On the eve of the June 14 meeting (Biden-Erdogan), while discussing whether a new page would be opened in relations between the two countries, after a 45-minute meeting, the only “commodity” that Ankara could turn into cash was its offer to take over the security of Kabul International Airport. While it was not clear whether the proposal was made by the Turkish president or whether Washington wanted it, the fact that Ankara was eager to get involved in this caused surprise. The current economic situation does not allow the public to discuss such issues, and before the opposition reacted to the issue, the Minister of National Defense undertook to resolve this issue and began consultations from one end of the world to the other (from Kabul to Washington). When there were doubts that the security issue of Hamid Karzai Airport was linked to the economic investigation against Turkey in the United States, Ankara was shaken by a second incident of the same nature: While the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey sent instructions to the embassy in Vienna to extradite money launderer Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, Korkmaz was taken into police custody and arrested at Washington’s request. Why did Washington do this and why did it consider it expedient to overtake Turkey? To get a new pressure card against Ankara? It is well known that in March 2016, after the arrest of Reza Zarrab, a young businessman from Tabriz, in Florida, he agreed with the prosecutor’s office to testify voluntarily, which was allegedly putting the Turkish leadership in a very difficult situation. While it is claimed that there is a significant role of counter-arguments that Washington is likely to have behind this unconditional desire to undertake the security of Hamid Karzai Airport, the arrest of Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, a black money launderer, by the United States is likely to become a new means of pressure. It should come as no surprise that the Minister of National Defense, Hulusi Akar, also took the initiative in the “airport security” issue and conducted the talks himself: On the one hand, this is directly proportional to Mr. Erdogan’s confidence not only in his defense minister’s military ability but also in his diplomatic skills, on the other hand, it demonstrates the weight attached by NATO to the head of an allied country’s army. Of course, this does not mean that General Akar will accept and fulfill all the demands of Washington and will persuade the Taliban to accept all the conditions in the new period of Afghanistan. Do not listen to a group of gossipy Azerbaijanis, who have not received their share of science, history, and diplomacy and who interpret the official welcoming ceremony for Mr. Akar during his visits to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan as far from reality as “Turkey is building Turan”, there is no development that will cause excitement. Because the Central Asian region is completely under Russian control, as well as militarily, Moscow has been able to gain a foothold in the future of Afghanistan by holding secret and open meetings with the Taliban for about 10 years. Two months before General Akar, the US Secretary of Defense met with the President of Tajikistan in Dushanbe, and without the need for in-depth information, it was not difficult to guess that the current owner of the Pentagon raised the issue of Afghanistan with Emomali Rahmon. The next day (May 9), Rahmon linked arms with Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s Red Square and, no doubt, presented all the Pentagon’s demands to the Russian president. Therefore, for whatever reason, Turkey’s inclination to go to Afghanistan will bring serious risks. Because Russia has largely secured cooperation with the Taliban in Afghanistan in the future. If Ankara is forced to give up S-400 missiles under pressure from Washington, this time Turkey will face serious obstacles from Moscow in Afghanistan…

Although domestic politics is not yet on the eve of “election preparations”, political unions continue to seek to strengthen themselves. The most important advantage of the opposition union in this process is the management of 11 metropolitan municipalities, which strengthens day-to-day relations with the people and increases the opportunities for consolidation of forces. On the one hand, the ruling bloc, which still cannot escape its predicament due to the videos of a mafia leader despite all the efforts of President Erdogan, who is the most experienced politician in Turkey, is looking for ways to improve the economic situation, on the other hand, it is trying to dismantle the Kurdish-leaning party as part of tactics to weaken the opposition. While it was surprising that some high-ranking leaders of the Kurdish-leaning party went to Washington at the official invitation under this pressure from the authorities, the presence of MPs from the four parties of the parliament in Washington on the same days, leaving aside the HDP, caused confusion in the Kurdish-leaning party. What is happening, what does Washington want to do with these steps? On what basis is the policy of the new period formed: with the Kurds or without the Kurds?

We are in a chaotic period.

It can also be described as a “new breaking point”…

Source: Turan News Agency