Why did Biden refuse to meet with Erdogan?

According to the report of the international group of Tasnim news agency, the cancellation of Erdogan's visit to America is an important event that has attracted the attention of most of the media in Ankara and Istanbul, even though the cancellation of the trip was at the will of the host and Turkey hoped until the last moment that this The news is not true!

In recent weeks, Turkish officials have come to the conclusion that good things are going to happen in the direction of Ankara-Washington relations. Erdoğan's team hoped that Joe Biden's invitation to the President of Turkey to visit Washington could mark a new chapter in bilateral cooperation and remove previous tensions, but this did not happen and John Kirby, the spokesman for the National Security Council of the White House, announced in a press conference. Kurd said that there is no plan for a meeting between Biden and Erdogan!

Following the publication of Kirbi's words, the media in favor of the Justice and Development Party initially denied and ridiculed this news, but finally the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed it by issuing a statement but with different language.

The Turkish diplomatic system preferred to announce “change of visit schedule” instead of “visit cancellation”. Turkish political experts believe that the meeting of the American president with his Turkish counterpart is a sign of a new tension in Washington-Ankara relations.

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Abdul Qadir Salvi, one of the analysts of Hurriyet newspaper and one of the journalists who accompanies Erdogan on most of his foreign trips, wrote in the first hours: “Speculations about President Erdogan's visit to America continue, I often feel that it is necessary to ask my news sources about the details of this.” To ask a question, I know that after Ismail Haniyeh's meeting with Erdoğan, a group of Israeli lobbyists in America tried to prevent Erdoğan's visit to Washington, America and Turkey should not fall prey to such lobbies, this meeting must happen, because we have many issues. We have important things to discuss with the United States, such as the sale of the F-16 fighter, the review of the F-35 issue, the major operations we will conduct in Iraq, the presence of the PKK. In Syria, the expansion of the tension between Israel and Iran to the region and the war between Russia and Ukraine. We have achieved a very important position with our support for Sweden's membership in NATO, we should not sacrifice this to lobbyists.
The latest situation is as follows: President Erdoğan has not ordered the cancellation of this trip, and the Turkish and American delegations are reviewing the travel plan. My duty is to monitor and share every development.”

Who invited?

Esmat Berkan, another Turkish political analyst, wrote: “Until yesterday, it was said that it was Joe Biden who invited Erdogan to Washington, but Kirby said, there is no such plan and there has been no planned trip, although in the past 3 years, Tayyip Erdogan was never invited to the White House. Before Biden came to power, Tayyip Erdoğan met with Barack Obama and Donald Trump many times, but he was rarely able to see Biden and only on the sidelines of foreign trips.

Berkan further wrote: Some media claimed that Erdogan has given up going to Washington and meeting with Biden, and the reason for that is the US Senate's decision to provide 26 billion dollars in aid to Israel. However, Abdul Qadir Salvi, the writer of Hurriyet newspaper, who had received good news from the ruling circles, denied this news on April 24, but later, Kirbi openly said; “There was no such thing in the program and therefore I have no opinion about it.”, very strange! First they say; “Come to Washington”, then they say; “There was no such invitation”! What is the matter? If the American side first invited President Erdoğan and then withdrew the invitation, this is a serious situation. Since this invitation itself was already associated with many problems, the recent approval of Sweden's membership in NATO opened this door. Is President Erdogan still going to the United States to attend the NATO summit on July 9-11 or not? “Delbar Janan, who did not come during the day, will definitely not come at midnight!”

Murad Yetkin, another famous Turkish analyst who has been a journalist in Washington for many years, wrote about this trip: “I checked the matter, a Turkish official who did not want to be named said that the postponement was at the request of Ankara due to changes in the president's schedule. The same source answered the question whether this meeting will be held before Erdoğan attends the NATO meeting on July 9-11 in Washington. “I'm not sure, but probably after that trip.” The source did not provide details on Erdogan's schedule change that delayed his visit to the US.

Yatkin further wrote: “US Ambassador to Ankara Jeff Flake said in response to a question about this issue at the meeting of the US-Turkey Business Council (TAIK) in Istanbul on April 26; “Preliminaries and planning for this trip are still going on, but the official statement will be announced later.”

This visit, the new date of which has not yet been determined, will be Erdogan's first visit to the White House at the invitation of Biden since he took office.

Why is Erdogan's visit important?

Erdogan has always shown great interest in talking and meeting with American presidents. In the recent elections, he clearly wished for Trump's victory and told his team members many times; “I will solve important issues and challenges in a private meeting with Trump himself, and no one needs to discuss these issues with the US State Department and the White House.”, but the relationship with Joe Biden has never been defined.

It is said that Joe Biden has always had an angle with Turkey during his 33-year senatorial career, and after the 2016 coup, he agreed to go to Turkey very late to express support and sympathy as Obama's vice president.

Erdoğan hopes to finalize the purchase of 40 F-16 fighter jets in the meeting with Biden, and in addition, about the status of the PKK. discuss with his American counterpart in Syria and Iraq, after all, trying to attract American investors is important for Erdogan's team, but the evidence shows that, at least in the current situation, there is no news of dynamism and dynamism in Turkish-American relations and Ambiguity and uncertainty have cast a shadow over this relationship.

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