ERDOGAN STAYS: PROSPECTS FOR TURKEY’S RELATIONS WITH THE US, EU AND RUSSIA. PART 2

Abstract

The first part of the article examines the fundamental aspects of the transformation of foreign policy concepts and strategies of the Republic of Turkey at the end of the second and beginning of the third presidential terms of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The author’s assumption that the newly elected president in foreign policy is likely to follow the path of overcoming tensions with his Western allies and partners is justified by the analysis of the events taking place in Ankara’s relations with Washington given in the article. In the second part, the author of the article focuses on the emerging prospects for Turkey’s relations with the EU countries. The emphasis is on the analysis of the events of «crisis periods» in bilateral relations between Ankara and Brussels (in 2016 and 2020) and attempts to overcome their consequences. An important milestone in the trajectory of their reconciliation was Russia’s Special Military Operation on the territory of Ukraine. In its context, Erdogan continues to assert his role as an intermediary not only between Moscow and Kiev, but also as a channel of communication between Russia and the NATO countries as a whole.

Keywords

• recep tayyip erdogan
• emmanuel macron
• libya
• tripoli
• eastern mediterranean
• cyprus
• northern cyprus
• greece
• nagorno-karabakh
• osce minsk group