Erdogan Obama Friendship

Barack obama s 2009 visit to turkey resulted in an obama mania in turkish media followed by a friendship between obama and recep erdoğan which was widely reported in the media and emphasized in their rhetoric.

Erdogan obama friendship. Istanbul as president barack obama was feeling his way in foreign policy during his first months in office he decided to cultivate a friendship with turkey s headstrong prime minister recep. 2013 extended his apologies not directly to erdogan who had referred to israel as a racist country and wh. Barack obama has treated turkey as a reliable partner even though for the better part of a decade under its islamist prime minister recep tayyip erdogan this nation that is supposedly a nato ally has been aligning ever more palpably with our adversaries. Obama in a friendly embrace with erdogan washington president barack obama named turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdogan among the five leaders that he has established relations based on.

The end of a beautiful friendship. An administration official told politico that obama and erdogan s friendship has helped them weather a series of diplomatic challenges in obama s first term though a new yorker profile of erdogan. Text size a a a. This article explains the existence of the erdoğan obama friendship narrative in spite of no actual political friendship existing.

Well in an interview with time s fareed zakaria obama named his international bffs and the surprising list includes. Soon after his 2008 election obama began to court erdogan whom he saw as a moderate muslim democrat who could help him stabilize the middle east. There was a time when turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdogan s number was on barack obama s. German chancellor angela merkel indian prime minister manmohan singh.

President barack obama accompanied by turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdogan speaks during their joint news conference in the rose garden of the white house in washington may 16 2013.