Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Turkey-U.S. relations: Embedded disputes

Turkey-U.S. relations: Embedded disputes

Mehmet Yegin Mehmet Yegin

4 February 2015

A year ago, I discussed in my Analist Magazine column how Turkey’s relations with the U.S. changed dramatically in 2013 as an abrupt political divergence between the two countries made itself visibly apparent especially after the May of that year. Today, at the end of 2014, we see a picture in which divergences are embedded, and mistrust has become profound. It may be expected that this image will endure in 2015 unless a dramatic change occurs.

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