Erdogan visits US amid disagreements with President Biden
Istanbul, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is travelling to ny City, knowing he has been dealt a promising hand for improving ties with the US because of developments in Afghanistan.
At the beginning of the year, then prospective US Secretary of State Antony Blinken derided Ankara as a “so-called” partner to the us over
Fast-forward to last month – after the Taliban took the Afghan capital before the US withdrawal – and Blinken tweeted that Turkey was “an important NATO ally and a useful partner within the region”.
The drastic change in tone offers Erdogan quite a glimmer of hope that relations with Washington – for several years blighted by a seemingly inexhaustible litany of disputes – might be salvageable as he travels on Sunday to attend the
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