US-TURKEY RELATIONS.

ARAB SPRING AND THE SEARCH FOR MODEL PARTNERSHIP   The trajectory of model partnership will depend on the peaceful resolution of regional problems and transformation of the region toward democracy. Both the US and Turkey have strong interests in a stable and democratic region. If a military showdown with Iran can be avoided and progress [...]

New Partnership” With Turkey.

U.S. Needs to Deepen Ties with Turkey Despite Concerns   The U.S.-Turkey relationship is much broader than the Armenian tragedy, the parlous state of Turkey- Israel relations, or the false debates about Turkey’s place in the West. Washington “needs to see Turkey as a potential strategic partner. The new Turkey …is not well understood by [...]

Europe’s Energy Security Options and Challenges…

Natural Gas Supply Diversification ; a Washington view ©photocredit  Central Asia may hold the greatest potential for new natural gas supplies for Europe, but currently those supplies would have to transit Russia to arrive in the European market. The delays in developing a southern corridor natural gas pipeline route to Europe have forced Central Asian [...]

Change in the Middle East and Turkey…

Issues Affecting U.S.-Israel Relations   The closer convergence of U.S. and Turkish interests on regional developments since late 2010, especially with respect to the uprising in Syria and to Turkey’s hosting of a U.S. radar for a NATO-approved missile defense system, may be softening congressional concerns about Turkey’s regional policies and alignment. Whether ongoing political [...]