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Legacy Of “Friendly Neutrality” Goals Of Soviet Policy

... Turkey’s track for pursuing diplomacy with the Soviet Union thus began its long journey of alienation and mutual circumspection. As it was stated in the instructions to the USSR Ambassador in Turkey on March 29, 1948, “taking into account that the policy pursued by Turkey’s current government leads to the transformation of the country into a UK-US military foothold against the USSR, the USSR Embassy in Turkey should not display any initiative at trying to improve relations with Turkey” 48 . Post factum, the ...

19.11.2024

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Erdogan has won, what can the world, and Russia, expect from him now?

... veteran leader knows Moscow well, and the Kremlin understands his agenda. But how will it play out this time? Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s victory in the Turkish presidential election is supposed to mean there will be continuity in Ankara’s foreign policy. However, in this case, it applies not so much to the content as to the approach that will be taken: most probably constant manoeuvring in search of opportunities. As a result, those preferences can change quite dramatically as circumstances transform,...

05.06.2023

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