Namık Tan – Ankara Policy Center 2023

Ambassador (R). Served as Turkey’s ambassador in Tel Aviv and Washington. Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson, chief of cabinet for the minister and deputy undersecretary for political affairs in the Foreign Ministry. He joined the Ministry in 1982. Worked in Turkish Embassies in Moscow, Abu Dhabi and trice in Washington.

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New Global Mediator : China

27 March 2023

In about two months’ time, Turkey will hold perhaps the most important election in the history of the Republic. On the eve of such an election, which will determine the fate of the country, the people are faced with the […]

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THE POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY

27 February 2023

On February 6, 2023, two seperate equally destructive earthquakes struck Turkey leaving behind them an unprecedented loss of life and property. Eleven provinces were devastated. With every stone lifted, the ugly face of bad governance showed itself more clearly and […]

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The story of a trilateral deal to expand NATO against Russia

4 July 2022

The recent trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between Turkey, Sweden, and Finland, which set the stage for the most successful NATO summit since the Ukraine crisis started, reminded me of Obama’s leading from behind doctrine. The phrase was first [...]

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IS THERE A PLACE FOR PUTIN IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER?

21 March 2022

Russia caused a seismic shock throughout the World by invading Ukraine. Nothing will be the same again and the Ukraine crisis will be recorded in history as a milestone in international relations. A new generation cold war we all knew [...]

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Turning Over a New Leaf in Relations with Israel

4 March 2022

There is a saying attributed to Vladimir Ilich Lenin: “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen”. This could not be more applicable to recent developments in global politics. Turkey's recent rapprochement to Israel is [...]

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Turkey and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

3 March 2022

Four global players will define how our near future will look: the United States (US), the European Union (EU), China and Russia. The relationship between these “four horsemen of the Apocalypse” will – to a large degree – determine the [...]

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Russia is Playing With Fire; Settling Scores with the West

3 March 2022

The Ukraine crisis has shown that the use of force in the 21st century can cause serious public backlash. And even in countries that are party to the conflict, the public antagonizes against harming civilians. Reports that only 12 [...]

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Turkish Israeli Relations: The Lost Decade

3 March 2022

The recent history of the Turkish-Israeli relationship, amounts to unnecessary bickering despite a clear convergence of interests. Contrary to popular belief in such critical institutions such as U.S. Congress, the interests of both countries are strongly aligned but ideological disagreements [...]

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CRITICAL WEEKS FOR TURKEY-US RELATIONS

5 June 2021

The current state of Turkish-American relations reminds me of William Shakespeare’s “To be or not to be, that is the question” tirade expressed by Hamlet in the third act of the play. I think this tirade perfectly applies to the difficulty [...]

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Author: <span>Namık Tan</span>