Can Turkey and the Us Reconcile? With Sinan Ülgen

08/06/2021 46 min

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World Unfiltered Specials   Guest: Sinan Ülgen (EDAM)  Presenter: Prof. Scott Lucas  Title: Can Turkey and the Us Reconcile?  Launch Day: 08 June 2021   Timestamps:  2:32 What should we expect from the first meeting between US President Biden and Turkish leader Erdoğan?  7:58  Where did Turkey lose ground with the US?  11:47 Is there an imbalance in the perception from Ankara and and the perception from Washington?  13:03 Does a "grand reset" in Turkey-US have to start with a unilateral gesture from Ankara?  17:10 Is a Turkey-US accommodation possible over Syria and the Kurdish issue?  24:16 Is the Biden Administration content to step back from the issue of Turkey's claims in the Eastern Mediterranean?  27:57 Is the Erdoğan Government happy to put its interests behind those of the US over the Iran nuclear issue and sanctions?  32:49 To what extent is Ankara unsettled by the Biden Administration's statement on the killing of Armenians during World War I?  38:39 Is it possible that a year from now there will be a Turkish Government with no Erdoğan in charge? Will this make a difference to US-Turkey relationship?  44:01 Do you think Biden will raise rights in his meeting with Erdoğan, including the situation of journalists and dissenters?