Daily Sabah: "What does Germany want from Turkey?"

The Turkish edition of Daily Sabah writes today about what Germany wants from Turkey. The Turkish population in Germany is 3 million people, a lot for the European states. Despite all the problems associated with emigration until recently, Turks in Germany, had no particular problems and have been criticized by the German leadership. However, due to the fact that German policy toward the Republic of Turkey has changed in view of the Turkish population of the country it can be at the center of another political scandal in Europe.

It took a lot of time before Europe was able to accept the fact that among the Christian population there were numerous members of the Muslim religion. Now the problem is that Germany sharply criticized the policy of the current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which can lead to numerous problems of the Turkish diaspora of Germany, most of whom support the president of the Turkish Republic. Many German media have already begun the anti-Turkish propaganda, which is quite unrepresentative for a country that boasts universal application of the principles of democracy. In recent years, Germany was hindered rapprochement of Turkey and the EU. In addition, the German leadership withdrew its anti-missile defense battery stationed in Turkey, thereby denying the Turkish Republic of informal support in the fight against Islamic State

Most likely, Germany has its own interests in the region, which is opposed to Turkey's foreign policy. How the Turkish-German relations will further develop  is still unknown, but it is clear that making a bet on USA, Turkey along with Russia and Europe risks losing both economic and strategic ally. The only winner in this situation may not be America if she could stop ISIS thereby gaining influence in the region. The Turkish authorities understand the seriousness of the situation, but still hope that diplomacy might brestore lost ties with Russia and with Europe.

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The US analytical publication US News reported today that Russia's foreign policy is much more successful than the US one. The foreign policy of the current US president Barack Obama can be described as the "Great Retreat", due to the fact that the apparent determination of action actually has limited choice. Relations with Iran are a clear example: Obama told the people that if an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program is not adopted, the state expects war with Iran. That is, the logic is simple: if a transaction is not supported, then the people have to participate in another military operation of the United States. Despite the fact that the Western media dubbed Obama as a "smart diplomat’’ and its policy did not go to any comparison with the policy of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Kremlin administration five times outplayed the leadership of the White House: the first time when the forces were deployed by the missile defense system in Eastern Europe, the second time when they established delivery of chemical weapons in Syria, the third difference was on the situation in Ukraine, the fourth represents when Russia managed play a key role in the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program, and the last has developed again in the situation in Syria. It's hard to admit, but Russian diplomacy is more experienced than the American. But on the other hand, it is clear that Russia's foreign policy has always relied on facts and cold calculation, while America was trying to take over by a chaotic way or another region.

The last diplomatic victory for Russia is that the Obama administration is no longer calls for the overthrow of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The Kremlin has all the chances to reach an end of the Syrian conflict, which once again confirm the status of Russia as a superpower and strengthen its diplomatic prestige.

The success of Russian diplomacy is that the foreign policy of the state is intended to maintain both its own interests and the interests of foreign partners, while the US is more like trying to get the upper hand by brute force, without taking into account the fact that in the course of such attempts is suffering as a population of the USA and the countries targeted by the aggression of the state.