Leaders in Washington and Brussels, who want to support a coalition that supports Ukraine, want Turkey to re-establish its historic alliance with the West. writes about it Bloomberg.
The publication points out that much depends on the rivalry between 69-year-old Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and 74-year-old Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. The article said, “The most important question for the whole world is what Turkish diplomacy and economic policy will be.”
Bloomberg details, “Erdogan has assumed an increasingly assertive and independent role in the world, often at odds with the United States and the European Union, which have effectively frozen Turkey’s membership bid.” Erdogan wants to be re-elected in the 14 May elections. It changed almost everything, from the basic tools of managing a $900 billion economy to Turkey’s position on the chessboard of the new Cold War.
Turkey’s opposition says it wants to re-establish relations with the United States and Europe. This includes removing obstacles to Sweden’s NATO membership. “Turkey needs to fix its growing distance with the West,” said Ahmet Unal Ceviköz, Turkey’s former ambassador to Azerbaijan and now a senior official of the Kılıçdaroğlu party.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu had previously said that the Western press had manipulated the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey to implement the US plan. HE accused The West is trying to take revenge on Turkey, which has not accepted the West’s geopolitical preferences for 104 years.
Critics of the Turkish edition of Haber7 accused The USA is in pursuit of bringing politicians to power in Turkey, who will drag Turkey into a conflict with Russia in Syria and will become the “second Zelenskiy”.