Turkish-US relations: Convergence or divergence?

This article by Ilhan Kesici, published in the Turkish Policy Quarterly, argues that Turkey should have made it a priority to be a reliable partner to the US in the past few years and questions the capability of the current Turkish government.

Currently, the US is the sole superpower and 9/11 has created a new global struggle, defined by the US, in which freedom and democracy confront dictatorship and terror. Taking this environment as a given, the author believes Turkey should have made it a priority to be a reliable partner to the US in the past few years and questions the capability of the current government. The author also underlines the value of Turkey’s relationship with Israel and puts public opinion in perspective, explaining that many of the sentiments today are conjectural, suggesting that the public can be led to conceive the changes taking place with more clarity and vision. Taking change as an inevitable factor in today’s world, Kesici argues that Turkey is well positioned to play an active role in the Greater Middle East initiative of the US. 

To read the article in full, visit the Turkish Policy Quarterly website.