the president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Washington, where the U.s. and Turkey relations are on a knife edge.
they Speak to the president Donald Trump and Erdogan world politics to shake a variable kiistoistaan briefing or did Trump’s comments to office of criminal investigation case?
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president Trump has treated Turkey impulsive president Erdoğania patience, even though this Russian relations threaten Nato and Turkish forces attacked U.s.-backed kurdish region.Saul Loeb / AFP
Asia western edge of the Nato-country short-tempered leader arrived in the united states in world politics unpredictable as a catalyst.
Turkey does Nato allies, despite the opposition of the shops S400-air defense system with Russia. It has also penetrated into Northern Syria to fight the Us supported the kurds.
in Washington will be remembered well also the previous visit a year and a half ago, when Erdoğan’s bodyguards beat up the demonstrating kurds in the hospital.
the president of Donald Trump, however, is expected to take the post brother against hospitable circumstances. Trump is estimated to enjoy better authoritarian, so-called tough leaders with, for example, than other western leaders.
Both states the man is known räiskyvästä discuss the style of the. Warm relationship terrifies among many Us members of congress.
– These two leaders will experience an affinity with the hard the. U.s. and Turkish relations, Erdoğan’s and Trump’s relationship is actually the only functional part. Government relations are eroding and between countries is a real anger, assesses washington’s Middle East institute Turkish research program director Soner Cagaptay the news agency Reuters.
Deutsche Welle (switch to another service) in an interview with security expert Max Hoffman estimates that Erdoğan wants to bask in the world of policy in the core as a significant leader.
– Erdoğan wants to show that the autocratic behavior, he is not an international pariah. Trump gave for this happy state of having rejected even the apparent interest in democracy or human rights, in Washington the Center for American Progress -the think tank’s national security director Max Hoffman said.
Nato fears that Russia is spying on Nato systems Turkey trading as S-400 air defense missile system.Yuri Kochetkov / EPATurkin arms from Russia a threat to Nato
Turkey and the United states are tightening as the arms trade as a Turkish intrusion into Syria.
Trump is expected to persuade the Erdoğania to give up more than two billion euros worth of S-400 anti-aircraft missile system of trade with Russia. Instruments brought the first Russian cargo planes landed in the capital of Ankara nearby airport in July.
Nato is afraid that the Russian procurement system with information about the Nato used by the F-35 fighter aircraft identification and tracking. The united states stop was Turkey ordered by F-35 fighter aircraft deliveries and announced the end of Turkish fighter pilots training.
F-35 can not work together with the Russian intelligence to do with the system, which allows retrieving information about the F-35’s long-developed features, said the White house spokesman, Stephanie Grisham in the summer.
the Turkish manufacturing parts of the fighter aircraft, so the Us department of defense announced he was looking for new suppliers in Turkey to the farm. Russian-made system S-400 is also not compatible with Nato systems.
president Trump ordered the Us troops to leave Northern Syria before the Turkish forces in the penetration area.EPA
the Turkish arms of the enemy camp are angered, the Us congress and lead. Us defense secretary Mark Esper said in the summer that Turkey underestimated the united states by purchasing the S-400 system.
president Erdoğan noted, however, that the president Trump had promised in Osaka, that the united states did not take any sanctions against Turkey. The united states has so far not imposed sanctions against Turkey.
Trump doesn’t seem to care about the Syrian invasion
Trump and Erdoğan are also expected to discuss a Turkish invasion into Syria.
the united states withdrew its troops in Northern Syria kurdish evening just before the Turkish troops invaded the territory in October. Turkey announced its intention to make the region a safe zone, which it transfers to Turkey arrived to syrian refugees.
Turkey wants to clean the area out there on kurditaistelijoille, and more than a hundred thousand people have been forced to leave their homes.
the U.s. withdrawal has upset even the republican party representatives.
– we Believe that in this situation it is particularly inappropriate moment for president Erdoğan’s visit to the united states. We urge You to withdraw the invitation, the republican and democratic representative of the group wrote to Trump last week.
the Attack and the Us pullout have raised wide criticism. Us state department representative, according to Erdoğan’s meeting is part of syria’s delicate situation required diplomacy.
the president of Trump’s actions have, however, remained subdued as. He sent Erdoğanille a letter in which he asked for this to stay away from Syria. “Don’t be a tough guy! Don’t be stupid,” Trump wrote.
Erdoğan is told threw the letter in the trash.
officials of the criminal investigation overshadowed a visit to
Erdoğan’s arrival coincides with the moment when the officials of criminal investigation of the struggle of a president Trump needs to support domestic policy. Just before Erdoğan’s arrival to the house intelligence committee has heard witnesses Trump against.
the house of Representatives showed Erdoğan opposite position by voting in October the Armenian genocide recognition on behalf of. Turkey does not recognise, that its death squads massacred during ottoman rule at least hundreds of thousands of armenians.
Erdoğan wants to Fethullah Gülenin
the United states and Turkey, between enough to work out.
the united states wants Turkey to release detained their Us consulate Turkish workers.
Turkey again wants, that the united states surrender since the islamic preacher Fethullah Gülenin , which president Erdoğan to hold in 2016 a failed coup as a designer.
Fethullah Gülen denied the accusations participa again in 2016, a coup.Yle
Erdoğan is also expected to get to the end of the Turkish Halkbank-banking charges. Halkbankin accused of anti-Iran sanctions circumvention by transferring illegally billion worth of iran’s oil money.
the security men beating up the kurds in Washington
president Erdoğan a year and a half ago to visit the united states is remembered still good.
Erdoğan’s bodyguards beat him in Washington, the Turkish embassy near a calm mind to forces from the kurds, including women, children and the elderly. Two of the injured sustained severe brain damage.
the british newspaper, The Guardian, (you move to another service) reported that the recent publication of official data, the turks assaulted also nine American safety of the police hospital for treatment.
Today the kurds are going to arrived at the address to view more big numbers in Washington. According to the is also expected the Armenian and Turkish dissidents. They are protesting against the minority in treatment and Turkey’s intrusion to Syria, Trump support Erdoğanille and violent security men prevented prosecution.
Sources: Reuters, Deutsche Welle, AFP, AP, The Guardian,
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