The impact of Biden’s 1915 decision on Turkey-US ties
April 28, 2021By describing the 1915 events as “genocide,” United States President Joe Biden has inflicted a wound in bilateral relations that will bleed continuously. It is no secret that Ankara and Washington have been in a state of constant tension in recent years.
By describing the 1915 events as “genocide,” United States President Joe Biden has inflicted a wound in bilateral relations that will bleed continuously. It is no secret that Ankara and Washington have been in a state of constant tension in recent years.
There are a number of issues that the Obama and Trump administrations left unresolved. Here are the first that spring to mind:
- The U.S. support for the PKK/YPG terrorist group
- Washington’s inaction against the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ)
- The S-400 deal
- The Halkbank trial
- Turkey’s removal from the F-35 joint fighter jet program
- Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) sanctions
- Washington’s increasingly pro-Greek and pro-Greek Cypriot position in the Eastern Mediterranean
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