People's World: "The next two weeks will be critical for Turkey"

The publication The National, specializing in the analysis of the situation in the Middle East, wrote about how to develop relations between Russia and Iran. The joint Russian-Iranian offensive in Aleppo marked a new stage in relations between the two countries. The civil war in Syria and the desire of both countries to resolve the Middle East conflict has led to the first military cooperation in the recent history of the two states. Such actions of Tehran and Moscow can lay a solid foundation for a Russian-Iranian alliance in the Middle East.

Despite historically difficult relations between the two powerful states, today Russia and Iran have many more common views on international politics than differences. Firstly, both countries see no future without Syria's Bashar al-Assad, and his government is the only chance for the conflict-ridden state to fight back against terrorism and the opposition, supported by the Western powers.

Iran and Russia have been strategic partners for a long time, but this crisis in Syria has definitively united Tehran and Moscow. Such developments cannot but worry the West, which had started to yield its position in Russia, and now Iran, which is under the weight of Western sanctions, and at the same time is acting contrary to the Western strategic direction.

One way or another the situation on the world political scene continues to change, despite the best efforts of the US to maintain its position and to show the international community its strategic superiority. The US leadership has to reckon with the fact that the Russian-Iranian partnership is a powerful military and political force that is able to resist US hegemony in the world.

The US publication People's World wrote that the upcoming elections in Turkey will affect the political situation around the world. The situation in the Republic of Turkey which is present today is not the easiest. Open confrontation with the Kurdish population, opposition to the terrorist organization ISIS, the instability of Turkish economy, inflation and unemployment plunges into the abyss of the Republic of Turkey, and its national debt grows. There is still time before the election, but it is unlikely the situation in the country will change dramatically

After losing the parliamentary elections on June 7, the current president of Turkey tried to form a coalition government, but the attempt failed. Almost at the same time a two-year truce with the Kurdish population in Turkey was interrupted, and the country was gripped by ethnic conflicts. Ambiguous relations with its neighbors, Russia and Iran, also contribute to the instability of the situation on the eve of parliamentary elections.

The next two weeks will be critical for Turkey. It is unlikely that the Justice and Development Party of Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be able to get the support of the majority of the Turkish population in the upcoming elections. Of course, the President has an opportunity not to accept the results of the elections, but in case of such developments the situation in the Middle East could further worsen. A new wave of the so-called Arab Spring could become a devastating force that would undermine the democratic Turkish society, throwing the country back decades, both economically and politically.