What are the agendas of the US foreign minister on his trip to Türkiye?

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, the US Foreign Minister Asr Today, Friday, he will go to Istanbul, but this is not a single-destination trip to meet with Erdogan’s government officials, and Blinken will actually be a guest of Istanbul within the framework of a regional visit.

In previous trips Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, protesting against Joe Biden’s approaches to Ankara, refused to accept Blinken and it is not known whether this time he will only meet with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan or the scope of the discussion about Palestine, in a conversation with Erdoğan will also be dragged. “/>

According to the official announcement of the US Department of State,Anthony J. US Secretary of State Blinken will travel to Greece, Oman, Jordan, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and occupied territories in his one-week tour.

The US diplomatic apparatus claimed that the importance of protecting the lives of civilians in Gaza, guaranteeing the release of all remaining hostages, the commitment to facilitate the increase and continued provision of life-saving humanitarian assistance to Gaza civilians and the resumption of essential services, ensure The most important focus of Blinken’s talks will be the non-forced migration of Palestinians, the discussion of immediate mechanisms to stop violence, reduce regional tensions, confront the movements of the Houthis in the Red Sea and avoid the escalation of tension in Lebanon.

In Istanbul, Blinken was said to be discussing with Fidan, in addition to the Gaza issue, Sweden’s accession to NATO, but Washington officials have not indicated whether the issue The sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey will also be examined in these meetings. Image/1402/10/15/1402101513065515429135034.jpg”/>

Just a few days before Blinken’s trip to Turkey, twice in front of the Incirlik military airport in Adana and the Korean radar base In Turkey, anti-American demonstrations have been held by young supporters of the Communist Party of the Homeland, and they have announced in their slogans to the Erdogan government that the American military should leave Turkey.

A trip to the time of complaints and accusations

Blinken goes to Istanbul in a situation that many military analysts and Turkish security forces believe that American forces were also involved in the killing of 12 Turkish soldiers in the ambush of the PKK terrorist group in northern Iraq.

They claim that America Based on the information he obtained from his aerial observations, he gave a code to the leaders of the PKK to lay an ambush on the way of the Turkish military convoy. Since the said claim has not been raised by the official sources of Turkey, America has not responded to it either. However, in the statements of President Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, it has been repeatedly pointed out that the cooperation of the United States with PKK satellite organizations in northern Syria is an example of supporting terrorism and harming Turkey’s national security.

The American forces, who not long ago shot down an important and expensive Turkish drone over the base of the PKK satellite organization in northern Syria, in mentioning the reasons for their action, only said that the said drone There has been a threat against the lives of American soldiers. But Erdoğan announced that at the right time, this American action will be answered.

Give us fighters, this Friendship is not customary!

The issue of selling F-16 fighters to Ankara has been deadlocked for a long time, and a significant number of members of the American Congress disagree with this deal. are against Turkey’s high-cost lobbying, despite invoices of several million dollars, has not yet achieved success, and the United States is not ready to give a clear answer in this matter. “Our allies, especially the United States, must correct their wrong attitudes and approaches on issues that directly affect our national security,” he said. We are following the process of purchasing 40 F-16 Block 70 Vipers and requesting 79 modernization kits from Washington. The technical meetings with the American authorities have ended and we expect positive steps to be taken and this process to start as soon as possible. It is not acceptable to prolong such a sensitive issue”. 15/1402101513042324829135014.jpeg”/>

General Güler further said: “Turkey is the only NATO member that has suffered the most damage from terrorism. We expect that our allies will support us in the determined fight against all forms and manifestations of terrorism and that the sanctions and restrictions against our country will be removed. These actions are not compatible with the principles of unity, solidarity and coordination of the alliance. We emphasize that a strong Turkey and a strong Turkish armed forces means a strong NATO and a strong fight against terrorism”. Among them are:

a) The continuation of American military, intelligence and educational cooperation with the satellite entities of the PKK terrorist group in the northern and eastern regions of Syria.

b) Throwing Turkey out of the list of buyers of F-35 fighters and blocking the sale of F-16 fighters to Turkey under the pretext of Erdogan’s approach to Russia and the purchase of the S-400 missile system from this great power that opposes America.

c) America’s firm opposition to the nature of Turkey’s political approach regarding the Turkish-inhabited part of the island of Cyprus regarding the recognition of the Turkish Cypriot government.

d) Continuity The free residence of Fethullah Gulen, the leader of the failed coup in 2016, and dozens of his students in Pennsylvania and several other American states, and the continuous activity of Gulen’s educational institutions in America.

In the end, it should be said Despite the insistence of Erdoğan’s team to carry out the F-16 deal in 2023, this case has not been resolved and it is still not clear where the end of this discussion will lead.

But in a In summary, it can be predicted that Turkey will probably put the option of buying European fighter jets on the agenda if the American Congress strongly opposes it, and it does not have many options to show a negative reaction to the American decisions. Because it does not want the negative consequences of the lack of defense-security agreement to affect the process of business relations between Ankara and Washington.

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