US Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to 4 countries in one day to meet with Turkish President R.T. Erdogan, but he “promoted” him by leaving for his home region of Rizunda in Pontus to “rest”, and the American will only meet with his colleague, the “very very” Hakan Fidan, the commander of MIT for many years!
Although the Turks initially responded to the State Department’s request for a meeting: “He will look at his schedule and see if the President can accommodate you,” this evening Blinken was informed that Erdogan had departed… to his village! It is characteristic that at Ankara airport the US Secretary of State was met only by US Ambassador Jeff Flake and… a short employee of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responsible for bilateral political relations with the United States, Yaprak Balkan. How does this compare with when, during his visit to Greece, half the cabinet of ministers was waiting for him at El. Venizelos airport…
Of course, unfortunately for Greece, the United States seems to have resigned itself to its “fate” in relations with Turkey: R.T. Erdogan will “beat the tambourine”, and they will “dance”. Last week, technical negotiations between Turkey and the United States on the delivery of 40 new F-16 Viper fighters and the modernization of another 79 F-16s in Turkey were completed! And even sources in the Turkish Ministry of Defense say with a grin: “We once again express our non-negotiable position that this issue should not be subject to any conditions.”
How can R.T. Erdogan cannot become the leader of the Islamic world when the United States itself is “at his feet”? Not to mention his support for the terrorist organization Hamas, according to the United States, and his statements about his main ally, Israel, that “Netanyahu is no longer an interlocutor for Turkey. We have written him off”, as said by R.T. Erdogan, recalling Ankara’s ambassador from Tel Aviv.
But their goals are different: Ankara prioritizes an immediate ceasefire, while Washington seems to be waiting for the end of Israel’s deadly military operation in Gaza, and also humbly putting up with Erdogan’s “bullying” about Sweden and Finland joining NATO.
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