Open AccessWatershed moment in US-Turkey relations
Author(s) -
Donald A. Phillips
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the commentaries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2754-8805
pISSN - 2754-8791
DOI - 10.33182/tc.v1i1.1993
Subject(s) - genocide , armenian , political science , summit , turkish , centennial , international relations , law , diplomacy , economic history , ancient history , geography , history , politics , archaeology , cartography , linguistics , philosophy
President Joe Biden recognized atrocities committed against Armenians as the Armenian Genocide in his statement on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (24 April 2021). The statement represents a watershed moment in US-Turkey relations. President Tayyip Erdogan can address US and international concerns prior to the Biden-Erdogan summit on the margin of June’s NATO meeting, or he can double down and intensify repression against Turkey’s ethnic and religious minorities. Erdogan’s course will define international relations prior to the centennial of the founding of the Turkish republic in 2023.