Turks lose trust in Russia, warm to US

[Peter1469]

Turks lose trust in Russia, warm to US

Al-Monitor discusses public opinion in Turkey. Russia is losing trust; the US is gaining trust.

The Turkish public’s trust in Russia has declined while trust in the United States has increased, a public opinion poll published this month shows, revealing the impact of the conflict between Ankara and Moscow’s regional policies. The “Turkish Foreign Policy Public Perceptions” survey conducted by Istanbul's Kadir Has University in April found that support for Russia declined by 14 percentage points from last year as the number of people who see Russia as a threat jumped to 55% from 44.2% in 2019. In parallel, the poll suggests that the overall trust in the United States has increased. The number of people who see the United States as a threat declined by some 11 percentage points, decreasing 70% from 81.3% in 2019.


The United States’ support for the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Washington administration’s policies vis-a-vis the Kurds in the Middle East were the top two answers from respondents about what they saw as the most important problem in ties between the two NATO allies. Washington’s support for the PYD was the top reason for distrust at 34%, while 27.2% of respondents pointed to the United States’ "Kurdish policies in the Middle East.”


Turkey sees the PYD and its military arm the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units as terrorist organizations and wants the United States to designate them as such. Yet the Kurdish groups remain the United States' most reliable ally in Syria.
There might be a correlation between the decline in the distrust and the personal ties between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump, according to Mustafa Aydin, the coordinator of the survey and professor of international relations at Kadir Has. Yet the current positive outlook in the bilateral relation might be cosmetic, Aydin warned.



“There are important problems between Turkey and the United States, but Trump is able to act as if these problems do not exist thanks to his personal relations,” Aydin told Al-Monitor. “Despite these results, it is difficult to expect a lasting positive change.”

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[PJL]

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Republican US Senator John Thune on 30 June suggested purchasing and removing the Turkish-owned Russian-built S-400s from Ankara, in a bid to break a deadlock over weapons which Washington claims are incompatible with NATO security standards and might compromise operations of the new fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets.

Retired Turkish Air Force Major General Beyazit Karatas commented on a GOP proposal to purchase Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems from Turkey, noting first that the implementation of such an initiative is impossible:

"I find it tragicomic that US senators introduce such amendments, even allowing the very idea".

He stressed that there were binding articles under interstate agreements for the sale of weapons at this scale. "For international arms purchases, a state guarantee is provided", he said.".................""There is no turning back in the S-400 issue and there can be none. Undoubtedly, political and economic decisions affect our lives and will continue to do so. And in this sense, the implementation of the agreement signed between Turkey and Russia on the supply of the S-400 is of great importance in terms of ensuring Turkey's security, maintaining its respect and confidence in the international arena and cooperation with neighbouring countries", Karatas said..........https://sputniknews.com/analysis/202...is-tragicomic/

[zelmo1234]

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Republican US Senator John Thune on 30 June suggested purchasing and removing the Turkish-owned Russian-built S-400s from Ankara, in a bid to break a deadlock over weapons which Washington claims are incompatible with NATO security standards and might compromise operations of the new fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets.

Retired Turkish Air Force Major General Beyazit Karatas commented on a GOP proposal to purchase Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems from Turkey, noting first that the implementation of such an initiative is impossible:

"I find it tragicomic that US senators introduce such amendments, even allowing the very idea".

He stressed that there were binding articles under interstate agreements for the sale of weapons at this scale. "For international arms purchases, a state guarantee is provided", he said.".................""There is no turning back in the S-400 issue and there can be none. Undoubtedly, political and economic decisions affect our lives and will continue to do so. And in this sense, the implementation of the agreement signed between Turkey and Russia on the supply of the S-400 is of great importance in terms of ensuring Turkey's security, maintaining its respect and confidence in the international arena and cooperation with neighbouring countries", Karatas said..........https://sputniknews.com/analysis/202...is-tragicomic/

Yes but Turkey is starting to see that they need not fear NATO and the S400 is not going to protect them against Russian missiles.

It is likely that they will switch to the NATO systems, as they have found that they need not fear takeover from the West, but Russia has a history of taking over it's so called friends

[Peter1469]

Not sure why the Senator believes Turkey would sell their new systems.

[PJL]

Yes but Turkey is starting to see that they need not fear NATO and the S400 is not going to protect them against Russian missiles.

It is likely that they will switch to the NATO systems, as they have found that they need not fear takeover from the West, but Russia has a history of taking over it's so called friends

Turkey is a NATO member....they have no fear of NATO . They are also a sovereign state who does not take any instructions from the US......the US can regard that as belligerent all long if they wish , but Turkey won't change . Leaders of ex-empires never do.

[PJL]

Yes but Turkey is starting to see that they need not fear NATO and the S400 is not going to protect them against Russian missiles.

It is likely that they will switch to the NATO systems, as they have found that they need not fear takeover from the West, but Russia has a history of taking over it's so called friends

Turkey is a NATO member....they have no fear of NATO . They are also a sovereign state who does not take any instructions from the US......the US can regard that as belligerent all long if they wish , but Turkey won't change . Leaders of ex-empires never do....they have their own agenda.

[bulletbob]

Turkey is a NATO member....they have no fear of NATO . They are also a sovereign state who does not take any instructions from the US......the US can regard that as belligerent all long if they wish , but Turkey won't change . Leaders of ex-empires never do....they have their own agenda.

yea turnkey is a nation and they dont take orders unlike how Australia takes them from china like a little bi@@