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The Black Cat Between Israel-Egypt-Turkey
The Black Cat Between Israel-Egypt-Turkey
The Black Cat Between Israel-Egypt-Turkey
2010
Strategy is definitely important particularly for foreign policies of any state. Maybe, we should this question:
Can Turkey reach its aims by applying the strategies in its foreign policies? As regarding to this, Jihad Awda said
that it isn’t known what Turkey want to do in foreign policy and this situation creates confusing.
In fact, if we consider Turkey’s policies, we can understand easily how much true it is. For example, Turkey
signed a treatment with EU and according to a matter of this treatment, it’s necessary for Turkey as a rule that
Turkey must open its ports to all members of EU for trade. But Turkey doesn’t want to open open its ports to
Southern Cyprus. Actually it isn’t a thing which will be done according to Turkey’s demand. If you signed the
treatment, you have to do it. Or you are ready to be censured because of not obeying an international
treatment. Maybe Turkey can do this: Turkey couldn’t sign the treatment or it could sign that, but it couldn’t
accept just this matter. In other alternative Turkey could want a new matter to put in the treatment or it could
determine clearly that it wouldn’t open its ports to Southern ports. We can see this truth the openness or
events related to Kurd and Armenian problems. I don’t know the aim of Turkey while it is applying the policies.
But the policies which are applied by Turkey in Domestic Policies weakened the power of Turkish Army and
gave encourages to Kurds. Therefore the events of terror and activities of Kurds increased. I don’t follow news
much more, but, I think this policy entered cul-de-sac for Turkey. The situation like this is seen at the Armenian
Problem. After Turkish-Armenian Protocol, Turkey and Armenia couldn’t cover any ground.
A policy, domestic or foreign policy it doesn’t matter, is a whole and meaningful together with with strategy. If
there is no a strategy in any policy, the aims which are desirous can’t be reached. Unfortunately, the statesmen
(or the stateswomen) aren’t a good strategist. In 1974, at Cyprus Operation, Prime Minister, Ecevit focused
how we benefited from this instead of absolute result regarding to Cyprus Problem. The result is immediate
situation. That’s why; as the author said, even though other states are accepting that Turkey’s foreign policies
are good, Turkey isn’t know what to do or Turkey can’t tell its intention. In other words, the foreign policies
spread nonconfidence. Because Turkey doesn’t know what it doesn’t want what to do or Turkey can’t its
intention which is wanted to become a reality by Turkey.
In conclusion, it isn’t good that a person say bad things about Turkey. Particularly, these is to be said a person
from Egypt. This is an indignity. Because of this, the statesmen (or the stateswomen) in Turkey need to learn
strategies especially if we consider historical events. And Turkey should determine strategical plans more truly
and its intentions more clearly.
ERAY ARIK
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